Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 23 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. I don't know anything about the FreeBSD implementation. One other possible thing to try: you could run the (Python) configuration script in a terminal and see if anything useful jumps out. The script is likely at /usr/share/lyx/configure.py (that's where I find it on Linux Mint). Could it be an issue with the version of Python running the script? I know that 3.0 was not backward compatible with 2.x, but I don't know whether that would affect the script, and if so whether it would result in a partial failure or a spectacular implosion. Paul Thank you!!! That was it. After the python script had run lyx started to process beamer files correctly and ~/.lyx/configure.log confirms that it had checked the classes as it should. I can't say I fully understand what happened but it certainly solved the problem. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 23 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. I don't know anything about the FreeBSD implementation. One other possible thing to try: you could run the (Python) configuration script in a terminal and see if anything useful jumps out. The script is likely at /usr/share/lyx/configure.py (that's where I find it on Linux Mint). Could it be an issue with the version of Python running the script? I know that 3.0 was not backward compatible with 2.x, but I don't know whether that would affect the script, and if so whether it would result in a partial failure or a spectacular implosion. Paul Thank you!!! That was it. After the python script had run lyx started to process beamer files correctly and ~/.lyx/configure.log confirms that it had checked the classes as it should. I can't say I fully understand what happened but it certainly solved the problem. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 23 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes: > > > > > ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document > > classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to > > something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a > > disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer > > files but I'd like to find what is wrong. > > I don't know anything about the FreeBSD implementation. One other possible > thing to try: you could run the (Python) configuration script in a terminal > and see if anything useful jumps out. The script is likely at > /usr/share/lyx/configure.py (that's where I find it on Linux Mint). > > Could it be an issue with the version of Python running the script? I know > that 3.0 was not backward compatible with 2.x, but I don't know whether that > would affect the script, and if so whether it would result in a partial > failure or a spectacular implosion. > > Paul > > Thank you!!! That was it. After the python script had run lyx started to process beamer files correctly and ~/.lyx/configure.log confirms that it had checked the classes as it should. I can't say I fully understand what happened but it certainly solved the problem. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. I don't know anything about the FreeBSD implementation. One other possible thing to try: you could run the (Python) configuration script in a terminal and see if anything useful jumps out. The script is likely at /usr/share/lyx/configure.py (that's where I find it on Linux Mint). Could it be an issue with the version of Python running the script? I know that 3.0 was not backward compatible with 2.x, but I don't know whether that would affect the script, and if so whether it would result in a partial failure or a spectacular implosion. Paul
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 22 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? With this sort of problem, the first step is typically to open a terminal and run 'kpsewhich beamer.cls' and verify that the LaTeX search paths are correctly configured. (IMHO, this is the most frequent culprit.) If the paths are okay, the next question is whether LyX sees them during configuration. (I'm guessing not.) In ~/.lyx/configure.log, look for the line INFO: +checking for document class beamer and see if you got a no response (not found). If kpsewhich finds beamer.cls but LyX doesn't, make sure that LyX runs under an account with read permission on the LaTeX directories. Paul Thanks for your reply. kpsewich shows the paths correctly. Permissions are also OK. ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 22 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? With this sort of problem, the first step is typically to open a terminal and run 'kpsewhich beamer.cls' and verify that the LaTeX search paths are correctly configured. (IMHO, this is the most frequent culprit.) If the paths are okay, the next question is whether LyX sees them during configuration. (I'm guessing not.) In ~/.lyx/configure.log, look for the line INFO: +checking for document class beamer and see if you got a no response (not found). If kpsewhich finds beamer.cls but LyX doesn't, make sure that LyX runs under an account with read permission on the LaTeX directories. Paul Thanks for your reply. kpsewich shows the paths correctly. Permissions are also OK. ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. I don't know anything about the FreeBSD implementation. One other possible thing to try: you could run the (Python) configuration script in a terminal and see if anything useful jumps out. The script is likely at /usr/share/lyx/configure.py (that's where I find it on Linux Mint). Could it be an issue with the version of Python running the script? I know that 3.0 was not backward compatible with 2.x, but I don't know whether that would affect the script, and if so whether it would result in a partial failure or a spectacular implosion. Paul
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 22 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes: > > > > > I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. > > > > I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find > > beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. > > > > In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, > > deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is > > there any way to make lyx find the files? > > With this sort of problem, the first step is typically to open a terminal > and run 'kpsewhich beamer.cls' and verify that the LaTeX search paths are > correctly configured. (IMHO, this is the most frequent culprit.) > > If the paths are okay, the next question is whether LyX sees them during > configuration. (I'm guessing not.) In ~/.lyx/configure.log, look for the > line "INFO: +checking for document class beamer" and see if you got a "no" > response (not found). > > If kpsewhich finds beamer.cls but LyX doesn't, make sure that LyX runs under > an account with read permission on the LaTeX directories. > > Paul Thanks for your reply. kpsewich shows the paths correctly. Permissions are also OK. ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes: > > ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document > classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to > something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a > disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer > files but I'd like to find what is wrong. I don't know anything about the FreeBSD implementation. One other possible thing to try: you could run the (Python) configuration script in a terminal and see if anything useful jumps out. The script is likely at /usr/share/lyx/configure.py (that's where I find it on Linux Mint). Could it be an issue with the version of Python running the script? I know that 3.0 was not backward compatible with 2.x, but I don't know whether that would affect the script, and if so whether it would result in a partial failure or a spectacular implosion. Paul
lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? With this sort of problem, the first step is typically to open a terminal and run 'kpsewhich beamer.cls' and verify that the LaTeX search paths are correctly configured. (IMHO, this is the most frequent culprit.) If the paths are okay, the next question is whether LyX sees them during configuration. (I'm guessing not.) In ~/.lyx/configure.log, look for the line INFO: +checking for document class beamer and see if you got a no response (not found). If kpsewhich finds beamer.cls but LyX doesn't, make sure that LyX runs under an account with read permission on the LaTeX directories. Paul
lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? With this sort of problem, the first step is typically to open a terminal and run 'kpsewhich beamer.cls' and verify that the LaTeX search paths are correctly configured. (IMHO, this is the most frequent culprit.) If the paths are okay, the next question is whether LyX sees them during configuration. (I'm guessing not.) In ~/.lyx/configure.log, look for the line INFO: +checking for document class beamer and see if you got a no response (not found). If kpsewhich finds beamer.cls but LyX doesn't, make sure that LyX runs under an account with read permission on the LaTeX directories. Paul
lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes: > > I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. > > I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find > beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. > > In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, > deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is > there any way to make lyx find the files? With this sort of problem, the first step is typically to open a terminal and run 'kpsewhich beamer.cls' and verify that the LaTeX search paths are correctly configured. (IMHO, this is the most frequent culprit.) If the paths are okay, the next question is whether LyX sees them during configuration. (I'm guessing not.) In ~/.lyx/configure.log, look for the line "INFO: +checking for document class beamer" and see if you got a "no" response (not found). If kpsewhich finds beamer.cls but LyX doesn't, make sure that LyX runs under an account with read permission on the LaTeX directories. Paul
