Thread: [MiKTeX] Manual package download and installation
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From: Niemann, H. <har...@si...> - 2013-03-14 11:57:18
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Hello! I use MiKTeX with a few additional packages (like koma-script), and with switching from XP to Win7 and some new network rules in my company automatic package download does not work anymore. I would like to download the needed packages manually (using Internet Explorer) and install them from the local hard drive. How can I do that? I read the recommendation to use the net installer, but I can't set its proxy settings either. With best regards Hartmut Niemann |
From: George N. W. I. <gn...@gm...> - 2013-03-14 13:02:50
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Niemann, Hartmut < har...@si...> wrote: > Hello! > > I use MiKTeX with a few additional packages (like koma-script), and with > switching from XP to Win7 and some new network rules in my company > automatic package download does not work anymore. I would like to download > the needed packages manually (using Internet Explorer) and install them > from the local hard drive. > How can I do that? > If it is only a question of network restrictions and you are allowed to connect USB drives, you can copy the miktex archives to a portable drive using an external network and then install from there. I read the recommendation to use the net installer, but I can't set its > proxy settings either. > I'm in much the same situation, but with additional font complications. Our workflow involves using fragments from TeX documents in figures and presentations, which means the fonts in the TeX document need to be available in Office and Adobe applications. Some publications use a commercial Type 1 font, but support for Type 1 fonts is disappearing, so IT involvement is needed to install OpenType versions of the fonts. The alternative is to prepare the publications using Cambria Math on Windows and hope there are no problems when the final version is formatted on a system that has the proper fonts. You may be able to avoid network install problems using portable MiKTeX and doing updates using an external network. If, however, your Windows 7 configuration includes whitelisting (e.g., < http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/application-control.aspx>) you may find that any change in MiKTeX requires whitelist updates (e.g., IT involvement). Windows 7 requires admin privs to install fonts, so if you need opentype math, Cambria Math is your only choice without IT involvement. There are alternatives to MiKTeX such as TeX Live and the MacTeX derivative. Because TeX Live supports multiple platforms, you can install it on a network share from linux or OS X and add the Windows binaries. I have find that TeX Live on a network share works in my Windows 7 system on days when MiKTeX refuses to cooperate. If you are allowed to install linux virtual appliances you might be able to run TeX Live there. -- George N. White III <aa...@ch...> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia |
From: Niemann, H. <har...@si...> - 2013-03-14 13:10:04
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Hello! I finally succeeded by manually determining the proxy I needed. Internet explorer shows it's proxy configuration in (Extras -> Internetoptionen -> LAN-Einstellungen), which was "Automatisches Konfigurationsskript verwenden" checked and a URL. This is a human-readable script file that can be downloaded by IE and opened in a text editor. After lists of rules for special hosts it finally listed the default proxy for everything else, which worked for the MiKTeX installer and the automatic package installer. It would be nice if MiKTeX could have an option to get the proxy configuration from Internet Explorer (if this is possible) or read and interpret the configuration scripts like IE does. Hartmut -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Niemann, Hartmut Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. März 2013 12:44 An: mik...@li... Betreff: [MiKTeX] Manual package download and installation Hello! I use MiKTeX with a few additional packages (like koma-script), and with switching from XP to Win7 and some new network rules in my company automatic package download does not work anymore. I would like to download the needed packages manually (using Internet Explorer) and install them from the local hard drive. How can I do that? I read the recommendation to use the net installer, but I can't set its proxy settings either. With best regards Hartmut Niemann ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ MiKTeX-Users mailing list MiK...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users |