Re: [MiKTeX] Package management

[Christoph W. <wei...@el...>]

Hello Paul,
with Win7 the user concept is pretty more like linux than before.
Each "standard" user does not have write / installation permissions.
If you used default settings in the setup, your users could only add
packages / do updates if they start the MikTeX Tolls with the "(admin)"
extensions (see miktex01.jpg).

One help could be that you install the MikTex - Setup in a non standard
folder on the disk (e.g.: c:\mikTeX) and give administrative rights to the
local user group "users".
In an active directory environment, you could give all domain users
administrative rights over a GPO rule.

The machines, where the users are allowed to install packages as non
(admin), I guess that these users do have local administrator rights
(being in the local user group "administrator").

For your second questions: You could install MikTeX only for one user, so
that the other users are not able to use the packages of user one. In this
scenario you have to install the complete program for each user separately
(which increase the need of disk space enormously if you have many users.

I hope that helps.
Greetings,
Christoph

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Von: Paul Johnson [mailto:pau...@gm...]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. April 2015 04:47
An: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions.
Betreff: [MiKTeX] Package management

I did not install this MikTeX on several systems, so I don't know how
things got this way.  I have pretty much experience with Linux/Unix
administration, but am baffled by the "convenience" of Windows.

1. How are permissions to install packages controlled?  Sometimes, on some
Windows installs, we see the non-admin users are refused permission to
install packages.  THey can run the maintenance program for non
administrators, they can see the package list, but the install option is
gray, not chooseable.

2. On the other machines where local users are allowed to install
packages, I have this challenge.  From all the user accounts, harvest the
installed packages, and then put those installs into the administrator's
setup, so they are available for all users who come
along (saving problem of installing packages).   It seems like I ought
to be able to just copy the tex/latex folder out of the user account into
something under the MixTeX directory and then run texhash (same as the
"Synchronize" button in the GUI?).

pj
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