Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the article class.


Then you don't have LaTeX installed or the LaTeX installation is broken.

I suggest to do

1. uninstall LyX completely
2. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_
3. open an Internet connection
3. reinstall LyX using the complete version of this installer:
   http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the article class.


Then you don't have LaTeX installed or the LaTeX installation is broken.

I suggest to do

1. uninstall LyX completely
2. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_
3. open an Internet connection
3. reinstall LyX using the complete version of this installer:
   http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the "article" class.


Then you don't have LaTeX installed or the LaTeX installation is broken.

I suggest to do

1. uninstall LyX completely
2. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_
3. open an Internet connection
3. reinstall LyX using the complete version of this installer:
   http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello!

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:
 Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
 When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open
 Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the
 button Environment variables where you can add your path to the PATH
 variable.

I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
was left open on the thread.

 Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under Path
 the directories.

At the preference box, the closest option I find is the work
directory. When I change it, the change is not reflected on the user
directory displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
correspond to the one on the About box actually.

My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
or something, it would be great.

Thanks,
-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Well, never mind my last e-mail, I found a way to execute the script.

But that doesn't seem to be enough.
For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the article class. But when I open a lyx document that has this class
(the welcome one), I receive a message that the class is unusable. When I
try to export to any format, it says it doesn't have enough information...
:(

Should I just try reinstalling everything?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Tiago Rinck Caveden cave...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hello!

 On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:
  Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
  When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then
 open
  Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab
 the
  button Environment variables where you can add your path to the PATH
  variable.

 I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
 was left open on the thread.

  Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under
 Path
  the directories.

 At the preference box, the closest option I find is the work
 directory. When I change it, the change is not reflected on the user
 directory displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
 on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
 directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
 correspond to the one on the About box actually.

 My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
 directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
 there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
 the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
 or something, it would be great.

 Thanks,
 --
 Tiago Rinck Caveden
 http://caveden.multiply.com




-- 
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http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello!

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:
 Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
 When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open
 Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the
 button Environment variables where you can add your path to the PATH
 variable.

I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
was left open on the thread.

 Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under Path
 the directories.

At the preference box, the closest option I find is the work
directory. When I change it, the change is not reflected on the user
directory displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
correspond to the one on the About box actually.

My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
or something, it would be great.

Thanks,
-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Well, never mind my last e-mail, I found a way to execute the script.

But that doesn't seem to be enough.
For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the article class. But when I open a lyx document that has this class
(the welcome one), I receive a message that the class is unusable. When I
try to export to any format, it says it doesn't have enough information...
:(

Should I just try reinstalling everything?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Tiago Rinck Caveden cave...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hello!

 On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:
  Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
  When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then
 open
  Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab
 the
  button Environment variables where you can add your path to the PATH
  variable.

 I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
 was left open on the thread.

  Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under
 Path
  the directories.

 At the preference box, the closest option I find is the work
 directory. When I change it, the change is not reflected on the user
 directory displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
 on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
 directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
 correspond to the one on the About box actually.

 My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
 directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
 there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
 the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
 or something, it would be great.

 Thanks,
 --
 Tiago Rinck Caveden
 http://caveden.multiply.com




-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello!

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr  wrote:
> Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
> When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open
> Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the
> button "Environment variables" where you can add your path to the PATH
> variable.

I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
was left open on the thread.

> Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools -> Preferences and change there under Path
> the directories.

At the preference box, the closest option I find is the "work
directory". When I change it, the change is not reflected on the "user
directory" displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
correspond to the one on the About box actually.

My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
or something, it would be great.

Thanks,
-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Well, never mind my last e-mail, I found a way to execute the script.

But that doesn't seem to be enough.
For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the "article" class. But when I open a lyx document that has this class
(the welcome one), I receive a message that the class is unusable. When I
try to export to any format, it says it doesn't have enough information...
:(

Should I just try reinstalling everything?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Tiago Rinck Caveden wrote:

> Hello!
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr  wrote:
> > Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
> > When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then
> open
> > Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab
> the
> > button "Environment variables" where you can add your path to the PATH
> > variable.
>
> I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
> was left open on the thread.
>
> > Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools -> Preferences and change there under
> Path
> > the directories.
>
> At the preference box, the closest option I find is the "work
> directory". When I change it, the change is not reflected on the "user
> directory" displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
> on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
> directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
> correspond to the one on the About box actually.
>
> My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
> directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
> there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
> the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
> or something, it would be great.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Tiago Rinck Caveden
> http://caveden.multiply.com
>



-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello everybody,

I'm new to the list, I fount this thread on Nabble via Google and I'm having
the same problem.
My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested. Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?

