Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-15 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jan 15, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Biao Wu wrote: Bennett, i followed your instructions. I got no error messages. thanks for all the help. Biao That's good. I still don't understand why the installer wasn't working for you, but since we haven't had other reports of troubles like this I won't wor

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-15 Thread Biao Wu
On Jan 15, 2008 8:51 AM, Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008, at 7:30 PM, Biao Wu wrote: > > > Bennett, I created ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. It did not change > > anything. I got > > the same error message. Biao > > I'm stumped. Try opening Terminal.app, and typing this: > > m

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-14 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jan 14, 2008, at 7:30 PM, Biao Wu wrote: Bennett, I created ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. It did not change anything. I got the same error message. Biao I'm stumped. Try opening Terminal.app, and typing this: mkdir -p ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/lyx cp /path/to/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/tex

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-14 Thread Biao Wu
On Jan 15, 2008 12:51 AM, Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Anders Ekberg wrote: > > >> I re-ran the installer. There is no dialog pop up after it asks about > >> the template > >> file and before the AppleScript error message. The only change is > >> that > >>

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-14 Thread Anders Ekberg
On 14 jan 2008, at 17.51, Bennett Helm wrote: On Jan 14, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Anders Ekberg wrote: I re-ran the installer. There is no dialog pop up after it asks about the template file and before the AppleScript error message. The only change is that "Install default LyX templates" gets c

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-14 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jan 14, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Anders Ekberg wrote: I re-ran the installer. There is no dialog pop up after it asks about the template file and before the AppleScript error message. The only change is that "Install default LyX templates" gets checked. I don't even have this ~/Library/texmf/t

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-14 Thread Anders Ekberg
Looks like something has gone wrong with your TeX-installation. I think the easiest is to re-install MacTeX then re-run the LyX-installer. Anders On 14 jan 2008, at 16.20, Biao Wu wrote: On Jan 14, 2008 10:31 PM, Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jan 14, 2008, at 8:03 AM, Biao Wu

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-14 Thread Biao Wu
On Jan 14, 2008 10:31 PM, Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008, at 8:03 AM, Biao Wu wrote: > > > Hi, Anders, > > > > I can tell Bennett is an expert just by how he asked the question. > > The installation failed, so I did not run LyX. Yes, I installed TeX > > with MacTeX before

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-14 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jan 14, 2008, at 8:03 AM, Biao Wu wrote: Hi, Anders, I can tell Bennett is an expert just by how he asked the question. The installation failed, so I did not run LyX. Yes, I installed TeX with MacTeX before LyX. This is my first time installing LyX. My Mac Version is MacOSX-10.4.11. The

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-14 Thread Anders Ekberg
Try to start LyX anyway and see what happens (the installation script is normally not needed for LyX to function). If it starts, try to open the Tutorial from the help menu and create a pdf ( View -> PDF (pdflatex) ) If it doesn't work try LyX->Reconfigure and restart LyX. If that fails, tr

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-14 Thread Biao Wu
Hi, Anders, I can tell Bennett is an expert just by how he asked the question. The installation failed, so I did not run LyX. Yes, I installed TeX with MacTeX before LyX. This is my first time installing LyX. My Mac Version is MacOSX-10.4.11. On Jan 14, 2008 7:51 PM, Anders Ekberg <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-14 Thread Anders Ekberg
Hi, Bennett, I checked Console.app, and found nothing related to LyX installation. Here is what I found. Hi Biao, Bennett is the expert here, but just some questions from me: - Does LyX work (i.e. start, function and produce pdf:s)? - Did you install TeX before installing LyX? (I take it you d

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-13 Thread Biao Wu
Hi, Bennett, I checked Console.app, and found nothing related to LyX installation. Here is what I found. Jan 14 11:11:06 appledediannao mDNSResponder: Repeated transitions for interface en0 (192.168.1.5); delaying packets by 5 seconds Jan 14 11:23:24 appledediannao mDNSResponder: Repeated transit

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-13 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jan 13, 2008, at 9:26 PM, Biao Wu wrote: Hi, Bennett After double-clicking on Installer, I was asked "Ready to begin?". After clicking on "install", I was asked whether I want to overwrite default templates in my LyX user's folder. I chose "yes". Then a small window pops up with the followin

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-13 Thread Biao Wu
Hi, Bennett After double-clicking on Installer, I was asked "Ready to begin?". After clicking on "install", I was asked whether I want to overwrite default templates in my LyX user's folder. I chose "yes". Then a small window pops up with the following message: Remove obsolete files (checked) Mov

Re: error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-13 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jan 13, 2008, at 8:03 PM, Biao Wu wrote: Hi, guys, I was installing LyX on mac and failed. I encountered the following error message. AppleScript Error The command exited with a non-zero status, (-1700) This occured in the final stage of installing LaTeX files. My mac is Mac OS X 10.4.11

error while installing lyx on mac

2008-01-13 Thread Biao Wu
Hi, guys, I was installing LyX on mac and failed. I encountered the following error message. AppleScript Error The command exited with a non-zero status, (-1700) This occured in the final stage of installing LaTeX files. My mac is Mac OS X 10.4.11 and the LyX is the newest LyX1.5.3. Any sugges