Vaclav Smidl wrote:
I think we'll need a bit more information than that. You might start
with LyX version, operating system, what LaTeX distribution you use, and
precisely what happens when you try to use LyX.
/Paul
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Date: Thursday 07 December 2006 9:03 am
From: "Van Zyl, Wiehann, Mnr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Vaclav Smidl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi
I downloaded and installed MikTex on Windows XP. After that I downloaded the
basic installer for Lyx 1.4 and had basically necessary components installed
as indicated by the installer wizard, this included the current Miktex 2.5
that was used as the Latex base.
Initially I could open Lyx but told me an output could not be generated. I
also told me about missing classes which I don't know whether this should be
installed using the Miktex package manager? Finally I tried to open some of
the templates and which another class was missing and after that gave me a
popup to indicate possible software error and that Lyx closed due to
unexpected situation. Report was: LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses
found!
and since that I wasn't able to open Lyx again. Should I uninstall Lyx? Is it
better to download more Miktex packages?
Can you please help me to get going? I ask for your patience as I would like
to test Lyx and use it instead of MS-Word for my thesis document. I'm not a
software expert.
Thanks very much!
Wiehann
The "no textclasses found" error usually means that textclass.lst is
empty, and that can result from multiple causes. First question for
Wiehann: Is everything installed on C:, and is your home directory on
C:? (The installer gets cranky if your home is on a remote share.)
Second question: is MikTeX's bin directory on your system command path?
(I can't recall if the MikTeX installer puts it there automatically.)
Assuming everything is on C: and MikTeX is on the command path, try the
following. Open a DOS prompt and change to your home directory (should
be something like C:\Documents and Settings\<your login id>). From
there, run
<path to python>\python.exe <path to LyX>\Resources\configure.py
substituting the appropriate paths. If the configuration script runs
successfully (and finds MikTeX), a file named textclass.lst should be
created with a length greater than zero. After that, hopefully LyX will
open.
/Paul