Thanks!

By the way...


grapeshot wrote:
 
 
 
1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.
 
 THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
 this?
 

I think he meant Windows PATH environment variable. Right-click on My
Computer - Advanced - Environment Variables. Find PATH, and add MiKTeX bin
directory to the list.

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Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested.


I haven't understand the problem. When you install LyX with admin permissions, LyX is usable for all 
users on a PC, no matter what permissions they have.


When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open Windows' System 
settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the button Environment variables where you 
can add your path to the PATH variable.



Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?


Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under Path the 
directories.

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello everybody,

I'm new to the list, I fount this thread on Nabble via Google and I'm having
the same problem.
My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested. Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?

Thanks!

By the way...


grapeshot wrote:
 
 
 
1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.
 
 THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
 this?
 

I think he meant Windows PATH environment variable. Right-click on My
Computer - Advanced - Environment Variables. Find PATH, and add MiKTeX bin
directory to the list.

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Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested.


I haven't understand the problem. When you install LyX with admin permissions, LyX is usable for all 
users on a PC, no matter what permissions they have.


When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open Windows' System 
settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the button Environment variables where you 
can add your path to the PATH variable.



Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?


Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under Path the 
directories.

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello everybody,

I'm new to the list, I fount this thread on Nabble via Google and I'm having
the same problem.
My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested. Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?

Thanks!

By the way...


grapeshot wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>>1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.
> 
> THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
> this?
> 

I think he meant Windows PATH environment variable. Right-click on My
Computer -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. Find PATH, and add MiKTeX bin
directory to the list.

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Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested.


I haven't understand the problem. When you install LyX with admin permissions, LyX is usable for all 
users on a PC, no matter what permissions they have.


When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open Windows' System 
settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the button "Environment variables" where you 
can add your path to the PATH variable.



Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?


Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools -> Preferences and change there under Path the 
directories.

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[grapeshot]

I appear to be having the same problem as the originator of this thread.

First I thought that maybe my packages needed updating.  So, using the
advice in 
http://n2.nabble.com/cannot-find-styles-(ms-windows)-td477787.html#a477788
THIS  thread.

I tried updating all my packages.  It turns our that four, out of about 50
or so (I didn't really count all of them) that needed updating, simply
wouldn't install at all.  (I can forward you the error log files if it would
help.  I also noted the error messages that the MiKTeX updater gave me for
each failed update.  I was unable to resolve the problem with these four on
my own.)


Afterwards, I was still getting the same error messages when trying to open
the Tutorial and other help documents -- so clearly updating my packages
wasn't the solution.

Then I found this thread.



If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  

Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.

Not being very sure what to do next, I forged on with the advice posted
here.



If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:

1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?
I checked the paths under Tools and Settings.
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 

I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra .)

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.

I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?




2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.

 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 



  If not ...

3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...

I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says The system cannot execute the specified program. 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  

At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?
 


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Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

grapeshot wrote:

If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  


Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.


If any of them are marked available, then LyX was able to find MikTeX.


If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command

path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?


This is a Windows issue, not something you would fix in LyX.  In XP, 
right click My Computer, click Properties, Advanced, Environment 
Variables.  You'll see varialbes named Path in both lists; the one on 
top is used only when you're logged in, while the one on the bottom is 
used when any user is logged in.


But this would be to check whether MikTeX was on the system path, and 
apparently it is, or else the LyX configuration script would not find it 
and LyX would say that none of the document classes are available.



I checked the paths under Tools and Settings.
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 


I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra .)

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.


The dot translates as this directory, so it's redundant but harmless.


I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?


No, the system command path (which tells DOS where to look when you run 
a program that's not in the current directory) was the concern, but only 
if *no* classes are available.




2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.


 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 





 If not ...
3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says The system cannot execute the specified program. 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  


I can't argue with your assessment of that.  :-)  It sounds as though 
Windows is finding kpsewhich (which is a MikTeX program) but that the 
file is corrupted or not a DOS program.  (This could happen if you 
somehow installed, say, a Linux TeX distribution, except that then it 
wouldn't be MikTeX.)


