MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ Problem in Ubuntu?

[karthik]

I have just installed MikTeX 2.8 beta in Ubuntu...

I am able to run mpm very well from the command line, but the GUI just does not open.

I keep getting the error:
mpm: Could not restart in windowed mode.

Is this some obvious error? How do I fix it?

Thanks
Karthik

[sumpygump]

In version 2.8 beta, it looks like only the command line version of mpm has been ported to linux.

From MiKTeX website (http://miktex.org/unx/about):
"The MiKTeX package manager GUI is currently only available for Windows."

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

with 2.8 beta the MiKTeX package manager GUI has been ported to Linux, see here. I didn't test 2.8 beta yet, because I've been using the command line version of mpm 2.7 until now, I wanted to wait until the release of Ubuntu 8.10, but now, as it's available, I will install it and the mpm 2.8 beta soon.
I will let you know what happens on my system.

Stefan

[pandammonium]

If you read the readme file, it says:

The Qt development kit (version 4.2 or newer) is required, if you intend to enable GUI features (e.g., the auto-installer message box). A common name for this package is libqt4-devel.

So when I got this error, I presumed it stemmed from not having the Qt development kit installed. Once you've installed that (try libqt4-dev), then redo the installation and initialisation and configuration steps all over again, and it should work (fingers crossed).

I suppose Qt isn't described as a prerequisite for nothing!