Just to be a pedant, I think it is Ubuntu 16.04. On 3 October 2017 at 10:14, Tim Q <tetvn2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Scott, > Thanks for your prompt response. 1/ I'm currently using Ubuntu version > 16.4. > > 2/ I created a file using Lyx version 2.0.8.1 which is my back up file. > > 3/ I installed Ubuntu 16.4 and Lyx 2.2.2 from Ubuntu software application. > > Now I get this message trying to open my backup file. > > "Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed > to convert it." > > Kind regards, > Kim > > > > > > > > On Oct 2, 2017 10:42 PM, "Scott Kostyshak" <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 11:29:50PM +0000, Tim Q wrote: > > hi, > > > > > > "" Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script > > failed to convert it. "" > > > > This is the message i got when i tried to open a Lyx file from an older > > version 2.0.8.1 that i have been using and I have Ubuntu 14.0. This file > is > > extremely important to me as i have been working on it for 2 years. I > > desperately need help on opening up this file. > > Hi Kim, > > The first thing to do is to make a backup of the file. Opening and > saving with newer versions could change something you don't want. > > Did you create the file using 2.0.8.1? Which version of LyX are you > using now? How did you install that version? (e.g. from Ubuntu PPA?). > > There is no Ubuntu 14.0. Do you mean 16.4? > > Scott > > > -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada
