Thanks for your answer! OK, so I will go through the procedure as described by you.
Another question: Do I need ghostscript even if I am planning to view the documents in a PDF-viewer. I thought ghostscript is required to view postscript files. I still could print from Acrobat without. Best Regards, Joerg. --- -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Stephen Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. Mai 2006 01:00 An: Augustin, Joerg (J.W.) Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Betreff: Re: lys installation on Windows Xp Augustin, Joerg (J.W.) wrote: > Hello, > is it possible to install LyX on my Notebook wihout having administrator > rights? I would like to install it within my My-Documents Folder - if > possible with the complete functionality. > At home I have it installed on my Mac which runs fine but at work I have > a Notebook but I am not an administrator. > Thanks for your help, > J.Augustin > Yes, but you will need the installer which doesn't require admin rights to begin the installation. http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX137 Miktex and Python(2.3.) have non-admin install options but they have limitations. Install for yourself only not everyone. You will need the earlier ghostscript version 8.14 and the ghostscript viewer that goes with it. They will give some error messages about not writing to the registry or "failed" but they will still work. Use Irfanview instead of ImageMagic for your image converter. I am not sure if Aspell will work which requires installation in C:\Aspell. Maybe you can install Aspell on a machine where you have admin rights. Then zip the file up and unzip it on your laptop's C:\Aspell without running the Aspell Installer and dictionary. The reconfigure LyX; it might see C:\aspell. I don't think Msys writes to the registry in order to install. You will need to download these other programs separately, and it is better to do this before installing LyX. The alternative, the complete WinLyXInstaller provides the programs so you don't have to download them but you must have admin privileges. So use the url I gave you which is to the "official" installer. The 1.4.1 official version is a bit problematic. Joost will soon release another version of LyX installer. Maybe that will not require admin rights, the details are not yet available. It is possible to use LyX without Miktex, if you want. Regards, Stephen
