Christopher Menzel wrote: > But just how is it supposed to do that? Yeah, that's what I figured.
> You should be able to do this quite easily. With Debian-based > distributions (as well as most (?) others) you can always use the > /usr/local hierarchy to install your own software, and my hunch is that > that is where your TeXLive 2008 installation resides. Just set the > prefix for your LyX compilation to /usr/local and then point LyX to your > TeXLive hierarchy in the appropriate settings. I also got the impression that compiling should not be that hard. I will try this ... not sure when. > You can, if you install it via the package mgt system. (Yeah yeah, it's > not the current super ultra whizziest version...) But that's just what I did in the end - I think. I used aptitude for both LyX and Texmaker but still ended up with two texlives. Strange. Oh well - just try again maybe. I think the set-up now is bound to lead to complications as soon as I start installing fonts, packages, etc. >> I just came from Windows to Linux because I thought this whole >> business of interrelated apps just worked. > > Done right, it does. :-) I haven't given up hope, yet. Martin
