--- Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:43 AM
> Subject: Installation Problem. All entries in
> Textclass.lst are "false " so
> no output. Any suggestions?
>
>
> >I have just tried to install LyX 1.3.6 under
> Windows
> > XP. I like what I have seen but I have a problem.
> As
> > the heading says: I cannot produce any output
> because
> > LyX has marked all the layouts apparently as not
> > existing.
> >
>
> Sometimes/importantly the prior installation of
> configuration data
> is not erased, so a fresh install requires this.
> Drag this to the recycle
> bin: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application
> Data\LyX
> Sometimes you have to unhide folders like
> \Application data
>
> It is a good idea to use Control Panel -->
> Add/Remove programs
> and start anew. This is what I have for the right
> Minsys .exe
>
> Directory of C:\msys
>
> 11/10/2005 11:06 AM <DIR> .
> 11/10/2005 11:06 AM <DIR> ..
> 08/14/2005 11:49 AM <DIR> 1.0
> 07/31/2005 01:05 PM 2,808,061
> MSYS-1.0.10.exe
>
> I think you may have done a larger install because
> as I recall
> renaming "make" is done as part of a bigger install,
> although
> it may not hurt. Not correctly installing Minsys and
> Latex are
> often the culprits for producing that textclass
> error, which I
> think is also still produced if you use the Uwe
> installer rather
> than the Angus installer (if you don't know about
> this option
> then don't worrry about it). Other useful things to
> know about
> are Edit --> Reconfigure , to refresh the LyX
> database and to
> check Edit --> Preferences --> --> Paths --> Path
> Prefix , to
> see that LyX has recognized your helper apps at the
> correct
> directory path. I often have to add my Ps viewer
> (gswin32.exe)
> so look at Paths and File Formats if some viewer
> doesn't work.
>
> My Path --> Path Prefix looks like this (checkout
> msys entry)
>
>
C:\msys\1.0\bin;C:\Python24;C:\texmf\miktex\bin;C:\Perl\bin;
> C:\gs\gs8.13\bin;C:\ghostgum\gsview;C:\ImageMagick
>
> I think your newer gs is unrelated to the error. If
> you want
> spellchecking, download and install Aspell to
> C:\Aspell
> and get the dictionary of your language also, as
> mentioned
> in http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX136 install
> instructions.
>
> I've installed this on different computers with win
> xp and with
> different versions of latex successfully and without
> a problem
> but for adding a viewer app to the Path prefix
> occasionally.
>
> So it will work,
> Stephen
>
>
>
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