Stefano Franchi wrote: > On Tuesday 24 February 2009 10:38:50 Ehud Kaplan wrote: >> I realize that this is not a specific Lyx question, but someone here >> might know the answer. >> My main problem in running Lyx (or Latex) on Linux is the lack of a nice >> package manager like Miktex is on Windows. >> I heard that TexLive has a package manager, but I have not been able to >> find it. >> Can anyone help? >> Thanks, > > I believe the latest TexLive (2008) has a package manager. However, many > Linux distribution (like (K)Ubuntu) are still stuck withTexLive > 2007---hence no > package manager. One option is to download the TexLive 2008 DVD and > install it manually. Another option is to wait for the next version of > (K)Ubuntu which should have TeXLive 2008. > > See here for TeXlive package manager and various caveats: > > http://www.tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html > > the DVD download canbe reached from here: > > http://www.tug.org/texlive/index.html >
1. What's wrong with yum as package manager? 2. You can install tl2008. I have been using it on fedora f10 with good results.
