Thanks for the suggestion. I did as you suggested, and got the same error message. However, when I dragged the icon onto the desktop and double-clicked it, I got the "Welcome to LyX!" window, proclaiming "LyX: The Document Processor version 1.6.1" I got the same positive result after dragging LyX to my Applications folder, so at least it doesn't have to live on the desktop.
Apparently, LyX doesn't like being nestled inside of too many folders. Thank you very much for solving my problem. Best wishes, Blaine ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Bennett Helm <bewih...@gmail.com> To: Blaine Erickson <erick...@piercingsuit.com> Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:53:04 -0500 Subject: Re: LyX installation error on Mac OS X > On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Blaine Erickson > <erick...@piercingsuit.com> wrote: > > Greetings all, > > > > I am brand-new to LyX (and TeX, et al.), so please forgive me if there is a > > simple solution. > > > > First, my system: iMac with 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running OS X v. 10.4.11. > > > > I installed TeXShop (v. 2.18-svn), which includes the MacTeX-2008 > > distribution. After struggling with > > LaTeX with a while, I found out about LyX, and decided to give it a try. I > > downloaded LyX 1.6.1 and > > installed it. When I open the program, I get this error message: > > > > "Unable to determine the system directory having searched > > /Applications/LyX/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/ > > Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter > > or set the environment variable > > LYX_DIR_16x to the LyX system directory > > containing the file `chkconfig.ltx'. > > > > Could someone be so kind as to decipher this for me, and tell me what to do? > > This says that LyX is looking for the file, chkconfig.ltx, in > /Applications/LyX/LyX.app/Contents/Resources (which is where it should > be). That file is a script that checks on your LaTeX installation so > that LyX knows what packages, etc. you have installed. It gets run > automatically the first time you launch LyX. > > The implication is that you put LyX.app in a LyX folder inside your > Applications folder, right? If so, it looks as though your copy of > LyX.app is incomplete or corrupted. I'd suggest deleting it and > downloading again. > > Bennett ------- End of Original Message -------
