On 2011-06-15, RDB wrote: > Dear LyX Users, > I'm putting together a one-page guide to installing and using LyX on the > latest stable version of Debian Linux.
> My hope is that the installation procedure it contains could be followed > by a local charity which installs Linux on old donated hardware, ... Hence it might be sensible to fokus on a ressource-friendly configuration. > What follows is the guide I have so far, which represents what I did to > set up LyX on my own Debian 6.0.1 machine. Any suggestions, particularly > as regards potential "gotchas" I should address, extra software which > users might appreciate being installed as they advance in their > understanding of LyX, or common points of confusion for new users, would > all be appreciated. [Note: The steps I used to lay down the operating > system are at http://russellb.livejournal.com/1335718.html but I doubt > they'd be relevant for the limited purpose of critiquing the LyX install.] > A ONE-PAGE GUIDE TO INSTALLING AND USING LYX ON DEBIAN 6 DESKTOPS Can you also give the "codename" (lenny, ...), which is typically more known than the release number? > 1. To install LyX, start by opening System->Administration->Synaptic > Package Manager. Under Settings->Preferences->General make sure "Consider > recommended packages as dependencies" is checked I use `aptitude` for installation, but this is a choice not specific to LyX and should match the rest of your guide. > then install the following packages: texlive-full, latex2rtf, chktex, > rcs, and lyx. [Note: If you anticipate creating multiple documents with > lengthy bibliographies, then install the "pybliographer" package as > well.] Especially on older hardware, texlive-full might be an overkill. On my system, installing texlive-full would take 680 MB. Instead, I would recommend * the subset of suggested packages from the LyX package (which will install the base texlive packages as dependencies), * elyxer (converting LyX to HTML) * texlive-lang-* for the languages actually used, * texlive-font-utils (provides the epstopdf converter), * texlive-math-extra (if used in a scientific setting), * texlive-xetex (only with LyX 2.0 (now in Debian/testing)) * For math typesetting with Times, the "qtxmath" font package is a good choice (provides bold symbols missing in mathptmx). It is "hidden" in texlive-lang-polish. ... Günter
