I just checked my installation; doing
locate helvet.sty showed the file in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss As far as I remember, this should have come from the standard debian tetex installation. Checking the file helvet.sty, it appears that it changes the form of your sans serif font from Computer Modern to Helvetica. So as well as choosing that font, you'll also need to change the character family to sans serif. As for setspace, I just checked, and it ran without problems. So you might need to 1/ check if the files are in the locations above. Doing "locate helvet.sty" and "locate setpace.sty" should show you where they are. 2/ if you do have them, then you might need to run texhash, as root. This updates the latex "database" that tells it what is available. Also, try (in Lyx) EDIT->RECONFIGURE, then restart. If you've added packages since compiling/installing lyx, you'll need to do that. It sounds like you somehow have a broken tetex install. helvet.sty should be part of the standard tetex package, and it is (As far as I know) a standard part of the tetex base deb. BTW, are you using stable or unstable debian? Rod On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, cmasters wrote: > Greetings Rod, > > On 11-12-01, Rod Pinna wrote: > > > > Mr Masters, > > > > I currently use LyX on a debian potato system, without too many problems. > > Have you installed all the debian tetex packages? This includes > > tetex-extra, and tetex-nonfree, as well as tetex-base. If that doesn't > > help, telling people which packages are coming up as missing might give us > > a clue. > > > > Kindest regards, > > Rod > > > ... snip of original email ... > > Thank you for responding. I'm beginning to feel somewhat like a blind person > describing 'magenta' to another blind person. > > To summarize by difficulties and steps taken so far: > > 1. Attempting to change from ~defaults~ for font or line spacing after > opening a new document, I am returned with errors for missing 'helvet.sty' > and 'setspace.sty' files (respectively). I have also read (several times for > comprehension) the User's Manual. > > 2. On the "suggestion" of another poster, I checked my default-potato-debian > install of Latex/teTeX and decided to install the "latest" version. I did so > through ftp from the Canadian ctan mirror site. The install went well, the > ~full~ teTeX--including all fonts, goodies, and extras--is installed. To > enable version comparison, I installed this new teTeX in a different > directory; imagine my surprise to discover that ~I had always had the most > current version~ (now I have two). > > The relevent versions of Latex and Lyx are: > > Latex/teTeX: Web2c 7.3.1 - 3.14159 - Kpathea ver 3.3.1 (1999) > Lyx: 1.14fix3 (07 Apr 2000) > > After a 1 1/2 hour ftp install (the site ran on a 56K modem *grrr*, although > I have DSL), I still have the same problem. > > I suspect that the "options" of font and line spacing (in addition to many > as yet undiscovered ones) are UNSET in the default configuration! Although > entries exist for helvetica, uptopia, etc. and one-half and double spacing, > the nackend command for those options reference '.sty' files that are not in > my (or your) installation. > > If this is the case, ~why~ is that not documented in the User Manual. It > shouldn't be an "Advanced Usage" problem. It's standard practice to desire > control over these variables ~without~ having to learn Latex (see previous > post about quote). > > In any case, have ~you~ managed to play with these options and set them so > that when you want something other than default, you get it? If so, I'd > appreciate some pointers. > > I have mixed feelings about seeing that I am ~not~ the only poster to be > concerned about this. Rodney K. has just posted a similar enqriry about the > helvetica font. > > Sorry about the long post. I chose Lyx for document processing, because I > have just started a new business with the express purpose of Document > Processing. When my customers want helvetica, or different line spacing, I > hope to be able to get it to them without having to resort to one of the > many word processors of ~lesser~ ability out there. > > Many thanks, > C. Masters > _________________________________________________________________________ rpinna |"Sometime in the next 10,000 years @civil.uwa| A comet's going to wipe out all trace of man, I'm .edu.au |banking on it coming before my end of year exams." TISM 1995
