On Friday 22 July 2005 13:56, you wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > > Hmmmm. You have installed a Unix shell (Eg MinSYS), right? > > Not yet; the installer tries to download and install all the > components, starting with MinSys.
No, it doesn't try to download or install anything. It points your web browser to the web page where you can get the package. The rest is up to you. Anyway, the configure script must be interpretted by sh.exe... > I'm now trying to install these things manually and noticed that > sourceforge.net, where MinSys is hosted, is down. Perhaps that > causes the installer to fail? Not finding sh.exe is what is causing your problems. Install MinSYS, then uninstall and reinstall LyX and everything will be well. Angus
