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 installer just attempts to make things a little nicer on Mac, but LyX will run just fine without it. Also, it won't hurt to run the installer multiple times.

Because AppleScript has some sort of error, I'm not able to get access to the installation log; but what that error is isn't showing up in the console. That makes it hard to tell what's going on. So try it again and let us know what dialogs pop up after it asks about LyX's template files. (There may be nothing before the AppleScript error, but that's what I want to know.)

Also, check in your ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/ folder. Is there a lyx folder in there? If so, are there any files in it? If there are, open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and type:

kpsewhich lyxchess.sty

Does that just give you another prompt, or does it print out the path to that file?

If it gives you a path, then your installation is fine, and you can just forget about the error. If it doesn't give you anything, then type in Terminal.app:

texhash

That will complete the installation.

Otherwise -- if there is no lyx folder or there are no files in it -- let me know.

Bennett

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