Dear Steve, I have just checked again the explanation on the RTools package and it looks a little bot overkill to me too, for just installing the Sweave connection with Lyx. As far as I remember, what you need on the R side to make Sweave work is the corresponding executables and batch files that comes with R (check the bin folder) and the latex files that must be included in your texmf tree. The rest of RTools seems quite spurious to me indeed. Probably, RTools is a sufficient, but necessary solution of this problem. But, we need a Windows user to clarify these points.
Murat 2011/6/12 Steve Sidney <ste...@nla.org.za> > Dear Murat > > I sent this last week but see now that it went to your University email - > apologies. I am sending this again in case you did not receive it. > > I have also copied the list > > I have tried following your instructions - thanks for sending them but I > still can't get it to work. > > How does RTools get invoked; I see that it is a very large installation > (200Mb) with compiler etc but I can't see where it get used in either Rob's > or your description. > > Once again thanks for all your help it is much appreciated. > > Regards > Steve > > ------------------------------ > *From:* myi...@gmail.com [mailto:myi...@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Murat > Yildizoglu > *Sent:* 02 June 2011 04:45 PM > *To:* Steve Sidney > *Subject:* Re: lyx 2 and sweave > > Dear Steve, > > > If I try to make a little bit more explicit these instructions by Rob: > > Here’s the process: > > 1. Install LyX. Use alpha6 (available from the LyX website), it’s the > most stable. > 2. Install R. Available from its project’s website. > 3. Install the appropriate > RTools<http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/index.html>for your version > of R. > 4. Copy Sweave.sty from share/texmf in the R installation directory to > some place in your LaTeX path. > 5. Rebuild your LaTeX database. Reconfigure LyX. > > > 1. You just install the most recent version of Lyx. > > 2. and 3. Check your version of R. Launch R and check the About box. Use > this information to download the correct RTools version from the wab page > indicated by Rob. > > 4. R is normally installed in Program Files\R-project if I remember well. > Locate the subfolder share under the folder of R-project (using the file > manager of WIndows), and then the folder subfolder texmf that should be in > the share folder. Copy this folder in your Miktex tree. MikTex should > normally be installed in Proram Files\Miktex and must contain a sunfolder > texmf that again contains a subfolder latex. Put the the content of the > share\texmf folder in a subfolder of this latex folder (you can create a new > folder called sweave for example and copy the files in this new folder). > > 5. You have two choices here: The user-friendly one is to locate the MikTex > manager program from your Programs/Miktex menu and refresh the Latex file > index from here (one of the tabs must be about such a functionality). The > more direct one uses the Command line window (You should be able to open one > from Start/Programs/Accessories/Command... In this window just execute the > following command: mktexlsr (type mktexlsr and push the Return key). This > will read some folders and update their indexes for allowing to Latex > compiler to find the corresponding files. > Then Launch Lyx and Execute Reconfigure (please look in the menus, I do not > remember under which menu this function appears in the Window version). > > I have written the paths to the relevant folders from memory, and I am not > sure to remember well since I do not use Windows anymore. I also translate > from French Windows. But if you look for the meaning of what I indicate, you > should find your way. > Sorry for not being more precise, but I hope that this can help you in the > waiting of more precise indications from an current Windows user. > > 2011/6/2 Steve Sidney <ste...@nla.org.za> > >> Thanks Liviu >> >> Yes I have tried but not sure that I understand points 3), 4) and 5). >> >> Have also posted a question to Rob and hope he has time to reply. >> >> Regards >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Liviu Andronic [mailto:landronim...@gmail.com] >> Sent: 02 June 2011 02:43 PM >> To: Steve Sidney >> Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org >> Subject: Re: lyx 2 and sweave >> >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Steve Sidney <ste...@nla.org.za> wrote: >> > Dear list >> > >> > I have run into some problems trying to get lyx 2 working with Sweave. >> > >> Assuming that you're on Windows, try Rob's instructions [1]. It is really >> much easier to set up LyX with Sweave on Linux (and possibly on Mac). >> Liviu >> >> [1] http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/10/08/sweave-lyx2 >> >> >> > Is anyone aware of a set of instructions that I could follow. >> > >> > It seems that those posted by "Jeff Laake in Nov 2010" are not correct >> > for Lyx 2.0 >> > >> > Any help would be appreciated. >> > >> > Regards >> > Steve >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Do you know how to read? >> http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm >> http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader >> Do you know how to write? >> http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail >> >> > > > -- > Prof. Murat Yildizoglu > Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille 3) > GREQAM (UMR CNRS 6579) > Centre de la Vieille Charité > 2, rue de la Charité > 13236 Marseille cedex 02 > > Bureau 320 > Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 27 (standard) > Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 70 (secrétariat) > Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 47 (bureau) > Fax : +33 4 91 90 02 27 > > e-mail: murat.yildizo...@univ-cezanne.fr > www : http:/yildizoglu.co.cc > http://www.twitter.com/yildizoglu > ______________________________________________ > -- Prof. Murat Yildizoglu Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille 3) GREQAM (UMR CNRS 6579) Centre de la Vieille Charité 2, rue de la Charité 13236 Marseille cedex 02 Bureau 320 Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 27 (standard) Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 70 (secrétariat) Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 47 (bureau) Fax : +33 4 91 90 02 27 e-mail: murat.yildizo...@univ-cezanne.fr www : http:/yildizoglu.co.cc http://www.twitter.com/yildizoglu ______________________________________________
