Intro	Prepare	Download	Install	Tune	Test	Uninstall	Info

Preparation

System requirements

• A PC with a 486 processor or better
• Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows XP (you need administrator privileges to install MikTeX).
• Plenty of space on your hard-drive (200Mb??)
• Network connection allowing you to download approx. 45Mb

Software requirements

• PowerArchiver, Iceows or another zip-utility.
• Acrobat Reader if you want to use the pdf facilities.
• Previous versions of Emacs, Miktex, GSview, Ghostscript should be removed before installation.

Temporary Directory

Microsoft Visual C++ run-time files

50comupd.exe (x86). See The Miktex manual.

Environment

Windows 95/98:

• Include the following in your c:\autoexec.bat (eg. using notepad)

  	set TEMP=C:\TEMP
  	set TMP =C:\TEMP
  	set HOME=C:\
  	set DICTDIR=C:\usr\local\lib
  	set PATH=%PATH%;c:\usr\local\bin;
  	set PATH=%PATH%;c:\program files\emacs\bin;
  	set PATH=%PATH%;c:\program files\ghostgum\ghostview\gsview\;
  	

• Restart the computer.

Note: Some systems do not like long filenames, so you might need to change the last two lines to

	set PATH=%PATH%;c:\progra~1\emacs\bin;
	set PATH=%PATH%;c:\progra~1\ghostgum\ghostview\gsview\;

Note 2: Some systems do not like if the PATH is longer than 256 characters.

Windows NT/2000/XP:

• Right-click on the "My computer" icon and choose Properties. (For Win2000, click the 'Advanced' tab). Select the "Environment" tab.
• Create a "user variable" called "Path" with the following value in one line (here I have broken the line).

        c:\program files\emacs\bin;
        c:\program files\ghostgum\ghostview\gsview\;c:\usr\local\bin;
  

  
  If the Path variable exists, append the above to it.
• Create a "user variable" called "HOME" with value c:\
• Create a "user variable" called "DICTDIR" with value c:\usr\local\lib
• Create a "user variable" called "TMP" with value c:\temp (if it is not there already).
• Create a "user variable" called "TEMP" with value c:\temp (if it is not there already).
• Restart the computer. (This might not be necessary - try the test below).