how to configure macports Lyx

Srinath Vadlamani srinath at txcorp.com
Thu Jul 22 08:54:58 PDT 2010


Any other information on how to make sure Lyx is conifgured to
use  /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive-dist/tex/latex?

<>Srinath

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Srinath Vadlamani <srinath at txcorp.com>wrote:

> Very helpful.
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Dan Ports <dports at macports.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Will respond to your other questions later (because I might change the
>> answers in the meantime :-) but thought I'd answer this one first...
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 09:54:32AM -0600, Srinath Vadlamani wrote:
>> >  /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive-dist/tex/latex seems to have quite a bit
>> > more than the non-dist.  With this current set up, many standard classes
>> are
>> > not available.  These (such as RevTex or SIAM) are usually there when
>> one
>> > installs MacTex-Live: http://www.tug.org/mactex/2009/
>>
>> By default, the texlive port (+medium) does not install a full
>> installation of TeX Live, unlike MacTeX. This is because a full
>> installation is large and we'd like to support installing only the
>> needed components.
>>
>> You can get a list of other available texlive ports with
>> 'port list texlive-* and not installed' and install the ones you need.
>> texlive-publishers may be the one you're looking for in this case. If
>> you prefer, you can install the 'texlive' metaport with the +full
>> variant to get everything.
>>
>> For completeness, I should point out that users who really want to
>> cherry-pick the parts of texlive they install can also install 'texlive
>> +basic' or +minimal or even forgo the texlive metaport entirely, and
>> just install the ports they want.
>>
>> Sounds like I should add a note to the metaport with this info.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> --
>> Dan R. K. Ports              MIT CSAIL                http://drkp.net/
>>
>>
>
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