LyX 2.4 & MikTeX problem

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 6/1/24 15:34, Paul Rubin wrote:
>
>
> On 6/1/24 15:13, Bernt Lie via lyx-users wrote:
>>
>> I just installed LyX 2.4.0 on my computer, and it worked.
>>
>> Then I thought I should update MikTeX... Last time was in April 2024; 
>> there were a number of updates.
>>
>> At the end of the update, I was told that the MikTeX console needed 
>> to close down.
>>
>> When I tried to re-start it, I get this error message:
>>
>> I’m then trying to **re-install** MikTeX, but am told I cannot do 
>> that in the default directory, because “the directory is not empty”.
>>
>> So I try to **un-install** MikTeX, but then get the same error 
>> message as above.
>>
>> What on earth is going on?
>>
>> -B
>>
>
> Looks like a known issue 
> (https://github.com/MiKTeX/miktex/issues/1489) with, apparently, a 
> known workaround (at least for some people).

It's because of this sort of problem, which seems to arise constantly, 
that we stopped recommending MiKTeX.

Riki

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