Hello again, Thanks Rob & Liviu. I reported a bug & it has been confirmed: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lyx/+bug/974269
Just one question: for LyX to work it requires TeX packages right? How big should that be for a regular usage involving mathematics & physics? Moreover, how can I install it (with TeX packages; more accurately: like it is installed on my system!) on a system with no connection? On 04/03/2012 07:07 PM, Rob Oakes wrote: > On 4/3/2012 10:01 AM, BOB Merhebi wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I've been testing Ubuntu12.04 lately & just now I was thinking of >> using LyX on it. TO my big surprise the LyX requires a large download >> of ~450 MB+. I am shocked!!! IS that the true size? If not mistaken I >> recall that on 10.04 it required ~ 25MB. Am I mistaken? Is there >> something wrong? > Hi Bob, > > The download from Ubuntu was probably a debug build. These are much > larger than the release build. You might want to contact the Ubuntu > project and let them know that the build is much larger than expected. > Liviu Andronic manages a PPA with an unofficial build, which might be > less damaging to your Internet quota > (https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/release). I'm not sure he's > added support for Precise Penguin, yet, though. > > Another idea is that they may have changed the LaTeX dependencies. If > so, it might be downloading a lot of extra TeX packages that aren't needed. > > Regardless, I would definitely get in touch with the Ubuntu project. To > the best of my knowledge, they don't subscribe to this list, and it's > something that they will want to hear about. > > Cheers, > > Rob On 04/03/2012 08:00 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Rob Oakes <[email protected]> wrote: >> The download from Ubuntu was probably a debug build. These are much >> larger than the release build. You might want to contact the Ubuntu >> project and let them know that the build is much larger than expected. >> Liviu Andronic manages a PPA with an unofficial build, which might be >> less damaging to your Internet quota >> (https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/release). I'm not sure he's >> added support for Precise Penguin, yet, though. >> > A version for Precise is available at my experimental PPA [1]. When I > get some positive feedback on the build and/or Precise gets released, > I will move it to the lyx-devel PPA. > > [1] https://launchpad.net/~landronimirc/+archive/experimental > > >> Another idea is that they may have changed the LaTeX dependencies. If >> so, it might be downloading a lot of extra TeX packages that aren't needed. >> > I am also suspecting that your total download size contains a bunch of > LaTeX dependencies. Else, see Rob's comments. > > Regards > Liviu -- Sincerely Yours, -Merhebi, Bob Thunderbird Signature
