Thanks for the suggestion about the messages window. I’ve found the error: there is a typo on line 169 of Contents/Resources/configure.py, where ‘True' is mis-capitalized as ‘true’. Fixing that solves the problem.
~David On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Stephan Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 13.09.2015 um 21:39 schrieb [email protected]: >> The error message states “Lyx will only have minimal functionality because >> no textclasses have been found. You can either try to reconfigure LyX >> normally, try to reconfigure without checking your LaTeX installation, or >> continue.” Which ever choice (reconfigure, without latex, continue) I >> select, I get this message upon trying to create a new document: “The layout >> file: article could not be found. A default textclass with default layouts >> will be used. LyX will not be able to produce correct output." >> >> I’m using the 2015-06-13 version of mactex. The path settings for LyX (2.2 >> above, 2.1 below) are here: https://i.imgur.com/28XrGLg.png > These settings look ok. IMO, either your TeX engine couldn't > be found or LyX cannot detect a useful python interpreter. > You may check the existence and/or contents of the file > $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.2/configure.log > to verify this. > Another possibility to check for errors is to enable > debug messages (View -> Messages) and read the log > output there. > Stephan >> >> Thanks, >> ~David >> >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Stephan Witt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Am 12.09.2015 um 23:01 schrieb [email protected]: >> >> > Thanks Stephan. >> > >> > When I launch this version of LyX, I got an error saying that textclasses >> > could not be found, which persisted even after I had updated the paths to >> > match my LyX 2.1 settings exactly. Are there any paths hardcoded into the >> > build? >> >> No, not that I'm aware of it. I've tested the LyX app on two additional >> different systems and didn't get any error message. Furthermore the paths of >> the 2.2 LyX preferences should have been copied from the 2.1 preferences. >> What's the exact wording of the error message? >> >> Stephan >> >> PS. You've installed some TeX system like MacTeX? >> >> > On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 7:03 AM, Stephan Witt <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > I’m having some difficulty building Lyx 2.2 (commit 0bbc80f) on OSX. >> > > Currently >> > > using Xcode 6.4 on OSX 10.10.5 and Qt 5.5.0 installed via Homebrew. >> > > automake.sh >> > > runs fine, and so does configure invoked as follows: >> > > >> > > >> > > ./configure --with-version-suffix=-2.2 --with-libiconv-prefix=/usr >> > > --with-x=no >> > > --disable-stdlib-debug --prefix=/Users/ddinh/Applications/Lyx-2.2.app >> > > --with-qt-dir=/usr/local/opt/qt5 --enable-qt5 --enable-cxx11 >> > > >> > > >> > > which gives: >> > > >> > > >> > > Configuration >> > > Host type: x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0 >> > > Special build flags: build=development warnings assertions c++11-mode >> > > stdregex use-aspell use-enchant >> > > C++ Compiler: g++ >> > > C++ Compiler flags: -Wall -Wextra -fPIC -g -O -std=c++11 >> > > -Wno-deprecated-register >> > > C++ Compiler user flags: >> > > Linker flags: >> > > Linker user flags: >> > > Qt Frontend: >> > > Qt version: 5.5.0 >> > > Packaging: macosx >> > > LyX binary dir: /Users/ddinh/Applications/Lyx-2.2.app/Contents/MacOS >> > > LyX files dir: >> > > /Users/ddinh/Applications/Lyx-2.2.app/Contents/Resources >> > > >> > > >> > > On a call to make, compilation seems to work but linking fails as >> > > follows: >> > > >> > > >> > > rm -f hash-temp \ >> > > @echo " GEN lyx_commit_hash.h";hash=`cd ".." && git log -1 >> > > --pretty=format:%H 2>/dev/null || echo none` ; \ >> > > sed s/@LYX_GIT_COMMIT_HASH@/$hash/ "."/lyx_commit_hash.h.in >hash-temp >> > > ; \ >> > > cmp -s lyx_commit_hash.h hash-temp || cp hash-temp lyx_commit_hash.h ; \ >> > > rm -f hash-temp >> > > CXXLD lyx >> > > clang: error: unknown argument: '-framework QtConcurrent' >> > > clang: error: unknown argument: '-framework QtSvg' >> > > clang: error: unknown argument: '-framework QtWidgets' >> > > clang: error: unknown argument: '-framework QtMacExtras' >> > > clang: error: unknown argument: '-framework QtGui' >> > > clang: error: unknown argument: '-framework QtCore' >> > > make[4]: *** [lyx] Error 1 >> > > make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 >> > > make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 >> > > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 >> > > make: *** [all] Error 2 >> > > >> > > >> > > Does anyone have experience with this error, or binaries of lyx 2.2? >> > >> > Hi David, >> > >> > I didn't use Homebrew before but I know of difficulties to build LyX with >> > Qt from MacPorts. >> > I'm able to compile and link LyX with Qt frameworks I've built myself on >> > my Mac from source. >> > >> > I've made a disk image with LyX-2.2.0 at git commit >> > 211ac35314d661127c407635af880bcf1679ddba. >> > You can grab it and a detached gpg-signature from dropbox here: >> > >> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27842660/LyX-2.2.0dev-211ac35%2Bqt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg >> > >> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27842660/LyX-2.2.0dev-211ac35%2Bqt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg.sig >> > >> > >> > Regards, >> > Stephan >> > >> > >> >> >>
