Hello again, on my pursuit of happiness (install LyX) I bumped into something most inconvenient. When I try to install LyX using aptitude, apt-get, a .deb package, or the Synaptic Package Manager - just to name a few - the whatever manager does not realize that I already have a pretty and working installation of Texlive 2008 on my system. I'm inclined to assume this is true even for an existing Texlive 2007 installation. Granted, I did not use any package manager to install Texlive 2008. I used the network installation provided by Texlive, which IMHO is the better way because it directly follows the Texlive documentation and leaves me with a pretty texmf tree where I know what's where (or at least I can look it up in the docs). Anyway, I think when installing LyX, it should be aware that most parts needed are there, already. LyX should just install the remainder.
Am I being too naive having this wish? Should I just compile and install my own LyX? Would that actually change anything? Can I just force-install a standalone installation of LyX and tell it where my texmf paths are? On an additional note: I also installed texmaker and it, too, installed some texlive stuff. Now I have texmf and texmf-texlive in /usr/share/. I don't like it. Why can't I have one central texlive and all other apps use it? I just came from Windows to Linux because I thought this whole business of interrelated apps just worked. Maybe I should ask this in a different mailing list. Happy to get your thoughts on this. Martin
