Trisha Lawrence wrote:
Hi Scott
I've currently uninstalled Lyx from my laptop. I've noticed on the
lyx-users platform a suggestion to do that as well as downloading the
following link below
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller
Should this work? Would I still need to make any changes after
downloading Lyx from the link above, like coping the layout packages
from MiKTeX to LyX?
Trisha,
The link above takes you to an installer for a very old version (2.0.5)
of LyX. You shouldn't use it.
In your email to me this morning you told me that LyX (well, more
exactly, the LaTeX engine that it was calling) wasn't even finding
article.cls, which is the most basic class file, which suggests to me
that your problem (or, at least, one very basic problem) doesn't have
anything to do with the problem of finding missing layouts discussed in
the link in your original message. I think your best bet, short of a
complete reinstall of Windows, is to reinstall the latest versions of
MikTeX and LyX. MikTeX is found here <http://miktex.org/download>. You
can download the latest version (2.1.2) of LyX for Windows by clicking
here <ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.1.2/LyX-2.1.2-Installer-1.exe>.
You noted that you did some sort of "migration" from your old laptop to
your new one, and those are notorious (on both Macs and Windows
machines) for screwing things up. If you have the time and the patience,
I suspect doing a fresh install of Windows on a clean drive, followed by
fresh installs of MikTeX and LyX would solve your problems. If that
isn't possible, once again, give the latest versions of MikTeX and LyX a
shot.
> Also I can't seem to post any questions on Lyx-users platform.
You seem able to now. :-)
-chris
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org <mailto:skost...@lyx.org>>
Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: Help with Lyx
To: Trisha Lawrence <trishalaw...@gmail.com
<mailto:trishalaw...@gmail.com>>
Cc: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org <mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>"
<lyx-users@lists.lyx.org <mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>>, LyX
Documentation Team <lyx-d...@lists.lyx.org
<mailto:lyx-d...@lists.lyx.org>>
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Trisha Lawrence
<trishalaw...@gmail.com <mailto:trishalaw...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> HI
>
> I have recently obtained a new laptop and I am unable to obtain the
document
> classes that were available in the Lyx docment processor of my old
Laptop.
> I've followed the steps included in the link below which suggested
copying
> the layout types to users then reconfiguring Lyx, however it still
doesn't
> seem to work.
>
> http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Layouts#toc1
>
> I remember getting tremendous help from someone@ Lyx-doc upon
completing my
> thesis for my MSc. I am currently pursuing my PhD and this will help me
> immensely. Can anyone help in anyway?
Hi Trisha,
I think you meant to send this email to lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
<mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> . I
will forward it to there. All future responses to this email should
not reply to lyx-d...@lists.lyx.org <mailto:lyx-d...@lists.lyx.org>.
Best of luck,
Scott
