Re: Build lyx 2.3.7 on Fedora Linux 37

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 1/22/23 06:26, Joseph Hesse wrote:

Hi,

On Fedora Linux 37 lyx 2.3.7 is not currently available in the Fedora 
37 software repository.  I plan on building it from source following 
the instructions in the INSTALL file that is included in the lyx 2.3.7 
source code.


Has anyone else does this, do you have suggestions to make the build 
proceed without problems?


As José said, it takes a bit for the new version to percolate through 
Fedora's update process. However, it's really easy to compile LyX on 
Fedora, once you've got all the dependencies installed. I think you can 
do that with:


    sudo dnf builddep lyx

You need to have dnf-utils installed first.

Then you can do the following:

|# git clone git://git.lyx.org/lyx
# cd lyx
# git checkout 2.3.x
# ./autogen.sh
# ./configure  --enable-build-type=rel --enable-qt5
# make -j8
# sudo make install
|

The last argument to make, -j8, tells it to use 8 cpus to speed up 
compilation. You can use more or less as your machine allows.


This will install LyX into /usr/local/ by default. You may want to 
remove the RPM version so as to avoid conflicts (though it is possible 
to have both installed).


This will give you the latest version of the stable branch (what will 
become 2.3.8). If you do "git checkout master", then you will be 
compiling the last development branch (what will become 2.4.0). That's 
only for the bold who are prepared to deal with bugs. If you do "git 
checkout 2.3.7", then you'll get 2.3.7. Etc. You can do "git tags" and 
"git branch" to see other things you can check out.


My own policy is always to use the stable branch (2.3.x now), and update 
it every few weeks, though I've been using master lately, for testing, 
and because it's pretty stable at this point.


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Re: Problems with LyX on Mac computers

[Stephan Witt]

Hi all,

unfortunately there is some problem with the LyX binaries on macOS Ventura. I 
built these binaries including the Qt frameworks. At the moment I don’t have 
the option to investigate the problem because I didn’t upgrade the build system 
(yet).

The Universal binary was build on Big Sur and requires at least macOS 10.14. 
For those unable to update to Mojave (10.14) I made an Intel binary for macOS 
10.12 or newer.

I have no idea what the cause of the Ventura file open dialog is. My plan is to 
update the build system to macOS 13.x - so it should be possible to solve the 
problem then.

Best regards,
Stephan

> Am 22.01.2023 um 21:09 schrieb Edwin Burmeister :
> 
> Sorry, I did not realize that the current binary for LyX 2.3.7 is a Universal 
> application. That is what I have been using.
> 
> So apparently the problems encountered by Mac users are NOT due to Rosetta as 
> I had wrongly guessed.
> 
> ***
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> Commonwealth Professor of Economics Emeritus
> University of Virginia
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> 
> 
> 
>> On Jan 22, 2023, at 2:10 PM, Christopher Menzel  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jan 22, 2023, at 10:48 AM, mark salmon  wrote:
>>> Marcus in your reply to Ed Burmeister you said there are 2 installers for 
>>> Lyx 2.3.7- for macs- one for old and one for new versions of MacOS .I 
>>> don't think I saw this when installing 2.3.7 I just chose the one option I 
>>> saw in front of me-
>> 
>> The two installers are not for older and newer versions of MacOS, they are 
>> for older and newer Macs — older machines have Intel chips while newer 
>> machines have Apple Silicon (M1 and M2 chips). The installer for the 
>> universal LyX binary, which will run on either platform, includes the string 
>> “x86_64-arm64”; the installer for the Intel-only binary only includes the 
>> substring “x86_64”. In fact, both installers and both binaries will run on 
>> both older and newer machines (although, of course, the Intel binary 
>> requires the mediation of Rosetta on Apple Silicon machines). I suppose the 
>> Intel-only binary is a bit smaller and perhaps runs a bit faster on an Intel 
>> Mac, but would think the differences would be negligible (but I could be 
>> wrong).
>> 
>>> could this be the source of the graphics problem?
>> 
>> No. The problem arises under Ventura no matter which LyX binary you use.
>> 
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Re: Problems with LyX on Mac computers

[Edwin Burmeister]

Sorry, I did not realize that the current binary for LyX 2.3.7 is a Universal 
application. That is what I have been using.

