LyX "LaTeX Error: File `subscript.sty' not found."

ndorloff · Post by **ndorloff** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:11 pm

Hi All,

I have seen several bug reports about this for LyX. I have searched for a while but I have not actually found a clear solution.

When I try to make subscripts in my windows XP version of LyX I get the following error "LaTeX Error: File `subscript.sty' not found.". In description, it says "*** (cannot \read from terminal in nonstop modes)". It works fine on my mac, but it is driving me crazy on my PC.

I have uninstalled both MiKTeX and LyX multiple times, and still it does not work.

Please help.

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Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:33 pm

Hi,

you can install the subscript package from CTAN.

For information regarding the installation have a look at: How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows).

Stefan

ndorloff · Post by **ndorloff** » Tue May 17, 2011 8:38 pm

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for replying. I am not sure I can follow your instructions. Forgive me for my ignorance, but it is not clear how I download anything from the link you attached.

Thanks. I appreciate your patience.

Nate

Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Tue May 17, 2011 8:50 pm

Hi Nate,

no problem, the direct download link from that page is this: http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/late ... /fragments. There's subscript.sty. If you would like to do it quickly or for testing, download subscript.sty there and put it into the same folder like your main document.

Stefan

ndorloff · Post by **ndorloff** » Wed May 18, 2011 2:48 am

This is a good solution. Thanks.

nickiswright · Post by **nickiswright** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:28 pm

Please help. I have a similar problem. I get the subscript.sty file not found and the description say \onehalflinepacing.

I recently started using the lyx 2.0 and have just done my first preview and getting this error. The problem is I have no idea how to enter that code to solve this. I am pretty new on lyx and just using it to write my thesis, which is basically finished and due in on Monday! I just need to get to a printable format

alleyoopster · Post by **alleyoopster** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:11 am

This post is a little old, but for anyone that comes across this I found the answer was to install the texlive-latexextra package in my distribution (Arch linux). After this installed I had not further problems.

Post by **Johannes_B** » Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:41 am

You shouldn't need that package. Subscripts are defined in the kernel for years.

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