Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Steven Harms (stharms) wrote: > > My instance of this issue is on XP. > > The following are listed in no particular order: > > 1. When the LyX configuration script runs, it tests for the presence of > some common LaTeX classes by attempting to compile a test document using > each class. If you are using MikTeX (as I suspect), and some of the > classes are not yet installed, MikTeX will either (a) fail to compile > the test documents, (b) attempt to download and install the missing > classes, or (c) prompt you for permission to install them, depending on > how it is set up. Case (a) should result in the configuration script > correctly recognizing that the classes are missing (letting it move on > to other things). Case (b), or case (c) if you answer 'yes', can run > into problems if either you do not have an active Internet connection or > the server from which MikTeX tries to download the packages becomes > unresponsive. The workaround for this is either to set MikTeX not to > download missing packages (through MikTeX's Options program) or to > answer 'no' if it prompts you. Packages can always be downloaded and > installed later (after which LyX should be reconfigured). > >
I was having a similar problem as the original poster on a XP box with MikTeX. I found that if I deleted the textclass.lst and packages.lst files in my application data folder and then re-started LyX, I was then given the option to install missing MikTeX packages. This time I hit cancel for every one of them (I had about 30 with the default MikTeX install) and at the end, LyX popped up fine. For some reason when I tried to download and install a package from the MikTeX updater launched by LyX, I was immediately given an error message the LyX was unable to start. I was able to install the packages just fine from the MikTeX package browser utility. -Ira
