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Peter Suetterlin wrote: > > >Which sounds believable, as /usr/local/teTeX/bin/ is most probably not >in your PATH, or at least not in the PATH for root. Or did you create >links in /usr/local/bin that point to the tex binaries? > I have not created any links. /usr/local/bin/ is completely empty. How do I create links and what should they look like? The other solution might be to install teTeX in /usr/local/, or is that not such a good idea as it seems? /usr/local/teTeX contains the four folders bin, info, man and share. In /usr/local/ bin, info and share are empty, but man isn't, so I'm afraid I'll overwrite that one. I'll go for the links trick. How do I do that? > >In doubt first try >PATH=/usr/local/teTeX/bin:$PATH >rpm -UhvF --nodeps --force lyx-1.2.1* > I just tried. It takes suspicously short and LyX doesn't change, so I don't think it even reinstalled LyX. Have you got any idea why? I've got root priviledge, that is, I used su root. > >and see if it works then. >Apart from that, the error messages come from LyX's configuration >script. You could also try to re-run it as user (given that your PATH >is correct for the user - can you start those binaries as user?) > Yes, as a user, so in a terminal where I've not used su root, I can start the dvi viewer with /usr/local/teTeX/bin/xdvi. > > Vinay Ramnath wrote: > > >>formats. Also, I can't remove it, using rpm -e lyx*. >> >> > >If you have been typing exactly that it's no wonder - rpm doesn't >understand the *. You have to "rpm -e lyx"... > No, I've not been typing exactly that. I wrote the complete filename. It is funny however. When I use this command, the computer replies that this file is not installed and when I try to install it, it says that it is already installed. Well, it is installed, 'cause I can run it, partly. Vinay
