On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: > > > Am 03.09.2015 um 17:47 schrieb Liviu Andronic: >> >> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann >> <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks.Liviu, >>> >>> However, I do not understand Step 1 >>> On the PPA's overview page >>> How do I get this overview page? >>> >> This is the PPA Overview page: >> https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/ubuntu/release >> >> You simply need to: >> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lyx-devel/release > > unfortunately not so simple: > my synaptic claims > OpenOffice.org-thesaurus-de-ch broken > if I try to remove (or purge) it, it is still there. > I don't see how the two are related. Try Edit > Unmark all or Fix broken packages in Synaptic.
Liviu > Wolfgang > >> Then update packages in Synaptic, and update LyX. >> >> Liviu >> >> >>> Wolfgang >>> >>> If you're using the most recent version of Ubuntu (or any version from >>> Ubuntu 9.10 onwards), you can add a PPA to your system with a single line >>> in >>> your terminal. >>> >>> Step 1: On the PPA's overview page, look for the heading that reads >>> Adding >>> this PPA to your system. Make a note of the PPA's location, which looks >>> like: >>> >>> ppa:gwibber-daily/ppa >>> >>> Step 2: Open a terminal and enter: >>> >>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/ppa-name >>> >>> Replace ppa:user/ppa-name with the PPA's location that you noted above. >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 03.09.2015 um 15:55 schrieb Liviu Andronic: >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann >>> <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: >>> >>> Here the version: LyX 2.1.3 (2015-02-05) >>> >>> Built on Feb 12 2015, 11:01:23 >>> >>> Configuration >>> >>> Host type: i686-pc-linux-gnu >>> >>> Special build flags: build=release >>> >>> This comes from official repos and has no support for spellchecking. >>> >>> >>> C++ Compiler: g++ (4.8) >>> >>> C++ Compiler LyX flags: >>> >>> C++ Compiler flags: -O2 >>> >>> Linker flags: >>> >>> Linker user flags: >>> >>> Qt 4 Frontend: >>> >>> Qt 4 version: 4.8.6 >>> >>> Packaging: posix >>> >>> LyX binary dir: /usr/local/bin >>> >>> LyX files dir: /usr/local/share/lyx >>> >>> >>> Should I uninstall lyx and install it by compiling the source? Should I >>> use >>> LyX 2.1.4 released. (July 30, 2015) instead of 2.1.3? >>> >>> You can build from source if you want to. Easier would be to just use >>> the PPA to install 2.1.4: >>> https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/ubuntu/release >>> >>> >>> Liviu >>> >>> >>> Wolfgang >>> >>> Am 03.09.2015 um 12:26 schrieb Liviu Andronic: >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann >>> <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: >>> >>> the spellchecker for my kubuntu 14.04 can not be selected. >>> Under Preferences>Language settings>Spellchecker >>> the Spellchecker engine box v can not be klicked (grayed out) >>> same with the other menu items on the right side of >>> Preferences>Language settings>Spellchecker >>> >>> What version of LyX? Did you install it from Ubuntu repos or from the >>> PPA? From memory, the LyX build in Ubuntu repos has spellchecking >>> disabled for some reason. >>> >>> Liviu >>> >>> >>> I seem to remember that one has to install lyx anew in this case. Is this >>> correct? >>> What exactly should I have installed for a working spellchecker? And >>> where? >>> Under Preferences>Paths >>> Hunspell dictionaries browse-box is grayed out and thus not clickable >>> >>> hunspell packages are in various places such as usr/share usr/lib >>> >>> Wolfgang >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- Do you think you know what math is? http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02 Or what it means to be intelligent? http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30 Think again: http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library