Fabian Wilde <fabian.wilde <at> icloud.com> writes:
>
> Paul A. Rubin <rubin <at> msu.edu> writes:
>
> >
> > I don't have ready access to a Windows partition with LyX 2.1 any more, so
> > I'm winging this a bit. I noticed your path to lyx.exe contained "cygdrive":
> >
> > > $ /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/LyX\ 2.1/bin/lyx.exe -x reconfigure
> >
> > By any chance does that mean you have LyX installed on a machine running
> > Cygwin? Years ago I had problems with reconfiguring LyX because Cygwin had a
> > (broken, as I recall) version of latex that appeared on the command path
> > ahead of the MiKTeX version. If that's the case for you, moving MiKTeX's bin
> > directory ahead of the Cygwin bin directory on the system command path might
> > help. (I would put LyX's bin directory ahead of Cygwin's as well.)
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> Hi Paul,
>
> thanks for your help! Yes, there is cygwin install on the computer. I now
> looked for the cygwin directory in system path variable, but there was only
> the miktex path, so I'm not sure if that is the problem or if I looked at
> the wrong variable. This is what's in the path variable:
>
> C:\Windows\system32
> C:\Windows
> C:\Windows\System32\Wbem
> C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\
> C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\
> C:\Program Files\OpenAFS\Common
> C:\Program Files\OpenAFS\Client\Program
> C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenAFS\Common
> C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenAFS\Client\Program
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Heimdal\bin\
> C:\Program Files\Heimdal\bin\
>
> and these are the paths from LyX:
>
> $LyXDir\bin;
> $LyXDir\Python;
> $LyXDir\Python\Lib;
> $LyXDir\Perl\bin;
> $LyXDir\imagemagick;
> C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\tex\latex;
> C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin;
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim74;
> C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\ghostscript\bin
>
> Cheers,
> Fabian
>
>
Hi Paul and everyone!
I found the solution to my problem on the LyX troubleshoot wiki. I had a
problem with an UNC path. Here is a copy of the solution:
LyX does not start and gives the error message: unable to find textclass file
This problem may come into existence if you use LyX on a windows-pc where
your windows/application profile is not stored local but on an UNC path
(i.e. \\Username\Applications\LyX). One solution I have found is the following:
Uninstall LyX from your PC if you have used an installation folder whose
name exists of seperate words like C:\Program Files.
Reinstall LyX and consider, that you use a folder whose name exists of
just one word like C:\Lyx15
Start the Command Prompt in windows (Start -> All Programs ->
Accessories -> Command Prompt)
Change directory to C:\ (type c:)
Type "c:/lyx15/python/python.exe c:/lyx15/resources/configure.py" in the
Command Prompt and press "return"
After the configuration has been finished you will find 4 files in the
directory c:\ -> configure.log, lyxrc.defaults, textclass.lst and packages.lst
Cut these 4 files and paste them into the \\Username\Application
Data\LyX folder. If a directory for Lyx does not exist create a new one.
Start Lyx
The problem can arise even if you do not use a UNC path for the windows
profile. In this case steps 5-8 are sufficient and can be carried out using
the default Program Files location.
Sorry for troubling you and again thanks for your help!
Cheers,
Fabian