So apparently the problems encountered by Mac users are NOT due to Rosetta as I 
had wrongly guessed.

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On Jan 22, 2023, at 2:10 PM, Christopher Menzel  wrote:

On Jan 22, 2023, at 10:48 AM, mark salmon  wrote:
Marcus in your reply to Ed Burmeister you said there are 2 installers for Lyx 
2.3.7- for macs- one for old and one for new versions of MacOS .I don't 
think I saw this when installing 2.3.7 I just chose the one option I saw in 
front of me-

The two installers are not for older and newer versions of MacOS, they are for 
older and newer Macs — older machines have Intel chips while newer machines 
have Apple Silicon (M1 and M2 chips). The installer for the universal LyX 
binary, which will run on either platform, includes the string “x86_64-arm64”; 
the installer for the Intel-only binary only includes the substring “x86_64”. 
In fact, both installers and both binaries will run on both older and newer 
machines (although, of course, the Intel binary requires the mediation of 
Rosetta on Apple Silicon machines). I suppose the Intel-only binary is a bit 
smaller and perhaps runs a bit faster on an Intel Mac, but would think the 
differences would be negligible (but I could be wrong).

could this be the source of the graphics problem?

No. The problem arises under Ventura no matter which LyX binary you use.

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Re: Build lyx 2.3.7 on Fedora Linux 37

[José Matos]

On Sun, 2023-01-22 at 05:26 -0600, Joseph Hesse wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fedora Linux 37 lyx 2.3.7 is not currently available in the Fedora
> 37 
> software repository.  I plan on building it from source following the
> instructions in the INSTALL file that is included in the lyx 2.3.7 
> source code.
> 
> Has anyone else does this, do you have suggestions to make the build 
> proceed without problems?
> 
> Thank you,
> Joe Hesse

I have already built 2.3.7 for F37:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jamatos/lyx-next/

In any case I will update the package in Fedora this week. The package
should be in updates-testing for a week and then it will be available
in the updates repository.

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Re: Problems with LyX on Mac computers

[Christopher Menzel]

On Jan 22, 2023, at 10:48 AM, mark salmon  wrote:
> Marcus in your reply to Ed Burmeister you said there are 2 installers for Lyx 
> 2.3.7- for macs- one for old and one for new versions of MacOS .I don't 
> think I saw this when installing 2.3.7 I just chose the one option I saw in 
> front of me-

The two installers are not for older and newer versions of MacOS, they are for 
older and newer Macs — older machines have Intel chips while newer machines 
have Apple Silicon (M1 and M2 chips). The installer for the universal LyX 
binary, which will run on either platform, includes the string “x86_64-arm64”; 
the installer for the Intel-only binary only includes the substring “x86_64”. 
In fact, both installers and both binaries will run on both older and newer 
machines (although, of course, the Intel binary requires the mediation of 
Rosetta on Apple Silicon machines). I suppose the Intel-only binary is a bit 
smaller and perhaps runs a bit faster on an Intel Mac, but would think the 
differences would be negligible (but I could be wrong).

> could this be the source of the graphics problem?

No. The problem arises under Ventura no matter which LyX binary you use.

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Re: Ventura graphics Mac

[Christopher Menzel]

On Jan 21, 2023, at 5:23 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse  wrote:
> On 2.3.7 and Intel 13.1, I can also not use the File Browser to insert
> graphics.  But then I haven't inserted graphics for a while.  On the
> 2.3.7 on an intel 12.6.2 I don't see that behavior.

Right, because 12.6.2 is Monterey, and what we’re dealing with appears to be a 
Ventura bug.

> The alternative proposed here makes not sense whatsoever to me,
> especially on an M1. The (speed) limiting factor is LaTeX (in
> particular LuLaTeX).

