I need to get lyx1.4.2 running on redhat el3 (don't ask why). Having fetched the sources (I couldn't find an rpm ready to go) and sorted out the dependencies (qt etc.) I went for a "configure; make" and the build ran off without a hitch.

But...

on running up the binary something fails as LyX prepares it's configuration...

+checking for "sgml2lyx"...   yes
checking for SGML-tools 2.x (DocBook) or db2x scripts...
+checking for "sgmltools"...   no
+checking for "db2dvi"...   yes
Checking whether TeX allows spaces in file names...
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/home/devuser/public/lyx-1.4.2/lib/configure.py", line 705, in ?
   checkTeXAllowSpaces()
File "/home/devuser/public/lyx-1.4.2/lib/configure.py", line 635, in checkTeXAllowSpaces
   if 'working' in latex_out:
TypeError: 'in <string>' requires character as left operand
LyX: Done!
LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file  `'. Exiting.

Can anyone help me out with this?

guy

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