On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 5:57 AM, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: > An edit was made to the LyXOnUbuntu page: > > http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnUbuntu?action=diff#diff1469928065 > > The user "JH" had a problem when using the Ubuntu PPA and changed the > wiki page to suggest that users remove the default repo lyx package > before using the PPA. Is this indeed the correct advice? I think that > should not be necessary, but I've seen a couple of issues regarding > upgrading LyX versions on Ubuntu, so I'm not sure. >
It might be, but I'm not sure. Sometimes there are minor incompatibilities between packages (e.g. 'lyx-common' from default repos containing icons that the PPA packages contain in 'lyx', though I speak from memory), in which case it's indeed a good idea to first remove the Ubuntu lyx packages and then install the PPA ones. Either way, I don't think this additional step is much of an issue, and if you don't you'll fix your system quickly enough in any case. Liviu > Scott
