On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Les Denham wrote:
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Les Denham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages
On Thursday 30 October 2008, Keith Roberts wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages
Keith Roberts wrote:
How do I go about installing new/required LaTeX packages from CTAN?
Do I have to install them into LyX, or into my actuall LaTeX
installation?
What operating system, and what LaTeX distribution?
/Paul
Hi Paul. I'm on Fedora 8, and it uses tetex-latex 3.0-44.9.fc8
Keith
Keith,
I'd suggest you upgrade to TexLive -- tetex is no longer
maintained. You may well find the packages you want are
already included. See:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTexLive
However, the basic installation for most CTAN packages is pretty simple:
1. Download the package -- usually the "You can get this entire directory
bundled as ????.zip" near the top of the page listing the contents.
2. Unzip the downloaded file.
3. Follow the installation instructions in the README file.
4. Run texhash
5. From within LyX, do: Tools->Reconfigure. Restart LyX.
See section 5.1 in the LyX Help file Customization.
The installation instructions typically are something like this (from the
calendar package):
INSTALLATION ------------ The simplest way to install the
tools in the package is to make a subdirectory in the
search path of your TeX, FTP all of the source files to
that directory, and run "latex allcal.ins". You should
then be able to run the demonstration files.
--
Les
Sorted out now Les. Thanks again for your helpfull reply.
I added the texlive.repo to yum.
Also created a Smart PM channel from the yum repo.
Fedora spotted the texlive repo, and offered to update from
tetex-latex to texlive-latex.
Did that, and everything also appears to work fine now.
I also found the installation path for new latex packages,
which can be found in LyX, under Tools > TeX Information.
Then checked the show paths box.
I installed a new package called 'pmboxdraw' by creating a
new directory and copying the required files into that.
Thanks again Les.
This Latex and Lyx stuff is real cool!
Kind Regards,
Keith
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