I had this same problem yesterday, but only when i DID NOT install in te
default directories. I tried installing in C:\ProgramFiles\LyX and lyx
would not start because of that textclass.lst error. When I uninstalled
completely and allowed the default into C:\Program Files\LyX, then it
started fine.
Are you sure the error happened after installing in the base directory?
Angus Leeming wrote:
James Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi all,
I installed LyX 1.3.6 on Windows XP Pro, following the
installation script and accepting the default
directories. When I try to run LyX I get the following
message:
"LyX wasn't able to find its layout description!
check that the file textclass.lst is installed
correctly..."
textclass.lst is a generated file. To generate it you must have a unix shell
environment such as MinSYS installed.
Once you've installed this:
cd C:\Program Files\LyX\Resources\lyx
<Path to>\sh configure
You'll probably also have to edit the lyxrc.defaults file to modify the
path_prefix field so that LyX can find sh.exe in the future.
Alternatively, having installed MinSYS, try to reinstall LyX (you should first
uninstall it). The installer attempts to do all the above itself.
Regards,
Angus
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