I installed it from the image file for Mac OS X (drag and drop to the Applications folder).
PATH prefix is clean. I installed TeX using i-installer. Is this of any help??? On 3/6/06, Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 6, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Julio Rojas wrote: > > > Thanx Paul. > > > > Date in "LaTeX Configuration" doesn't appear, just "???", the same in > > the book class. The book class appeared before making the first change > > you told me to do (adding the viewer command). I undid the changes but > > it remains "???" for the fields asked and the samen error presented. > > > > I believe I'll have to reinstall LaTeX, don't I? > > Don't do this yet -- if your previous LyX was working, upgrading > shouldn't affect this. > > When you installed 1.3.7, did you run the installer program? (What > version of LyX were you upgrading from?) > > What do you have in LyX > Preferences > Paths > PATH prefix? > > How did you install teTeX? (fink? i-Installer? darwinports?) > > Bennett > > > On 3/6/06, Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Julio Rojas wrote: > >>> Thanx Paul, but after I did what you suggested and reconfigured LyX > >>> the following message is presented when I opened my document: > >>> > >>> Textclass error > >>> The document uses a missong TeX class book > >>> LyX will not be able to produce output > >>> > >>> I'm using OS X 10.4.5 and the application I use to view PDF's is the > >>> Preview tool of OS X > >>> (/Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview). > >>> > >>> Thanx for your help. > >>> > >> > >> The new error message has nothing to do with your PDF viewer -- LyX > >> cannot run latex (or pdflatex) against the document because it cannot > >> find the book class (which the document apparently uses). Take a > >> look > >> at Help->LaTeX Configuration. First note the date (third line) > >> and make > >> sure it conforms to the date you most recently reconfigured LyX. > >> Then > >> scroll down to section 3.3 and see if it says 'yes' or 'no' for > >> having > >> found the book class. (Based on the error message, it is likely > >> to say > >> 'no'.) If it says 'no', make sure you have the book class > >> installed in > >> your LaTeX setup. If you do, try regenerating your LaTeX file > >> directory, then reconfigure LyX again (and restart LyX). > >> > >> /Paul > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Julio Rojas > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Bennett W. Helm > Department of Philosophy > Franklin & Marshall College > Lancaster, PA 17604-3003 > Voice: 717-291-4392 > FAX: 717-291-4369 > Homepage: <http://www.fandm.edu/Departments/Philosophy/staticpages/ > index.php?page=helm> > > > -- ------------------------------------------------- Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED]