Re: Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-19 Thread John Coppens
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:44:55 +0100 Francois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:11:15 -0300 > John Coppens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:41:49 +0100 > > Francois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Do I also need tetex-doc? Isnt that just documentation?

Re: Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-19 Thread Francois
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:11:15 -0300 John Coppens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:41:49 +0100 > Francois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do I also need tetex-doc? Isnt that just documentation? > > You're right - the docs are not necessary. I didn't see the title > completely,

Re: Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-18 Thread Francois
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:56:23 +0100, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You cannot harm your system. Even building a custom kernel from source is safe, as long as you leave a working kernel in /boot. Right then, I'll try that! It seems that I have what I need.

Re: Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Francois wrote: It still puzzle me that this tetex-latex package is not to be found in Slackware... Francios, On the "official" Slackware distribution disk set it's in /slackware/t/. On my 11.0 disk #2 is: ./t ./t/install-packages ./t/install.end ./t/maketag ./t/mak

Re: Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-18 Thread John Coppens
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:13:06 +0100 Francois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:59:19 +0100, Rich Shepard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >One of the Slackware disks has tetex, but I don't recall in which > > directory. Yes you need this because LyX is a GUI front end fo

Re: Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-18 Thread Francois
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:59:19 +0100, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One of the Slackware disks has tetex, but I don't recall in which directory. Yes you need this because LyX is a GUI front end for LaTeX. TeTeX is a LaTeX version. It still puzzle me that this tetex-latex packag

Re: Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Francois wrote: I found out that I didnt have tetex installed either, so I have installed it now, but it doesnt help. Is it important to have this particular package? In RedHat I remember there was a tetex-latex package which had to be installed. This package I dont find in

Re: Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-18 Thread Francois
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:27:44 +0100, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Francois, It looks like the conversion filters are missing. You probably got an incomplete package. Did you get it from www.linuxpackages.net? That's exclusively Slackware. I cant really remember wether I got it

Re: Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Francois wrote: I have been running LyX for a few years on RedHat7 to 9. I have now to change distro and went for Vector-Linux5.1, which is a Slackware-build. I got all the packages I needed and installed. When I start LyX I get the following message: LyX: reconfiguring use

Re: Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-18 Thread George Fairbanks
Hi Francois, "sh" is the unix shell, "python" is a scripting language used by Lyx. It sounds like the unix shell is complaining that it cannot find the python interpreter to run the scripts (they end with .py). It sounds like you need to install python but I don't have a suggestion on how to

Running LyX on Slackware

2006-11-18 Thread Francois
Hope someone can help me with this: I have been running LyX for a few years on RedHat7 to 9. I have now to change distro and went for Vector-Linux5.1, which is a Slackware-build. I got all the packages I needed and installed. When I start LyX I get the following message: LyX: reconfiguri