Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > I try to install lyx (windows 7) for a colleague. I am usually on Debian > Linux. > > according to > 2.1 Windows binaries (XP/Vista/7) > The Windows installer can be downloaded here: LyX-2.0.4-1-Installer.exe. > A binary for CygWin can be downloaded here: lyx-2.0.4-cygwin.tar.gz. > I downloaded the installer.exe and got lyx installed. Trying to open an > existing lyx file (2.0.1 format) I get en error > no readable lyx format. > and > C:/users/Sigrun/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.HP1712/Buffer_convert- > LyxFormat.em1712 > > What went wrong? > > Should I have downloaded lyx-2.0.4-cygwin.tar.gz additionally? I thought it > was done while installing.
I cannot help with the actual problem, but I can tell you that you do not need the cygwin tarball. This is an alternative windows binary for people who run CygWin (some sort of UNIX emulator for windows). Jürgen > Wolfgang