I guess you are talking about my suggested alternative of running LyX in a 
Linux VM under Parallels? How does it "make no sense whatever" to you to have a 
fast, fully-functional version of LyX that does not exhibit the bug in 
question? (Just to note, I’ve also had LyX 2.3.7 simply crash on me a couple of 
times under Ventura in random situations, so there are apparently further 
problems and, hence, reasons independent of this bug to run LyX in a VM.)

> Universal binary in any case means that on the M1 the M1 binary runs and
> on the Intel the Intel binary.  However, even running the Intel binary
> on the M1 under Rosetta makes no real difference, other than that it
> loads slower.  But since LyX is set up to open at login I would not even
> care.

Are you saying that the bug doesn’t occur if you use a LyX Intel (i.e., 
non-universal) binary under Ventura via Rosetta? That is not the case, for 
either version 2.3.6.2 or 2.3.7. You can’t insert a graphic via the file 
browser in either one.

-cm

> On 21/01/2023 23:02, Christopher Menzel wrote:
> [...]
> 
>> This definitely appears to be a Ventura thing.  I can’t insert
>> graphics on my 2021 MacBook Pro using either 2.3.6.2 or 2.3.7 but both
>> versions work just fine on my old iMac under Big Sur.  
>> 
>> You can mitigate the pain of the kludgy workaround a little bit by
>> locating your desired graphic in the Finder, right clicking and
>> selecting “Get Info”.  This will bring up an info window that contains
>> the full Unix path to the containing directory that you can copy and
>> paste into the “file:” field in the LyX pop-up for inserting graphics.
>> You’ll still have to type in the file name, but the process is still
>> easier than typing in the whole path, especially if you use cloud
>> storage, which buries your files pretty deeply under your home
>> directory.
>> 
>> Alternatively, run LyX under Linux in a Parallels VM — it’s quite a bit
>> faster than the MacOS universal binary and doesn’t suffer from this bug.
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Re: Build lyx 2.3.7 on Fedora Linux 37

[Neal Becker]

What I would try is getting the srpm for 2.3.6, installing, update spec for
2.3.7, put 2.3.7 tar in sources, and try rpmbuild.

On Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 11:40 AM Joseph Hesse  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Fedora Linux 37 lyx 2.3.7 is not currently available in the Fedora 37
> software repository.  I plan on building it from source following the
> instructions in the INSTALL file that is included in the lyx 2.3.7
> source code.
>
> Has anyone else does this, do you have suggestions to make the build
> proceed without problems?
>
> Thank you,
> Joe Hesse
>
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Re: RE: RE: Trouble with quote (") character on LyX 2.3.6.2 (2021-01-07)

[Daniel]

On 2022-04-06 12:19, Kees Zeelenberg (kzStats) via lyx-users wrote:

On 2022-04-05 18:37, Kees Zeelenberg (kzStats) via lyx-users wrote:

On MS-Windows 11 with LyX 2.3.6.1 and the US international keyboard

search

and replace " works fine.

I haven't tested the export.



Unfortunately, this might be just due to the international keyboard not

being

fully supported in LyX (https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10377).
(You might want to fix the quotes in your documents...)


Yes, I forgot! Indeed I now remember why I still use the old-fashioned ``
and ''


Just for completeness: Smart quotes on international keyboard layouts 
should be supported with 2.4.


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Re: Problems with LyX on Mac computers

[mark salmon]

Marcus in your reply to Ed Burmeister you said there are 2 installers 
for Lyx 2.3.7- for macs- one for old and one for new versions of MacOS 
.I don't think I saw this when installing 2.3.7 I just chose the one 
option I saw in front of me- could this be the source of the graphics 
problem?

Cheers,
Mark

On 22/01/2023 16:08, Edwin Burmeister wrote:
My apologies, I made a typo in my original message. I AM using LyX 
version 2.3.7 and all of my previous comments and questions apply to it.


Sorry for my mistake!

