[fptex] Re: problems with the XEmTeX installer

[Luis A Escobar]

Dear Fabrice: I will try your suggestions and I will report.

Now about xemtex-0.5-beta1.msi. I did not notice this until you call my
attention. I downloaded a fresh copy (I had a beta version but I remove it
before trying the new one). I did not type anything, I paste
and copy from your web page. But I might have done something stupid.
I will double check.

I will let you know tonite or tomorrow (Central USA time).

Best regards,

Luis A.



                                                                                                              
                      Fabrice Popineau                                                                        
                      <Fabrice.Popineau@        To:       Luis A Escobar <luis at lsu.edu>                       
                      supelec.fr>               cc:       Fabrice Popineau <Fabrice.Popineau at supelec.fr>,     
                                                 fptex at tug.org                                                
                      05/11/2005 03:05          Subject:  Re: problems with the XEmTeX installer              
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Well, to make it clear for every body:
- this is my first attempt to distribute an MSI file, and this one is
very large
- there is a tool to validate the structure of the msi file and xemtex
has validated the test before I put it for download;
- I have successfully installed it on a clean XP system running inside
VMWare.


> Dear Fabrice: I downloaded the XEmTeX into a machine running XP
> Professional and plenty of memory.  It is an standing alone machine
> that I have a home. I downloaded the files into a folder.  I run the
> installer and it failed.  I tried several times but it always failed.
> I tried the 3 different options for installation availabe but it
> always run into problems.

That said, this is annoying. The first thing to check to can harm the
installation is the usual set of antivirus software / anti spyware.

Before retrying, make sure that the program is not half-installed (look
into
Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs).

Normally, in case of error, MSI rolls back the installation and removes
everything.

If your not sure about the status of your installation, use this
program:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msizap_exe.asp


I will put msizap.exe for download tomorrow. Use this command line:
msizap T {53EB1169-805C-4A3A-86B1-7F170D2B30EE}

to remove any information about the previous attempts.

Fabrice

PS: strangely, your attachement shows xemtex-0.5-beta1.msi . Did you try
an old version ?