Re: Suggestion for Win O/S: MIKTEX_BIN environment variable

On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:52:34 +0100
STF articulated:

> Hi,
> 
> I installed MiKTeX in conjunction with EqualX but I have found that
> installation in 64-bit Windows O/S is pretty hair-tearing because of
> MiKTeX executable folder location.
> 
> If I use the 32-bit setup, MiKTeX is installed to directory
> C:/Program Files *(x86)*/MiKTeX 2.9/...
> 
> If I use the 64-bit setup, "bin" folder has a subfolder called "x64"
> and the whole path to executables should be
> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/miktex/bin/*x64/*...
> 
> In either case, EqualX is lost and cannot find the correct path to exe
> files.  And we have to manually change them in Preferences.
> 
> So I would like to give a little suggestion: MiKTeX Setup defines an
> environment variable called MIKTEX_BIN pointing to the exact bin
> path. That would be
> C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\          for 32-bit version on
> 32-bit O/S;
> C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\     for 32-bit version
> on 64-bit O/S;
> C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\       for 64-bit version.
> 
> This variable will not only be useful to EqualX (once they are aware
> of its existence) but it can be very useful to other programs relying
> on MiKTeX. Even MiKTeX itself can be take advantage of it.  For
> example, setup could rewrite PATH variable in this form:
> path=path;%MIKTEX_BIN%
> 
> And it's easier to remove it from PATH during uninstallation.

I have installed MiKTeX 64bit on a Win 8.1 PC and then installed both
32 and 64 bit programs that have no problem with it. I would suggest
that the problem is with "EqualX". The "EqualX" web page on SourceForge
links to the 32bit MiKTeX installer. I would strongly suggest
submitting a bug report to the "EqualX" site explaining that it is not
capable of discovering the correct paths on a 64bit Windows machine. I
am assuming that you did install MiKTeX prior to installing EqualX. If
not, I would suggest that you remove EqualX from your system and then
re-install it.

-- 
Jerry ♔

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