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sudo xcode-select --install you will then be asked for your password. It is a system wide installation of the command line tools (of XCode) and hence must be done as administrator (technically root). The complete XCode will of course also install python3 but is a few GB too much. el On 14/12/2022 13:50, Hal Kierstead via lyx-users wrote: >> On Dec 13, 2022, at 5:38 PM, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 05:02:30PM -0700, Hal Kierstead via lyx-users wrote: >>> All - >>> >>> I just upgraded to Mac OS 13.1. I was not given a chance to install >>> python. How do I check if I have the right version of python? >>> >>> I cannot reconfigure LyX. I get the message: The system >>> reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX may >>> not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed. >>> >>> Reconfiguring again does not work either. >>> >>> Also, I have a bind file that LyX finds, but does not use. Is this >>> because LyX needs to be reconfigured? >>> >>> I tried reinstalling LyX, but that did not help. >>> >>> What should I do next? >> >> I don't have any experience with macOS, but one user found that the >> following worked: >> >> xcode-select --install >> >> source: https://twitter.com/IvanWerning/status/1599544006962139136 >> >> Scott -- > Thanks Scott. I forgot to reply to the list. > > For some reason this failed to install xcode, but downloading it from > the app store worked, and now my LyX is working. Probably I should > not have needed to download all of xcode, but it is simple this way. > > Hal > -- To email me replace 'nospam' with 'el' -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users