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On Jan 22, 2023, at 11:03 AM, Marcus Kriele  wrote:

Ed, have you tried LyX 2.3.7, which came out very recently?  I 
believe it is  universal, if you take the correct installer (there 
are two to choose from, one for old versions of MacOS and one for the 
newer ones which support arm.


Regards, Marcus


On 22 Jan 2023, at 16:58, Edwin Burmeister  wrote:

Hi—

I am using Mac OS Ventura 13.1 and LyX version 2.2.7.

Many Mac users have reported problems with LyX when using Ventura. I 
too have encountered difficulties, but fortunately I’ve been able to 
find workarounds for all of them. However, behavior is erratic: 
sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. I’ve had to resort to 
trying different workaround strategies that seem to depend upon 
exactly where my LyX related files are located.


You probably know this information from Apple, but I repeat it here 
for completeness:


*Rosetta works automatically in the background whenever you use an 
app that was built only for Mac computers with an Intel processor*. 
It translates the app for use with Apple silicon. In most cases, you 
won't notice any difference in the performance of an app that needs 
Rosetta. May 17, 2022


In my opinion most and perhaps all of the problems LyX users have 
encountered on a Mac can be traced back to Rosetta.


The ideal solution is to have an update to LyX that makes it a 
so-called Universal application, i.e., one that works equally well 
on both Intel and Apple silicon chips. [In any event, this solution 
will be needed in the future because Apple is likely to stop its 
support via Rosetta.]


Is such an update to LyX in the works?
If so, when might we expect to see it?
If not, why not?

Danke!

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Re: Problems with LyX on Mac computers

[mark salmon]

Hi Ed again,
 Could you possibly try inserting a graphic into a document- I know 
nothing... I am a simple econometrician but it seems to me if some 
people have this graphics problem and others don't with superficially 
the same set up, it may be down to different ways we have handled 
Python- Apple, Homebrew, Anaconda? Does this make sense people?

Cheers ,
Mark

On 22/01/2023 16:08, Edwin Burmeister wrote:
My apologies, I made a typo in my original message. I AM using LyX 
version 2.3.7 and all of my previous comments and questions apply to it.


Sorry for my mistake!

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On Jan 22, 2023, at 11:03 AM, Marcus Kriele  wrote:

Ed, have you tried LyX 2.3.7, which came out very recently?  I 
believe it is  universal, if you take the correct installer (there 
are two to choose from, one for old versions of MacOS and one for the 
newer ones which support arm.


Regards, Marcus


On 22 Jan 2023, at 16:58, Edwin Burmeister  wrote:

Hi—

I am using Mac OS Ventura 13.1 and LyX version 2.2.7.

Many Mac users have reported problems with LyX when using Ventura. I 
too have encountered difficulties, but fortunately I’ve been able to 
find workarounds for all of them. However, behavior is erratic: 
sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. I’ve had to resort to 
trying different workaround strategies that seem to depend upon 
exactly where my LyX related files are located.


You probably know this information from Apple, but I repeat it here 
for completeness:


*Rosetta works automatically in the background whenever you use an 
app that was built only for Mac computers with an Intel processor*. 
It translates the app for use with Apple silicon. In most cases, you 
won't notice any difference in the performance of an app that needs 
Rosetta. May 17, 2022


In my opinion most and perhaps all of the problems LyX users have 
encountered on a Mac can be traced back to Rosetta.


The ideal solution is to have an update to LyX that makes it a 
so-called Universal application, i.e., one that works equally well 
on both Intel and Apple silicon chips. [In any event, this solution 
will be needed in the future because Apple is likely to stop its 
support via Rosetta.]


Is such an update to LyX in the works?
If so, when might we expect to see it?
If not, why not?

Danke!

Ed

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Build lyx 2.3.7 on Fedora Linux 37

[Joseph Hesse]

Hi,

On Fedora Linux 37 lyx 2.3.7 is not currently available in the Fedora 37 
software repository.  I plan on building it from source following the 
instructions in the INSTALL file that is included in the lyx 2.3.7 
source code.


Has anyone else does this, do you have suggestions to make the build 
proceed without problems?


