Add MiKTeX before tests run

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[ronaldtse]

@CAMOBAP795 failed tests...

[CAMOBAP]

@ronaldtse yep, MikTeX chocolatey package cannot be installed because of 404 looks like they cleaned their file server with installers, let's wait till https://chocolatey.org/packages/miktex becomes green

[ronaldtse]

@CAMOBAP795 I think Chocolatey MiKTeX will never be fixed -- the package is an auto-generated one, and the package source hasn't been updated in over a year:

https://github.com/aronovgj/choco-auto

I also wrote to the MiKTeX author but have received no reply from him regarding maintaining a stable package link.

Now, apparently there is a official way of installing MiKTeX in an unattended way: https://miktex.org/announcement/miktex-setup-utility

It might be easiest for us to run this miktexsetup utility instead of the flaky/unstable Chocolatey package.

https://miktex.org/howto/deploy-miktex

If you intend to install MiKTeX on many client computers, here is the recipe:

1. set up a local package repository on a server and share it in your organization

2. create a command script which silently installs MiKTeX from the local package repository

3. deploy MiKTeX by running the script on the client computers

4. Set up a local package repository

5. Get the MiKTeX Setup Utility for Windows: wget https://miktex.org/download/win/miktexsetup-x64.zip unzip miktexsetup-x64.zip

6. Run the setup utility on the server to set up the local package repository: miktexsetup --verbose --local-package-repository=C:\temp\miktex --package-set=complete download Depending on your Internet connection, this will take some time. When the command finishes, you have a local package repository in C:\temp\miktex.

Then run, miktexsetup.exe --quiet --local-package-repository=C:\temp\miktex --package-set=basic install

[ronaldtse]

@CAMOBAP795 this works. Thank you!