On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Patrick Gagnon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Updates: > > Looked first in Kubuntu repositories, and installed 3 packages containing > parts of the APA style: > > - texlive-publishers > - texlive-publishers-doc (required dependency) > - texlive-bibtex-extra > > Reconfigured and restart LyX, and APA document class become available. > Thank you very much for explaining the relation LaTex-LyX, which allowed me > to find these 3 packages in the Kubuntu 12.04 repositories. > > But all these packages don't cover APA6 too, and repositories have nothing > on APA6. Did read the description in your script, and understood that > installing CTAN packages (apa6.dtx) is possible with Tex Live (which I > found in Kubuntu repositories). Although I'm afraid to use your script, > because you say that some previous installed Tex Live files should be > removed manually, and I worry not to brake the system. Also, I don't really > need all CTAN repository. Need a file, can download it. > > At this point, I wonder if I could use the texlive package in Kubuntu > repositories to install the apa6.dtx file I already downloaded. I > understand from the description in your script that texlive works in the > back. So, all I should do is to run: *sudo apt-get > Downloads/apa6/apa6.dtx* (where directory is the actual one). > No, apt-get only installs packages that are from a repository. A more natural idea would be to try "sudo dpkg -i" which installs local files (e.g. files that you download) but only .deb files, not arbitrary files. > > Sorry to bother you with all these details, but I'm not a programmer, just > a somehow advanced Linux user. I try to avoid wrong steps, being afraid of > doing something bad, I couldn't repair. This is why I'm asking you for a > confirmation if what I intend to do is right. > > Thanks again (happy to have get work the APA class), > P.G. > Here are couple of links I've found from googling. http://richardbrucebaxter.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-to-install-latex-apa6-package-on.html http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/76491/biblatex-with-apa6-package-on-ubuntu Best, Scott > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Patrick Gagnon <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks Scott, >> >> First for correcting the email I've previously used, from lyx.docs to >> lyx.users. Sorry for having used the wrong one before. >> Second (actually this should count for first), thanks for the clear >> explanation about LyX vs. LaTex functions, and the detailed procedure to >> install the files to make unavailable classes, available. Copy-paste code >> lines in a terminal is the programming language I perfectly understand [?] >> ...And the only one! I'll give it a try sometime these days, and will be >> back to you with the results. >> >> Thank you very much, >> P.G. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Scott Kostyshak <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 12:30 AM >> Subject: Re: Customization manual, 5.1 Installing new LaTeX files, >> Kubuntu 12.04 >> To: Patrick Gagnon <[email protected]> >> Cc: LyX Documentation Team <[email protected]> >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Patrick Gagnon <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I am impressed with LyX approach to writing papers and with its >> potential. >> > Couldn't imagine it is so much easier to write directly into a template, >> > instead of permanently being preoccupied with formating. Was very >> skeptical >> > when first opened LyX (this might sound usual to you, suppose LyX users >> are >> > characterized by skepticism - this is science, isn't it?). But very >> soon I >> > was amazed. BRAVO! >> > >> > But (there's always a but), I'm not from maths, astros, etc., rather >> from >> > human sciences. I need APA & APA6 "unavailable" packages installed. >> > Downloaded them (zip) and unzipped them, but what do I have to do now? >> The >> > manual mentioned in this message subject says something like: "modify >> the >> > local/user tree", and "define variables"... Hello (or should I write >> just >> > Hell), I'm not a programmer! I know how to use a Terminal, how to use an >> > application with root privileges (kdesudo), how to install a PPA, but >> this >> > is about all I know. Should I say sorry for not using Windex or the >> stupid >> > Maple? Never! >> > >> > Well, mainly I didn't write you to ask for advises on how to install >> APA and >> > APA6 new LaTex files, I just wanted to let you to know that this >> > standards/styles are so much used (almost exclusively) for writing >> papers in >> > human sciences, from articles to doctoral thesis, and within Psychology >> > (where the style was created) to almost any other human science (just >> name >> > it). These being said, it would be very nice from you, a bunch of >> positive >> > scientists, to think at as, poor human scientists, too, and include >> within >> > the next update these styles (APA and APA6), as available document >> classes. >> > And until than, some specific advises on how to install these missing >> LaTex >> > files I downloaded from CTAN, would be so much welcome. Thanx! >> > >> > Folks, you did such a good job with this application, but for the >> moment it >> > is a little bit narrow without the most used styles (I'd say 90%+) in >> human >> > sciences, which are the APA & APA6 standards (both, because many human >> > sciences still favor the old APA style). >> > >> > Thanks for your understanding, and hoping for a both, human & positive >> > answer. >> > Bests, >> > P.G. (not Peter Gabriel, he singes much humbler: p.g.) >> > >> >> Hi Patrick, >> >> Thank you for thoughtful email. It's always nice to receive feedback >> on what we're doing right and what we need to do better. It's nice to >> see LaTeX and LyX being used more widely outside of math-based >> disciplines. It really does have a lot of features that should not be >> limited to publications with math. >> >> LyX is a frontend to LaTeX. What that means is that LyX does the >> formatting then hands it off to LaTeX. You are asking about installing >> LaTeX files. That is not the job of LyX. It is the job of your LaTeX >> package (TeX Live in Ubuntu) or of your package manager (apt in >> Ubuntu). I don't see how LyX could make the process easier without >> going far outside of its purview. Please let me know if you disagree >> or if you have any further feedback on this. These are just my >> opinions. >> >> Now to your question. I suggest you google "install LaTeX packages in >> Ubuntu." Alternatively, you might be interested in a script that I >> wrote: >> https://github.com/scottkosty/install-tl-ubuntu >> >> With just a couple commands you can install everything you will ever >> need for using LyX and LaTeX and all of the document classes in LyX >> will become available. >> If you want to use it, I recommend you remove your current TeX Live files: >> sudo apt-get purge texlive-* >> >> Then download the script with: >> wget >> https://github.com/scottkosty/install-tl-ubuntu/raw/master/install-tl-ubuntu >> && >> <https://github.com/scottkosty/install-tl-ubuntu/raw/master/install-tl-ubuntu&&;> >> chmod +x ./install-tl-ubuntu >> >> Then take a look at the options you might want: >> ./install-tl-ubuntu --help >> >> For example, you might like the "--more-tex" option, which installs >> all LaTeX files needed for LyX. >> >> Then, run with: >> >> sudo ./install-tl-ubuntu --more-tex >> >> Note that this will take a long time. I recommend you run it before >> you go to bed. After it is done, restart your computer. Then in LyX go >> to Tools > Reconfigure. Then restart LyX. Now the document classes >> should all be available. >> >> Please send any further questions (including replies to this email) to >> [email protected]. You send your email to the documentation >> list, which should only be used for corrections to LyX's >> documentation. >> >> Best, >> >> Scott >> >> >