Thank you,
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Re: Problems with LyX on Mac computers

[mark salmon]

Hi Ed,
 One academic to another- I have a problem in that I can  ( in Lyx 
2.3.7) no longer browse for the graph in the dialog box when wanting to 
insert graphics into a document- I am using Lyx 2.3.7 not 2.2.7. which 
you are using. The assumption people have made is that it is a ventura 
13.1 problem however if you can browse and insert graphics with the same 
Ventura as myself but  using Lyx 2.2.7 it must be a Lyx problem. It 
would be really helpful to know where the problem lies if you could give 
it a try please. I can work around this by copying and pasting the 
location of the graphics file into the location box but I lost 2 days of 
my life over the last few days trying to solve this!

Cheers,
Mark

On 22/01/2023 15:58, Edwin Burmeister wrote:

Hi—

I am using Mac OS Ventura 13.1 and LyX version 2.2.7.


Many Mac users have reported problems with LyX when using Ventura. I 
too have encountered difficulties, but fortunately I’ve been able to 
find workarounds for all of them. However, behavior is erratic: 
sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. I’ve had to resort to 
trying different workaround strategies that seem to depend upon 
exactly where my LyX related files are located.



You probably know this information from Apple, but I repeat it here 
for completeness:



*Rosetta works automatically in the background whenever you use an app 
that was built only for Mac computers with an Intel processor*. It 
translates the app for use with Apple silicon. In most cases, you 
won't notice any difference in the performance of an app that needs 
Rosetta. May 17, 2022



In my opinion most and perhaps all of the problems LyX users have 
encountered on a Mac can be traced back to Rosetta.



The ideal solution is to have an update to LyX that makes it a 
so-called Universal application, i.e., one that works equally well on 
both Intel and Apple silicon chips. [In any event, this solution 
will be needed in the future because Apple is likely to stop its 
support via Rosetta.]



Is such an update to LyX in the works?

If so, when might we expect to see it?

If not, why not?


Danke!


Ed

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Re: Problems with LyX on Mac computers

[Edwin Burmeister]

My apologies, I made a typo in my original message. I AM using LyX version 
2.3.7 and all of my previous comments and questions apply to it.

Sorry for my mistake!

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On Jan 22, 2023, at 11:03 AM, Marcus Kriele  wrote:

Ed, have you tried LyX 2.3.7, which came out very recently?  I believe it is  
universal, if you take the correct installer (there are two to choose from, one 
for old versions of MacOS and one for the newer ones which support arm.

Regards, Marcus

On 22 Jan 2023, at 16:58, Edwin Burmeister 
mailto:e...@econ.duke.edu>> wrote:

Hi—

I am using Mac OS Ventura 13.1 and LyX version 2.2.7.

Many Mac users have reported problems with LyX when using Ventura. I too have 
encountered difficulties, but fortunately I’ve been able to find workarounds 
for all of them. However, behavior is erratic: sometimes it works and sometimes 
it does not. I’ve had to resort to trying different workaround strategies that 
seem to depend upon exactly where my LyX related files are located.

You probably know this information from Apple, but I repeat it here for 
completeness:

Rosetta works automatically in the background whenever you use an app that was 
built only for Mac computers with an Intel processor. It translates the app for 
use with Apple silicon. In most cases, you won't notice any difference in the 
performance of an app that needs Rosetta. May 17, 2022

In my opinion most and perhaps all of the problems LyX users have encountered 
on a Mac can be traced back to Rosetta.

The ideal solution is to have an update to LyX that makes it a so-called 
Universal application, i.e., one that works equally well on both Intel and 
Apple silicon chips. [In any event, this solution will be needed in the future 
because Apple is likely to stop its support via Rosetta.]

Is such an update to LyX in the works?
If so, when might we expect to see it?
If not, why not?

Danke!

Ed

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Re: Problems with LyX on Mac computers

[Marcus Kriele via lyx-users]

Ed, have you tried LyX 2.3.7, which came out very recently?  I believe it is  
universal, if you take the correct installer (there are two to choose from, one 
for old versions of MacOS and one for the newer ones which support arm.

