Latex for Debian?

[minus18]

I want to use Tex/Latex/Lyx as a word processor.

Where can I get a package for Debian Etch?

Many eons ago when I first used Linux (Red Hat 5.2 & SuSE 6.3) it used to come with Linux distros.

I've been away and now it is hard to find.

www.lyx.com wasn't responding when I tried it earlier this evening.

Thanks in advance...

[paj12]

LyX (http://packages.debian.org/stable/editors/lyx) is in the Debian archive. You can install it by typing:
apt-get install lyx

Personally, I prefer to use to use Kile (http://packages.debian.org/stable/tex/kile) for writing documents. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

P.S. The site you're looking for is http://www.lyx.org/

[hotcold]

Hi.
I want to use Tex/Latex/Lyx as a word processor ...

You might be interested in the discussion of writing tools at http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=16025 ... cheers, hotcold

[minus18]

Ah,

And herein we have a problem...

I installed Debian from the front of a magazine so it only came on one CD. I think that the Debian ISO from Debian.org come on 3 CDs.

When the installer asked me about mirrors and depositories I ignored it.

Now, I get the following:

mike@MrPenguin:~$ su
Password:
MrPenguin:/home/mike# apt-get install lyx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package lyx
MrPenguin:/home/mike# apt-get install openoffice
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package openoffice
MrPenguin:/home/mike#

Do I need to set a direction to the package depositaries?

If so, how?

I'm liking Debian. Not as much as Fedora but that is a power hog and this is a P3 so a bit decrepid. But I do like it more than Ubuntu although I don't have this problem with Ubuntu.

[IsaacKuo]

When the installer asked me about mirrors and depositories I ignored it.

It asks whether or not you want to set up an internet mirror to get software from, with two possible responses--"Yes" or "No". Obviously, you selected "No", and that's why apt isn't set up to get any software from the Internet repositories.

You need to do the following steps to fix this (assuming you don't want to do a reinstall and answer "Yes" this time):

1. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list - you want to comment out any references to CD-ROM sources. You want a few lines with the standard repositories in it. There may already be example lines in there that you just need to uncomment. Probably, you want to use the "etch" branch, but this is going to depend on the version of Debian that you've installed.

and then

2. Run "apt-get update" to refresh apt's software lists.

[paj12]

Your /etc/apt/sources.list file tells APT where to go to get software. This page (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html) will tell you how to edit it. The link has a good sample configuration. Obviously, you would replace http://http.us.debian.org/ with a mirror closer to you. You can find a list of mirrors here (http://www.debian.org/mirror/list).

[minus18]

I RTFM on Debian.org and got the US sources. I'll need to find out my local mirrors to reduce trans-atlantic internet traffic.

Then I tried apt-get install... which didn't work. But it suggested apt-get update! Now I see why people love apt!!

So I did that and have now installed Lyx.

Many thanks to everyone who replied to this thread. JustLinux rocks:D

[paj12]

Just substitute uk for us in the URL and you should be good.

And, yes, when you make a change to your sources.list file, you should run apt-get update for the change to take effect.