At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?


Did you install MikTeX yourself, or did the LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe 
install it?  I don't think that installer contains MikTeX, but I get 
confused by the various installer names.


If DOS won't run kpsewhich, then I think there may be a problem with 
your MikTeX installation.  If so, reinstalling LyX won't fix it; you'll 
need to either repair MikTeX or uninstall/reinstall MikTeX.  But it's 
still a bit unclear what's going on; I've never seen that particular 
error message with kpsewhich.  (FYI, kpsewhich is a program that tells 
you where your LaTeX distribution, in this case MikTeX, is finding 
various LaTeX files -- and, by implication, *if* it's finding those files.)


Let's try a different tack here.  Start in LyX, by looking at Help - 
LaTeX Configuration.  Look for a few of the missing classes, and note 
down what package 

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[grapeshot]

I appear to be having the same problem as the originator of this thread.

First I thought that maybe my packages needed updating.  So, using the
advice in 
http://n2.nabble.com/cannot-find-styles-(ms-windows)-td477787.html#a477788
THIS  thread.

I tried updating all my packages.  It turns our that four, out of about 50
or so (I didn't really count all of them) that needed updating, simply
wouldn't install at all.  (I can forward you the error log files if it would
help.  I also noted the error messages that the MiKTeX updater gave me for
each failed update.  I was unable to resolve the problem with these four on
my own.)


Afterwards, I was still getting the same error messages when trying to open
the Tutorial and other help documents -- so clearly updating my packages
wasn't the solution.

Then I found this thread.



If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  

Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.

Not being very sure what to do next, I forged on with the advice posted
here.



If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:

1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?
I checked the paths under Tools and Settings.
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 

I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra .)

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.

I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?




2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.

 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 



  If not ...

3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...

I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says The system cannot execute the specified program. 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  

At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?
 


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Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

grapeshot wrote:

If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  


Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.


If any of them are marked available, then LyX was able to find MikTeX.


If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command

path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?


This is a Windows issue, not something you would fix in LyX.  In XP, 
right click My Computer, click Properties, Advanced, Environment 
Variables.  You'll see varialbes named Path in both lists; the one on 
top is used only when you're logged in, while the one on the bottom is 
used when any user is logged in.


But this would be to check whether MikTeX was on the system path, and 
apparently it is, or else the LyX configuration script would not find it 
and LyX would say that none of the document classes are available.



I checked the paths under Tools and Settings.
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 


I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra .)

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.


The dot translates as this directory, so it's redundant but harmless.


I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?


No, the system command path (which tells DOS where to look when you run 
a program that's not in the current directory) was the concern, but only 
if *no* classes are available.




2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.


 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 





 If not ...
3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says The system cannot execute the specified program. 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  


I can't argue with your assessment of that.  :-)  It sounds as though 
Windows is finding kpsewhich (which is a MikTeX program) but that the 
file is corrupted or not a DOS program.  (This could happen if you 
somehow installed, say, a Linux TeX distribution, except that then it 
wouldn't be MikTeX.)


At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?


Did you install MikTeX yourself, or did the LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe 
install it?  I don't think that installer contains MikTeX, but I get 
confused by the various installer names.


If DOS won't run kpsewhich, then I think there may be a problem with 
your MikTeX installation.  If so, reinstalling LyX won't fix it; you'll 
need to either repair MikTeX or uninstall/reinstall MikTeX.  But it's 
still a bit unclear what's going on; I've never seen that particular 
error message with kpsewhich.  (FYI, kpsewhich is a program that tells 
you where your LaTeX distribution, in this case MikTeX, is finding 
various LaTeX files -- and, by implication, *if* it's finding those files.)


Let's try a different tack here.  Start in LyX, by looking at Help - 
LaTeX Configuration.  Look for a few of the missing classes, and note 
down what package 

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[grapeshot]

I appear to be having the same problem as the originator of this thread.

First I thought that maybe my packages needed updating.  So, using the
advice in 
http://n2.nabble.com/cannot-find-styles-(ms-windows)-td477787.html#a477788
THIS  thread.

