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(2) install Lyx from the SEP 04 2009 installer.


And LaTeX? What about LaTeX? Maybe you should download the installer-BUNDLE, which contains ALMOST everything you need to run LyX.
Otherwise you have to install LaTeX separately. Did you install it?

Of course I (now we) installed the "Installer ...

I have installed Lyx on Windows XP, Vista, and Win7. Always with the result that the majority of the templates do not work. When I open them, they give me an error and then they do not allow me to create DVIs or PDFs.

And what does it mean when you say that you had to tell it where to look for ...

I have heard others ask for help with this, but after several months and multiple installs/reconfigures on a variety of computers the lyx templates are still handled as sloppily as ever.

I am a person who began using Lyx directly. I like the concept. I like the interface.

The problem is that I'm ...