Re: lyx and debian
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:28:48PM +0100, Martijn Brouwer wrote: > P.S. Woody is rock stable, but its software is relatively old because it > has been tested very long. Unless you do very critical work it is better > to upgrade to Debian Sarge (testing) or even Unstable (Sid). Even The problem is not instability of testing (which isn't), but need to keep up with updates (2MB of Packages every other day). Therefore, the best solution for me was to compile my own lyx 1.2.1 (it wasn't in unstable in that time -- I do not know, if it is there now). If anybody is interested in .dsc and .diff.gz files, I can send them via email (they are just 10k in total). Best, Matej -- Matej Cepl, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 The main idea of the pope's asking for forgivness was not to be afraid of the truth. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF TRUTH! We have to have faith in the God's governing power to be able not to be afraid. -- On NPR The Connection from March 13, 2000
Re: lyx and debian
On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 08:41, |b|c|r| wrote: > > I've recently switched from red hat 7.3 to debian woody. I apt-got lyx, > it came without a hitch. started right up. i remember fighting all day > to get red hat to make it run. > anyway, my debian copy came without all the good stuff that my redhat came > with. i cant double space, i cant change font, i cant spell check. I can > fix these things one at a time, its a pain, tho. is there some library of > something that i'm supposed to apt-get along with lyx that no one told me > about? Nice word apt-got :-) First. Apt-get synaptic. This is a convenient frontend to apt-get. Start synaptic, search for lyx, and look which packages it suggest. Probably aspell and some fonts that you currently do not have installed. Succes, Martijn P.S. Woody is rock stable, but its software is relatively old because it has been tested very long. Unless you do very critical work it is better to upgrade to Debian Sarge (testing) or even Unstable (Sid). Even Unstabel is stable, I run it for two weeks now and did not encounter any problem.
Re: lyx and debian
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 01:41:18AM -0600, |b|c|r| wrote: > > anyway, my debian copy came without all the good stuff that my redhat came > with. i cant double space, i cant change font, i cant spell check. I can > fix these things one at a time, its a pain, tho. is there some library of > something that i'm supposed to apt-get along with lyx that no one told me > about? You should install all the packages that the lyx package recommends: > dpkg -s lyx Package: lyx ... Recommends: latex, dvips, tetex-base | ltxgraph, perl5 | perl5-thread | perl-5.004 | perl-5.005 | perl-5.005-thread, tetex-extra, gv, ispell | aspell The '|' means or. Assuming you already have perl, what you need is apt-get install dvips gv tetex-extra ispell or apt-get install dvips gv tetex-extra aspell BTW, if you had used an apt frontend like dselect or aptitude to install lyx, it would have automatically install these packages.
lyx and debian
I've recently switched from red hat 7.3 to debian woody. I apt-got lyx, it came without a hitch. started right up. i remember fighting all day to get red hat to make it run. anyway, my debian copy came without all the good stuff that my redhat came with. i cant double space, i cant change font, i cant spell check. I can fix these things one at a time, its a pain, tho. is there some library of something that i'm supposed to apt-get along with lyx that no one told me about? thanks = Have freedom, Be authentic, Put yourself on the line, Define your own success. =
