On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: > > > Am 03.09.2015 um 20:27 schrieb Liviu Andronic: >> >> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann >> <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Am 03.09.2015 um 17:47 schrieb Liviu Andronic: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann >>>> <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks.Liviu, >>>>> >>>>> However, I do not understand Step 1 >>>>> On the PPA's overview page >>>>> How do I get this overview page? >>>>> >>>> This is the PPA Overview page: >>>> https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/ubuntu/release >>>> >>>> You simply need to: >>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lyx-devel/release >>> >>> unfortunately not so simple: >>> my synaptic claims >>> OpenOffice.org-thesaurus-de-ch broken >>> if I try to remove (or purge) it, it is still there. >>> >> I don't see how the two are related. Try Edit > Unmark all or Fix >> broken packages in Synaptic. >> >> Liviu > > I can't open synaptic (because of an error in the sources.list) > nor muon, the package manager of Kubuntu (package system could not be > initialized, configuration may be broken). > Have to see, what has gone wrong > Will probably try -after fixing this- to compile lyx from its source. > Wolfgang > Try to investigate /etc/apt/sources.list . Sometimes it's very fussy about formatting, so if you did recent changes try to revert them.
Liviu >>> Wolfgang >>> >>>> Then update packages in Synaptic, and update LyX. >>>> >>>> Liviu >>>> >>>> >>>>> Wolfgang >>>>> >>>>> If you're using the most recent version of Ubuntu (or any version from >>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 onwards), you can add a PPA to your system with a single >>>>> line >>>>> in >>>>> your terminal. >>>>> >>>>> Step 1: On the PPA's overview page, look for the heading that reads >>>>> Adding >>>>> this PPA to your system. Make a note of the PPA's location, which looks >>>>> like: >>>>> >>>>> ppa:gwibber-daily/ppa >>>>> >>>>> Step 2: Open a terminal and enter: >>>>> >>>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/ppa-name >>>>> >>>>> Replace ppa:user/ppa-name with the PPA's location that you noted above. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Am 03.09.2015 um 15:55 schrieb Liviu Andronic: >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann >>>>> <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Here the version: LyX 2.1.3 (2015-02-05) >>>>> >>>>> Built on Feb 12 2015, 11:01:23 >>>>> >>>>> Configuration >>>>> >>>>> Host type: i686-pc-linux-gnu >>>>> >>>>> Special build flags: build=release >>>>> >>>>> This comes from official repos and has no support for spellchecking. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> C++ Compiler: g++ (4.8) >>>>> >>>>> C++ Compiler LyX flags: >>>>> >>>>> C++ Compiler flags: -O2 >>>>> >>>>> Linker flags: >>>>> >>>>> Linker user flags: >>>>> >>>>> Qt 4 Frontend: >>>>> >>>>> Qt 4 version: 4.8.6 >>>>> >>>>> Packaging: posix >>>>> >>>>> LyX binary dir: /usr/local/bin >>>>> >>>>> LyX files dir: /usr/local/share/lyx >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Should I uninstall lyx and install it by compiling the source? Should I >>>>> use >>>>> LyX 2.1.4 released. (July 30, 2015) instead of 2.1.3? >>>>> >>>>> You can build from source if you want to. Easier would be to just use >>>>> the PPA to install 2.1.4: >>>>> https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/ubuntu/release >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Liviu >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Wolfgang >>>>> >>>>> Am 03.09.2015 um 12:26 schrieb Liviu Andronic: >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann >>>>> <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> the spellchecker for my kubuntu 14.04 can not be selected. >>>>> Under Preferences>Language settings>Spellchecker >>>>> the Spellchecker engine box v can not be klicked (grayed out) >>>>> same with the other menu items on the right side of >>>>> Preferences>Language settings>Spellchecker >>>>> >>>>> What version of LyX? Did you install it from Ubuntu repos or from the >>>>> PPA? From memory, the LyX build in Ubuntu repos has spellchecking >>>>> disabled for some reason. >>>>> >>>>> Liviu >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I seem to remember that one has to install lyx anew in this case. Is >>>>> this >>>>> correct? >>>>> What exactly should I have installed for a working spellchecker? And >>>>> where? >>>>> Under Preferences>Paths >>>>> Hunspell dictionaries browse-box is grayed out and thus not clickable >>>>> >>>>> hunspell packages are in various places such as usr/share usr/lib >>>>> >>>>> Wolfgang >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> >> > -- Do you think you know what math is? http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02 Or what it means to be intelligent? http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30 Think again: http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library
