Damn - again only reply instead of reply to... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rainer M Krug <r.m.k...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:12 AM Subject: Re: Lualatex and Lyx. To: Rob Oakes <lyx-de...@oak-tree.us>
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Rob Oakes <lyx-de...@oak-tree.us> wrote: > > On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:51 AM, stefano franchi wrote: > > >> Could you point to some specific instructions? I've always wanted to > >> try this, but never quite made the first step. I may first test it in > >> a Virtual Machine. > >> > > ... > > > 1. Uninstall all the tex-related packages from the system via synaptic > > > > 2. Download the texlive installer from tug: > > http://tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html > > > > 3. Install a full distribution > > > > 4. I had to play around a bit with system paths to instruct linux to > > get to the tex binaries, man pages, etc. (I just followed the > > instructions provided in texlive installation instructions) > > > > 5. Since Lyx 2.0 was not out yet when the project started (although it > > came out toward the end of its life), I stuck with Lyx 1.6.7 and > > followed the instructions to use LuaTeX from LyX's wiki. > > To that, I would add an additional piece of advice: compile LyX from > source or install a non-packaged binary. In Ubuntu, if you try and install > LyX from the package manager, it will download all of the associated LaTeX > packages as well. This can be a tremendous pain because you'll have two > versions of everything installed and you need to manually manage the > packages. > I completely agree - that is exactly what I did, and I remember the dependency. But actually, LyX in Oneiric does only RECOMMENDS LaTeX - I have LyX installed and no LaTeX under the Ubuntu package management system (only i my home folder completely under my control.). So: Install texlive in your home directory and lyx from the repo. But from source has other advantages. Cheers, Rainer > > Having two LaTeX distributions can be done (see > http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/07/15/latex-custom for a > description of how), but it's a pain. It's much better to have a single > LaTeX distribution installed alongside LyX. > > > I had some problems with biblatex/biber (which I also used instead of > > bibtex) but no problems with Lualatex. > > I'd be really interested in hearing about using biber and biblatex. I'm > really interested in moving away from bibtex to something else, and I've > heard really good things. > > Cheers, > > Rob -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug
