Thanks to everyone who replied. In the end the only way to install fontfig under SuSE/XD2 was with rpm --nodeps --force. It seems to work.
j. --- John Sheahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Installation of fontconfig is mostly a distribution > issue - not a > lyx issue. You neglected to mention your > distibution. > > For me - works happily under both redhet 8 and 9. > > distribution-specific instructions would be > unfortunate > and work to maintain , but I don't see a lot of > options. > > In Ximians' case - as a specialist GUI kind-of > provider, > requesting to Ximian to add lyx to their packages > could > be one way.. > john > > > On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 20:44, James Philp wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I realize that this is alrady becoming an > irritation > > for some on the list but it is not at all clear > how to > > get the math fonts to work. > > > > Reading through the archive you get the same > answers > > over and over again, but they don't work (at least > for > > me). > > > > 1. install the fonts : needs fontconfig > > 2. install fontconfig : red carpet won't do it. > > 3. tried everything possible to install from > source > > fails for both qt and xforms > > > > The fact that so many people have difficulties > with > > this shouldn't irritate others on the list. And > > perhaps someone might then even suggest a real > > solution to the problem. > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
