Discussion:
LyX 1.4.1 binaries for Debian unstable
Charles de Miramon
2006-04-20 23:23:07 UTC
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Hello,

The Debian maintainers of LyX are not very active. I have therefore created
unofficial i386 binaries of LyX 1.4.1 for Debian unstable (sid).

You should add in your /etc/apt/sources.list the following line :

deb http://lyxondebian.free.fr/ sid main contrib non-free

then apt-get update and apt-get install lyx-qt

Let me know if it works. I will add next week amd64 binaries.

Cheers,
Charles
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http://www.kde-france.org
c***@public.gmane.org
2006-04-20 21:46:59 UTC
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Post by Charles de Miramon
Hello,
The Debian maintainers of LyX are not very active. I have therefore created
unofficial i386 binaries of LyX 1.4.1 for Debian unstable (sid).
deb http://lyxondebian.free.fr/ sid main contrib non-free
then apt-get update and apt-get install lyx-qt
Let me know if it works. I will add next week amd64 binaries.
Maybe you could add this information to this page:

http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnDebian

(Feel free to reorganize it, place your stuff first or whatever. Or
perhaps create a separate page?)

cheers
/Christian
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Charles de Miramon
2006-04-21 00:16:47 UTC
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Post by c***@public.gmane.org
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnDebian
Done
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Kenward Vaughan
2006-04-22 15:04:05 UTC
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Post by Charles de Miramon
Hello,
The Debian maintainers of LyX are not very active. I have therefore
created unofficial i386 binaries of LyX 1.4.1 for Debian unstable
(sid).
deb http://lyxondebian.free.fr/ sid main contrib non-free
then apt-get update and apt-get install lyx-qt
Let me know if it works. I will add next week amd64 binaries.
Cheers,
Charles
Hi Charles,

The upgrade worked smoothly.

I'm quite stymied by the new version, though. There are no
document/character layout choices, and when I load an exam with several
pages of sequential questions, the numbering continues to reset itself
on each page. Additionally, no print dialog shows on an attempt to
print, and nothing gets sent to the printer. ???

I haven't a clue about other things yet, as these parts has prevented
me from working with anything...


Kenward
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be
_teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less,
because passing civilization along from one generation to the next
ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone
could have. - Lee Iacocca
Kenward Vaughan
2006-04-22 15:38:13 UTC
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Post by Kenward Vaughan
Post by Charles de Miramon
Hello,
The Debian maintainers of LyX are not very active. I have therefore
created unofficial i386 binaries of LyX 1.4.1 for Debian unstable
(sid).
...
Post by Kenward Vaughan
I'm quite stymied by the new version, though. There are no
document/character layout choices, and when I load an exam with several
pages of sequential questions, the numbering continues to reset itself
on each page. Additionally, no print dialog shows on an attempt to
print, and nothing gets sent to the printer. ???
...

I found the lyx2lyx scripts and ran that with an example exam. Now I
get a printer dialog. The enumeration is still wrong, though.

I looked at the paragraph layout dialog box, and virtually none of the
older choices exist anymore. A single page with alignment choices and
a few other things?

I haven't found a sheet anywhere stating how the new changes are
implemented (i.e. _how_ do I get document preambles changed, or choose
margins, etc.). Does such exist (are the changes that radical?), or is
there something wrong with what's been installed?


Kenward
--
In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be
_teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less,
because passing civilization along from one generation to the next
ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone
could have. - Lee Iacocca
Micha Feigin
2006-04-22 19:29:24 UTC
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On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:38:13 -0700
Post by Kenward Vaughan
Post by Kenward Vaughan
Post by Charles de Miramon
Hello,
The Debian maintainers of LyX are not very active. I have therefore
created unofficial i386 binaries of LyX 1.4.1 for Debian unstable
(sid).
...
Post by Kenward Vaughan
I'm quite stymied by the new version, though. There are no
document/character layout choices, and when I load an exam with several
pages of sequential questions, the numbering continues to reset itself
on each page. Additionally, no print dialog shows on an attempt to
print, and nothing gets sent to the printer. ???
...
I found the lyx2lyx scripts and ran that with an example exam. Now I
get a printer dialog. The enumeration is still wrong, though.
I looked at the paragraph layout dialog box, and virtually none of the
older choices exist anymore. A single page with alignment choices and
a few other things?
I haven't found a sheet anywhere stating how the new changes are
implemented (i.e. _how_ do I get document preambles changed, or choose
margins, etc.). Does such exist (are the changes that radical?), or is
there something wrong with what's been installed?
Kenward
The menu structure changed, so what you need is probably elsewhere.

Also the structure of the setup files changed somewhat. Try moving your .lyx
directory from your home directory, it may solve some of the problem.

The document stuff is under Document->Settings

I have a self compiled 1.4.0 on my debian system and the print menu comes up
fine (never tried to print from inside lyx, I always go through acrobat for
that.
Charles de Miramon
2006-04-23 15:57:10 UTC
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Post by Micha Feigin
Post by Kenward Vaughan
Kenward
The menu structure changed, so what you need is probably elsewhere.
Also the structure of the setup files changed somewhat. Try moving your
.lyx directory from your home directory, it may solve some of the problem.
Yes, it is a good idea. The upgrading from 3.6 to 4.1 is not 100% foolproof.
Custom made layouts from 3.6 can be problematic under 4.1
Post by Micha Feigin
The document stuff is under Document->Setting>
I have a self compiled 1.4.0 on my debian system and the print menu comes
up fine (never tried to print from inside lyx, I always go through acrobat
for that.
You can also change the spool command from 'lp' to 'kprinter' if you use KDE
and get the very nice Kprinter dialog.

Cheers,
Charles
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http://www.kde-france.org
Kenward Vaughan
2006-04-23 17:35:03 UTC
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Post by Charles de Miramon
Post by Micha Feigin
Post by Kenward Vaughan
Kenward
The menu structure changed, so what you need is probably elsewhere.
Also the structure of the setup files changed somewhat. Try moving your
.lyx directory from your home directory, it may solve some of the problem.
Yes, it is a good idea. The upgrading from 3.6 to 4.1 is not 100% foolproof.
Custom made layouts from 3.6 can be problematic under 4.1
Post by Micha Feigin
The document stuff is under Document->Setting>
I have a self compiled 1.4.0 on my debian system and the print menu comes
up fine (never tried to print from inside lyx, I always go through acrobat
for that.
You can also change the spool command from 'lp' to 'kprinter' if you use KDE
and get the very nice Kprinter dialog.
Thank you both. This worked to bring up LyL with its new interface.
Yum, yum!

I still have a serious problem with my files, which I need to resolve
soon. The issue I had mentioned about the enumeration still exists. I
will post this under a separate Subject, though.

Thank you again!


Kenward Vaughan
Post by Charles de Miramon
Cheers,
Charles
--
http://www.kde-france.org
--
In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be
_teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less,
because passing civilization along from one generation to the next
ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone
could have. - Lee Iacocca
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