John Kane wrote:
This is what I have for the right
Minsys .exe
Directory of C:\msys
11/10/2005 11:06 AM <DIR> .
11/10/2005 11:06 AM <DIR> ..
08/14/2005 11:49 AM <DIR> 1.0
07/31/2005 01:05 PM 2,808,061
MSYS-1.0.10.exe
Whereas mine looks like
10/11/2005 04:04 PM <DIR> .
10/11/2005 07:30 AM <DIR> ..
10/11/2005 04:04 PM <DIR> 1.0
0 File(s) O bytes
3 Dir(s) 28,478,042,122 bytes free
Mine has no sign of an exe file so it looks like I
may have found the culprit.
Hang on. The ~2.8 MB file in Stephen's directory listing is probably
the installer, which you don't need once installation is done (and which
wouldn't necessarily be in that particular directory even if you did
keep it). Given your path (below), the question is what you have in
C:\msys\1.0\bin. To verify your MinSYS installation, you can open a DOS
window and type 'sh' at the command prompt. This should start a shell
and give you a prompt that looks like 'sh-2.04$' (though possibly yours
will have a higher version number). If it does, type 'exit' to get out
of the shell.
Assuming sh works, you might try running the configure script in the DOS
window. Change to the directory C:\Program Files\LyX\Resources\lyx,
verify that a file named 'configure' is there, and then execute 'sh
configure'. That runs the configuration script. Watch the output in
particular to see if it finds a working version of LaTeX. If not, try
executing 'latex --version' at the command prompt and see if you get a
version message. If not, there's a problem with your MiKTeX installation.
HTH,
Paul