I tried updating all my packages.  It turns our that four, out of about 50
or so (I didn't really count all of them) that needed updating, simply
wouldn't install at all.  (I can forward you the error log files if it would
help.  I also noted the error messages that the MiKTeX updater gave me for
each failed update.  I was unable to resolve the problem with these four on
my own.)


Afterwards, I was still getting the same error messages when trying to open
the Tutorial and other help documents -- so clearly updating my packages
wasn't the solution.

Then I found this thread.



>>If you start a new document and go to Document -> Settings... -> 
>>Document Class -> Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
>>unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  

Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.

Not being very sure what to do next, I forged on with the advice posted
here.



>>If they are all 
>>unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
>>can try the following:
>>
>>1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?
I checked the paths under "Tools" and "Settings".
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 

I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra ".")

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.

I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?




>2.  Tools -> Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.

 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 



>  If not ...
>>
>>3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
>>find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
>>the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
>>directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
>>messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...

I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says "The system cannot execute the specified program." 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  

At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?
 


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Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

grapeshot wrote:

If you start a new document and go to Document -> Settings... -> 
Document Class -> Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  


Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.


If any of them are marked available, then LyX was able to find MikTeX.


If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command

path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?


This is a Windows issue, not something you would fix in LyX.  In XP, 
right click My Computer, click Properties, Advanced, Environment 
Variables.  You'll see varialbes named "Path" in both lists; the one on 
top is used only when you're logged in, while the one on the bottom is 
used when any user is logged in.


But this would be to check whether MikTeX was on the system path, and 
apparently it is, or else the LyX configuration script would not find it 
and LyX would say that none of the document classes are available.



I checked the paths under "Tools" and "Settings".
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 


I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra ".")

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.


The dot translates as "this directory", so it's redundant but harmless.


I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?


No, the system command path (which tells DOS where to look when you run 
a program that's not in the current directory) was the concern, but only 
if *no* classes are available.




2.  Tools -> Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.


 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 





 If not ...
3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says "The system cannot execute the specified program." 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  


I can't argue with your assessment of that.  :-)  It sounds as though 
Windows is finding kpsewhich (which is a MikTeX program) but that the 
file is corrupted or not a DOS program.  (This could happen if you 
somehow installed, say, a Linux TeX distribution, except that then it 
wouldn't be MikTeX.)


At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?


Did you install MikTeX yourself, or did the LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe 
install it?  I don't think that installer contains MikTeX, but I get 
confused by the various installer names.


If DOS won't run kpsewhich, then I think there may be a problem with 
your MikTeX installation.  If so, reinstalling LyX won't fix it; you'll 
need to either repair MikTeX or uninstall/reinstall MikTeX.  But it's 
still a bit unclear what's going on; I've never seen that particular 
error message with kpsewhich.  (FYI, kpsewhich is a program that tells 
you where your LaTeX distribution, in this case MikTeX, is finding 
various LaTeX files -- and, by implication, *if* it's finding those files.)


Let's try a different tack here.  Start in LyX, by looking at Help -> 
LaTeX Configuration.  Look for a few of the missing classes, and note 

Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tim Rowe]

 I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
 (which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
 (i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
 missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

Just to say that exactly the same has just happened to me -- it does
look to me as if there's a problem with the web installer.

-- 
Tim Rowe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Joost Verburg]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you 
need to do, is to have an open internet connection before you start to 
install LyX.


The standard installer does the same thing. Try Tools  Reconfigure and 
MiKTeX should try to download it again.


Joost

Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tim Rowe]

 I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
 (which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
 (i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
 missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

Just to say that exactly the same has just happened to me -- it does
look to me as if there's a problem with the web installer.

-- 
Tim Rowe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Joost Verburg]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you 
need to do, is to have an open internet connection before you start to 
install LyX.


The standard installer does the same thing. Try Tools  Reconfigure and 
MiKTeX should try to download it again.


Joost

Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tim Rowe]

> I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
> (which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
> (i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
> missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

Just to say that exactly the same has just happened to me -- it does
look to me as if there's a problem with the web installer.

-- 
Tim Rowe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Joost Verburg]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you 
need to do, is to have an open internet connection before you start to 
install LyX.


The standard installer does the same thing. Try Tools > Reconfigure and 
MiKTeX should try to download it again.


Joost

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

Peter Jahn wrote:

Hi lyx user group,

I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

I also tried the installation on windows vista. The same effect occurs here
too.

Thanks for any help.



