> ******* On ubuntu it should be as easy as typing > $ apt-get install lyx > on the command line, or selecting lyx in synaptic and pressing apply > button. (assuming that you are connected to the internet) > > I'll give it a try, but LyX is not on the Synaptic manager, as far as > I can see (on Ubuntu 7.04)... is it of your (= the LyX developers) > concern?
This depends on your repositories. LyX is in the "universe" repository. Do you have this one enabled? > > > When I view my old documents (i.e. the pdf files generated by LyX on > > Windows) on Linux (Ubuntu 7.04) the quality is very bad. I guess this > > is related to the installed fonts. > > ******* can you be a little bit more specific? What exactly is bad? > 1) bitmap fonts, as explained in http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 > 2) you use some special fonts that are not embedded in the final pdf. > (cut) > Pdf's, by definition, should not depend on any LyX files. > Check http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF and if you do not find a solution send a > minimal example of your pdf. > > > I thought that pdf, being a "portable document format", didn't need > any special setting on the machine you use. Anyway you can view a > sample pdf generated on my machine (BTW with pdflatex) at: > > http://ares001.altervista.org/job/downloads/dispense.pdf > This document looks fine in kpdf and acceptably in acrobat. Only the included bitmap figures are harder to read but that should be expected. Vasek
