This sounds stupid but you do have \usepackage{lipsum} in your LaTeX preamble?
On 12 October 2016 at 03:31, Riccardo <chiona...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everybody, > I'm using LyX 2.2.1 under Ubuntu 16.04. I have texlive 2016 installed via > this <http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/texlive-2016/ubuntu> PPA. I have > a problem with a module missing in LyX: lipsum.sty > > > *kpsewhich lipsum.sty* returns a path correctly > > */usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/lipsum/lipsum.sty* > > but still, in *Document→Settings→Modules* there is no module "Lipsum" > showing up. > > > I checked your guide at https://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/LaTeXErrors#missing-class > . > > > *apt-file search lipsum.sty* returns the package *texlive-latex-extra* > > that I actually have in > */usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lipsum/lipsum.sty*. Moreover, > *texlive-latex-extra* is already at the newest version > (2016.20160819-1~ubuntu16.04.1york0). > > > To be sure I downloaded the lipsum module from CTAN, and followed their > instructions. I run *latex lipsum.ins* and inserted the resulting > *lipsum.sty* file into *$TEXMF/tex/latex/lipsum/* , in my case: > > > > *kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL/usr/local/share/texmf* > > and > > > *kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME/home/chionatan/texmf* > > > I think the package is correctly installed, since any other editor > (TeXmaker for example) compile any file with *\usepackage{lipsum}* in the > preamble. > > > Am I missing something in LyX, to set *lipsum* as a module? > > I'd appreciate your help. > > > Riccardo > -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada