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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: how to install LyX in Linux?
From:       icebna <icebna () telefonica ! net>
Date:       2009-07-29 7:07:56
Message-ID: 4A6FF54C.4050708 () telefonica ! net
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What distribution you have ?

Miguel


Helge Hafting escribió:
> M.Kocinski@mini.pw.edu.pl wrote:
>> It was rather surprise for me that installing LyX in Linux seems to be
>> much more complecated than in Windows. In fact, I have no experience in
>> Linux...
>
> If you _download_ LyX for linux from the lyx website, then you get
> source code that you can compile. Doing that is complicated indeed,
> and not recommended for a beginner.
>
> There are _many_ different linux distributions. Making a lyx installer
> for each is a lot of work, so it is not done by lyx developers.
>
> Instead, linux distribution developers put lyx in their
> distributions. So, the correct way to install lyx is
> to use your linux distribution's way of installing software.
>
> With debian, I use this command:
> $ apt-get install lyx
>
> That's all. I didn't even have to download anything. With this command,
> debian will download and install lyx and all other software that
> is needed to make lyx work.
>
> If you have ubuntu, the command is similiar. Other linux distributions
> are different, and you may have to download a package first. But you
> download the lyx package from your linux distributor, not
> from the lyx website.
>
>> Why there is hard to find "install. exe" file for LyX at lyx.org?
>> Is it true taht that words "Major Linux distributions take care of LyX
>> binaries themselves and you will find LyX in their repositories." mean
>> when I buy a new notebok with Linux installed then there will also LyX
>> there?
>
> If the notebook comes with a _major_ linux distribution installed,
> then it may or may not have LyX already. Installing LyX using
> the standard way of installing lyx on that linux distribution
> should be easy enough though. If you need help, ask here or
> in the linux distributors forum.
>
> Note that some notebooks comes with not so "major" linux distributions,
> which may not have lyx at all. In that case, consider switching to
> a better distribution.
>
> Helge Hafting
>
>

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