Stefano, My appologies in being so late in getting back to you. I just finally got around to dealing with this problem today (Saturday)
Your instructions for setting the path seem to have worked perfectly. tex -v now gives me the correct version. The only difference I found was that the path was usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux/ Now to figure out how to get tlmgr to work. Thanks very much for the help. John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: stefano.fran...@gmail.com > Sent: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:15:29 -0500 > To: jrkrid...@inbox.com > Subject: Re: Ubuntu -tex live 2011 set paths? > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:07 AM, John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: >> I just installed tex Live 2011 on a small netbook Wubi installation of >> Ubuntu 11.10. The new tex installation is in /usr/local/texlive/2011. >> >> I would like to use it with LyX 2.0.0, installed from the Ubuntu >> repositories. Currently Lyx is using tex Live 2009 which was installed >> with the LyX installation. I realise this is an old LyX version but one >> step at a time. >> >> It looks fairly clear that I have to set some paths but just how to go >> about this is another matter. Searching showed up a couple of ideas >> (see below). However Ignacio's and Stefano's posts assume some knowledge >> of Linux: I have almost none. >> >> Possibly I can modify the paths following Ignacio's advice with a >> judicious bit of editing. Ideally I could substitute /i386-linux for >> /x86_64-linux >> However I have no clear idea where to put it. Ignatio's advice is to >> put it in .bashrc but so far, I have not found it. Could it be a >> difference in ubuntu 11.10? >> Currently when I do a tex -v I get: >> TeX 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) >> kpathsea version 5.0.0 >> Copyright 2009 D.E. Knuth. > > John, > > you definitely need to adjust the paths to the tex executables. How to > do so depends in part on how you start lyx. Do you use the command > line, double-clicking the icon, or a menu? > > I would first get the path rights from the command line and then move > on to the (possible, not necessary) issues of aligning the command > line with the graphic environment. > > So: > > 1. Find where the TL2011 executables are. Since the new installation > is in /usr/local/tex, they should be just under it, either in > bin/x86-linux or bin/x86_64-linux. Try listing them to be sure, typing > the following in a shell (without the $> part): > > $>ls /usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86-linux/tex or > $>ls /usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux/tex > > or you may try the "locate" command > > $>locate -b '\tex' | grep bin > > will list the files called 'tex' with the word 'bin in their paths. > > > 2. Once you know where the TL2011 executables are for sure, change the > path in a shell and check that the correct executable is found. Let's > say they are in /usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux. Then > > $>export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH > > $> tex -v > > You should get the correct TL2011 version. if not, look back at step > one, be sure you got it right. > > 3. Now make your export permanent. You need to add the export line to > one of the files that is read by your shell interpreter (most likely > bash) when it starts. See whether you have a .bash_profile or a > .profile file in your home directory (notice the initial dot): > > $>less ~/.bash_profile > > $>less ~/.profile > > if you do already have .bash_profile it is better to modify that one. > If you do not have it, but have a .profile, then modify .profile > > Open either file with an editor (vi, emacs, gedit, kate, etc) and add > the line > > $>export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH > > at the end (As a godd practive, put a comment before it, preceded by > #. Something like "# Added by John to access texlive 2011 on > 3/12/2012') > > Save the file, close the shell (the terminal window), open another > shell (terminal window) and try the 'tex -v' command. You should get > the right version. > > 4. Now start lyx from that shell (just type lyx at the prompt), > reconfigure (Tools>>Reconfigure), exit lyx, and restart it. Check the > tex installation with Tools>>TeX Information, and clcik the check box > that says "Show path". If everythong is correct you should see a long > list of latex classes and other files all with the > /usr/local/texlive/2011 prefix. > > 5. Now you are all set for the command line. For the graphic > environment. If you use KDE, see my older post (which you referred to > in you rmessage). If you use gnome, I cannot help because I never used > it. > > >> When I try to invoked tlmgr I get: >> john@ubuntu:~$ tlmgr >> No command 'tlmgr' found, did you mean: >> Command 'vlmgr' from package 'qdbm-util' (universe) >> Command 'rlmgr' from package 'qdbm-util' (universe) >> tlmgr: command not found >> >> Any advice would be most welcome. > > tlmgr came out in texlive 2010 I believe. OR possibly TL2011. Since > only tl2009 is in your path, it is not found. Once you fix the problem > with the paths it should show up. > > > Cheers, > > Stefano > > > > -- > __________________________________________________ > Stefano Franchi > Associate Research Professor > Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 > Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 > College Station, Texas, USA > > stef...@tamu.edu > http://stefano.cleinias.org ____________________________________________________________ GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM & EMAIL - Learn more at http://www.inbox.com/smileys Works with AIM®, MSN® Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, ICQ®, Google Talk™ and most webmails
