64-bit windows installer

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 3/23/20 6:04 AM, Yu Jin wrote:
> Am Mo., 23. März 2020 um 09:29 Uhr schrieb Andrew Parsloe
> <ajparsloe at gmail.com <mailto:ajparsloe at gmail.com>>:
>
>     On 23/03/2020 8:53 pm, Yu Jin wrote:
>>     Am Mo., 23. März 2020 um 02:44 Uhr schrieb Andrew Parsloe
>>     <ajparsloe at gmail.com <mailto:ajparsloe at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>         I've downloaded and installed the 64-bit windows installer.
>>         No problems
>>         with the installation. But the first trial document I tried
>>         triggered an
>>         error. If there is a preview to be formed (e.g. a math inset
>>         with
>>         preview on), I get the error: "dv2dt.exe System Error.
>>         kpathsea631.dll
>>         was not found." If I click OK to remove the message and wait,
>>         eventually
>>         the preview is formed. Compilation to pdf still works.
>>
>>     I can not reproduce, it works for me. On my system
>>     kpathsea631.dll is located under C:\texlive\2019\bin\win32, which
>>     tex distribution and version do you use?
>>     Can you confirm that you don't get this error with the official
>>     LyX-2344-Installer-4? Also could you please search your tex
>>     distribution folder for this dll?
>
>     I use MiKTeX (64 bit). This includes MiKTeX209-kpathsea.dll,
>     installed under C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64 on my
>     system, but not (as far as I can see) kpathsea631.dll.
>
>     I've just installed the official 2.3.4.4 and tested the document
>     that triggered the error in it. The previews form without problem.
>
> I have tried this with miktex, can reproduce indeed. It seems to be
> related to the DTL package, which I have updated, I guess this needs
> to be undone (or any other suggestions from other devs?). If you still
> would like to use the installer 5 and search for more bugs, simply
> replace the executables dt2dv.exe and dv2dt.exe in the bin folder with
> the working ones.
> Thank you for report.

Yes, probably it would be best not to upgrade those binaries then.

Riki


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