Well, it is not so stupid ;) . By checking it I noticed once thing.
Making a new file, and adding to the preamble *\usepackage{lipsum}* everything
works fine. But my problem is a little different. As I'm writing a
scientific paper, my advisor shared with me his LyX template, from the APS
(Revtex 4.1). He compiled it with some institutional data, and loaded some
modules via the dialog *Document**->Settings->Modules* as shown in the
figure.
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And on my laptop the module lipsum is "(not found)". Since I'd like to
leave everything as it is in his template, I tried to add to his preamble
*\usepackage*{lipsum} but it doesn't work. No lipsum text is shown. And a
couple of "Flex:Lipsum" insets result being "Undefined"
[image: Immagine incorporata 3]
Can you explain me better the difference between Modules loaded via the
dialog and via \usepackage{}? In fact, I cannot choose the lipsum package
from the dialog. But still I can put it in the preamble via \usepackage{}.
2016-10-12 11:25 GMT+02:00 John Kane <jrkrid...@gmail.com>:
> This sounds stupid but you do have \usepackage{lipsum} in your LaTeX
> preamble?
>
> On 12 October 2016 at 03:31, Riccardo <chiona...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody,
>> I'm using LyX 2.2.1 under Ubuntu 16.04. I have texlive 2016 installed
>> via this <http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/texlive-2016/ubuntu> PPA. I
>> have a problem with a module missing in LyX: lipsum.sty
>>
>>
>> *kpsewhich lipsum.sty* returns a path correctly
>>
>> */usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/lipsum/lipsum.sty*
>>
>> but still, in *Document→Settings→Modules* there is no module "Lipsum"
>> showing up.
>>
>>
>> I checked your guide at https://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/LaTeX
>> Errors#missing-class.
>>
>>
>> *apt-file search lipsum.sty* returns the package *texlive-latex-extra*
>>
>> that I actually have in
>> */usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lipsum/lipsum.sty*. Moreover,
>> *texlive-latex-extra* is already at the newest version
>> (2016.20160819-1~ubuntu16.04.1york0).
>>
>>
>> To be sure I downloaded the lipsum module from CTAN, and followed their
>> instructions. I run *latex lipsum.ins* and inserted the resulting
>> *lipsum.sty* file into *$TEXMF/tex/latex/lipsum/* , in my case:
>>
>>
>>
>> *kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL/usr/local/share/texmf*
>>
>> and
>>
>>
>> *kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME/home/chionatan/texmf*
>>
>>
>> I think the package is correctly installed, since any other editor
>> (TeXmaker for example) compile any file with *\usepackage{lipsum}* in
>> the preamble.
>>
>>
>> Am I missing something in LyX, to set *lipsum* as a module?
>>
>> I'd appreciate your help.
>>
>>
>> Riccardo
>>
>
>
>
> --
> John Kane
> Kingston ON Canada
>
