Kile ⇒ Kile can't find "master file"

[colmatrix]

Hi there,

I'm a total newbie to Kile and LaTeX, so go easy on me

I have installed Kile (and Lyx) in Kubuntu 9.10. Lyx works fine, but I've been trying to mess around with Kile but I get the same error message no matter what I do -

"Could not determine the master file for this document"

This seems to happen no matter what template I follow, whether the document class is book, article etc.

What does this error message even mean?

I've tried googling for an answer, but got nothing helpful. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

[frabjous]

Usually you get this error if either (1) the file you you are trying to compile does not begin with a \documentclass command (so Kile assumes it is something to be inserted into another via \input or \include, etc.) or (2) you have not saved the file at all yet with a recognizable name.

I suspect your problem is probably (2). Save the file at least once (so it has a file name to use), and then try to build/compile it.

[colmatrix]

I just saved the file, and it worked. Simple as that! Cheers!