Customization.lyx: update section about package installation

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Uwe Stöhr 2008-09-28 00:42:55 +00:00
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#LyX 1.6.0svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
#LyX 1.6.0rc3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 340
\begin_document
\begin_header
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\font_sf_scale 100
\font_tt_scale 100
\graphics none
\graphics default
\paperfontsize 12
\spacing single
\use_hyperref true
@ -5473,14 +5473,86 @@ Installing a new LaTeX package
\begin_layout Standard
Some installations may not include a LaTeX package that you would like to
use within LyX.
For example, you might need FoilTeX, a common (and very powerful) package
for preparing slides or viewgraphs for overhead projectors.
On some systems, you may have a GUI for installing such packages: MikTeX
on Windows®, for example.
For example, you might need FoilTeX, a package for preparing slides or
viewgraphs for overhead projectors.
Modern LaTeX distributions like TeXLive (2008 or newer) or MiKTeX provide
a user interface for that.
For example on MiKTeX you start its program
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Browse Packages
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to get a list of available packages.
To install one, right click on it or use the installing toolbar button.
When the package you want to install is not in the list, but you have it
in form of a
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
.cls
\end_layout
\end_inset
or
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
.sty
\end_layout
\end_inset
-file, then copy these files to a subfolder of your LaTeX distribution,
for example to the folder
\family sans
~
\backslash
tex
\backslash
latex
\family default
.
Then update the file name database of your LaTeX-distribution.
For example on MiKTeX this is done by pressing the button
\family sans
Refresh
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
FNDB
\family default
that you find in MiKTeX's
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Settings
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
program.
In both cases you need afterwards to reconfigure LyX using the menu
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Reconfigure
\end_layout
\end_inset
and then to restart LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you don't have such a GUI, then you can follow these steps.
If your LaTeX distribution doesn't provide a user interface, then you can
follow these steps by using a UNIX/Linux console.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
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\end_inset
variables; e.g.
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
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status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\bar under
T
\bar default
ools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar under
R
\bar default
econfigure
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Reconfigure
\end_layout
\end_inset
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status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\bar under
D
\bar default
ocument\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar under
S
\bar default
ettings
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\end_layout
\end_inset