Re: [AUCTeX] auctex installation problem: cygwin vs MikTeX tex

[Mirko Vukovic]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Mirko Vukovic <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am installing AucTeX on Windows 7 with MikTeX 2.9 and cygwin.  I am
> getting an error message about missing docstrip.
>
> I think the problem comes from AucTeX using cygwin's tex.  MikTeX does
> contain docstrip, but I cannot make AucTeX use it, as in the bash
> terminal cygwin's binaries are ahead on the search path.
>
> Is there a way for me to specify to the configure script to MikTeX's tex.exe?
>
> My configure command is:
>
>>./configure --prefix=c:/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/emacs-24.2
> --infodir=c:/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/emacs-24.2/info
> --with-texmf-dir=c:/Program\ Files/MiKTeX\ 2.9
> --with-emacs=c:/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/emacs-24.2/bin/emacs.exe
> --with-lispdir=c:/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/emacs-24.2/site-lisp
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mirko

The solution was to redefine texmf root to point to MiKTeX (note the
double quotes) in
the cygwin shell from which I issued the make command:

export TEXMFHOME="/c/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9"

With this in place, make and make install worked.

Mirko