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

On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:14:38 +0100
STF articulated:

> On 31 October 2013 18:47, Jerry <[email protected]> said:
> 
> > On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:52:34 +0100
> > STF articulated:
> >
> >
> > 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".
> 
> I didn't say the opposite -- the problem is indeed in EqualX (or any
> other future softwares relying on MiKTeX) which has (and will have) a
> hard time to find the correct path.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> It was done already.
> 
> > I am assuming that you did install MiKTeX prior to installing
> > EqualX.
> 
> Yes
> 
> > If not, I would suggest that you remove EqualX from your system and
> > then re-install it.
> >
> 
> But I'm using a 64-bit OS and default settings of EqualX didn't
> work.  It took me some time to figure out why EqualX didn't work.
> 
> But it doesn't hurt to declare a variable to make things clearer for
> everybody.  That is more than profitable for everyone.


I am not sure what installer EqualX is using. If it is using a standard
MSI installer, and it is configured correctly, then there should be no
problem. If it is using a home brewed installed or a misconfigured one,
then there are going to be problems.

-- 
Jerry ♔

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