If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command path.

2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better. 
 If not ...


3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


4.  Check Help - About LyX to find where LyX is putting your home 
directory.  A tilde there usually means C:\Documents and Settings\your 
id here\ in XP (I forget where it ends up in Vista, where everything 
has been moved around), but just to be safe run 'set H' at a DOS prompt 
and concatenate HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH to find the replacement for the 
tilde.  Open a DOS prompt in the parent of the home directory (e.g., 
C:\Documents and Settings\me\), delete the lyx15 directory entirely, 
then run 'path to LyX\python\python.exe path to 
LyX\Resources\configure.py' and cross your fingers (toes too if you 
can).  Watch the output and see if the script indicates that (a) it 
found a working latex.exe and (b) it found at least some document 
classes.  If that works, try starting LyX again.


If most of the classes are there but scrbook is not, you just need to 
use the MiKTeX package manager to install the komascript classes.


/Paul

Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Peter Jahn]

Hi lyx user group,

I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

I also tried the installation on windows vista. The same effect occurs here
too.

Thanks for any help.

-- 
Best regards;
Peter Jahn

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Peter Jahn schrieb:


I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?


This is not your mistake. To be able to process all docs, the LaTeX-package koma-script needs to be 
installed.


When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you need to do, is to have an open 
internet connection before you start to install LyX.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

Peter Jahn wrote:

Hi lyx user group,

I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

I also tried the installation on windows vista. The same effect occurs here
too.

Thanks for any help.



If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command path.

2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better. 
 If not ...


3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


4.  Check Help - About LyX to find where LyX is putting your home 
directory.  A tilde there usually means C:\Documents and Settings\your 
id here\ in XP (I forget where it ends up in Vista, where everything 
has been moved around), but just to be safe run 'set H' at a DOS prompt 
and concatenate HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH to find the replacement for the 
tilde.  Open a DOS prompt in the parent of the home directory (e.g., 
C:\Documents and Settings\me\), delete the lyx15 directory entirely, 
then run 'path to LyX\python\python.exe path to 
LyX\Resources\configure.py' and cross your fingers (toes too if you 
can).  Watch the output and see if the script indicates that (a) it 
found a working latex.exe and (b) it found at least some document 
classes.  If that works, try starting LyX again.


If most of the classes are there but scrbook is not, you just need to 
use the MiKTeX package manager to install the komascript classes.


/Paul

Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Peter Jahn]

Hi lyx user group,

I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

I also tried the installation on windows vista. The same effect occurs here
too.

Thanks for any help.

-- 
Best regards;
Peter Jahn

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Peter Jahn schrieb:


I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?


This is not your mistake. To be able to process all docs, the LaTeX-package koma-script needs to be 
installed.


When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you need to do, is to have an open 
internet connection before you start to install LyX.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

Peter Jahn wrote:

Hi lyx user group,

I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

I also tried the installation on windows vista. The same effect occurs here
too.

Thanks for any help.



If you start a new document and go to Document -> Settings... -> 
Document Class -> Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command path.

2.  Tools -> Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better. 
 If not ...


3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


4.  Check Help -> About LyX to find where LyX is putting your "home 
directory".  A tilde there usually means C:\Documents and Settings\id here>\ in XP (I forget where it ends up in Vista, where everything 
has been moved around), but just to be safe run 'set H' at a DOS prompt 
and concatenate HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH to find the replacement for the 
tilde.  Open a DOS prompt in the parent of the home directory (e.g., 
C:\Documents and Settings\me\), delete the lyx15 directory entirely, 
then run '\python\python.exe LyX>\Resources\configure.py' and cross your fingers (toes too if you 
can).  Watch the output and see if the script indicates that (a) it 
found a working latex.exe and (b) it found at least some document 
classes.  If that works, try starting LyX again.


If most of the classes are there but scrbook is not, you just need to 
use the MiKTeX package manager to install the komascript classes.


/Paul

Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Peter Jahn]

Hi lyx user group,

I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

I also tried the installation on windows vista. The same effect occurs here
too.

Thanks for any help.

-- 
Best regards;
Peter Jahn

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Peter Jahn schrieb:


I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?


This is not your mistake. To be able to process all docs, the LaTeX-package koma-script needs to be 
installed.


When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you need to do, is to have an open 
internet connection before you start to install LyX.


regards Uwe