Regards, Marcus

> On 22 Jan 2023, at 16:58, Edwin Burmeister  wrote:
> 
> Hi—
> 
> I am using Mac OS Ventura 13.1 and LyX version 2.2.7.
> 
> Many Mac users have reported problems with LyX when using Ventura. I too have 
> encountered difficulties, but fortunately I’ve been able to find workarounds 
> for all of them. However, behavior is erratic: sometimes it works and 
> sometimes it does not. I’ve had to resort to trying different workaround 
> strategies that seem to depend upon exactly where my LyX related files are 
> located.
> 
> You probably know this information from Apple, but I repeat it here for 
> completeness:
> 
> Rosetta works automatically in the background whenever you use an app that 
> was built only for Mac computers with an Intel processor. It translates the 
> app for use with Apple silicon. In most cases, you won't notice any 
> difference in the performance of an app that needs Rosetta. May 17, 2022
> 
> In my opinion most and perhaps all of the problems LyX users have encountered 
> on a Mac can be traced back to Rosetta. 
> 
> The ideal solution is to have an update to LyX that makes it a so-called 
> Universal application, i.e., one that works equally well on both Intel and 
> Apple silicon chips. [In any event, this solution will be needed in the 
> future because Apple is likely to stop its support via Rosetta.]
> 
> Is such an update to LyX in the works?
> If so, when might we expect to see it?
> If not, why not?
> 
> Danke!
> 
> Ed
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> Duke University
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> University of Virginia
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Problems with LyX on Mac computers

[Edwin Burmeister]

Hi—


I am using Mac OS Ventura 13.1 and LyX version 2.2.7.


Many Mac users have reported problems with LyX when using Ventura. I too have 
encountered difficulties, but fortunately I’ve been able to find workarounds 
for all of them. However, behavior is erratic: sometimes it works and sometimes 
it does not. I’ve had to resort to trying different workaround strategies that 
seem to depend upon exactly where my LyX related files are located.


You probably know this information from Apple, but I repeat it here for 
completeness:


Rosetta works automatically in the background whenever you use an app that was 
built only for Mac computers with an Intel processor. It translates the app for 
use with Apple silicon. In most cases, you won't notice any difference in the 
performance of an app that needs Rosetta. May 17, 2022


In my opinion most and perhaps all of the problems LyX users have encountered 
on a Mac can be traced back to Rosetta.


The ideal solution is to have an update to LyX that makes it a so-called 
Universal application, i.e., one that works equally well on both Intel and 
Apple silicon chips. [In any event, this solution will be needed in the future 
because Apple is likely to stop its support via Rosetta.]


Is such an update to LyX in the works?

If so, when might we expect to see it?

If not, why not?


Danke!

Ed

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Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Rich Shepard wrote:


What would be the option/action of tlmgr? Looking at the man page I'm not
sure what command to use.


I also ran 'su -c texhash' and that didn't let the letter compile.


Installed here are:
texlive-2021.210418-x86_64-1slint
texlive-extra-2020.200608-x86_64-1_SBo

and LyX has been working as it should ... except for this scrpage2.sty
issue.

Searching the web for a solution I tried running (as root) 'tlmgr update
--all' only to be shown, 'bash: tlmgr: command not found'. But, tlmgr is
present as a perl script in /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl.

Since I've not dug into the TeXLive details I don't understand why the
script is not found and question whether the update --all action to tlmgr
would make scrpage2.sty visible to LyX.

Looking forward to learning,

Rich

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Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Rich Shepard wrote:


What would be the option/actoin of tlmgr? Looking at the man page I'm not
sure what command to use.


I also ran 'su -c texhash' and that didn't let the letter compile.

Rich
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Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2023, Paul A. Rubin wrote:


If you run "kpsewhich scrpage2.sty" in a terminal, is it found? If not,
you may need to update the TeX file database.


Paul,

No, it's not found.

What would be the option/actoin of tlmgr? Looking at the man page I'm not
sure what command to use.

Thanks,

Rich
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