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scottkosty
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Lyx & El Capitan

Post by scottkosty »

crisdem wrote:I installed LyX 2.1.4. on a Mac with El Capitan. When I insert a pdf or eps figure, LyX displays an error in converting the file; accordingly I can't see the figure in the software.

The output PDF is created without any problem.

Can anyone help with this issue?
Note to anyone who comes across this question, it was posted in a separate thread here:
http://latex-community.org/forum/viewto ... 685#p92685
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Alessandro
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Re: Lyx & El Capitan

Post by Alessandro »

I had many problems with Lyx, TexLive, and MacTex after updating the system to Mac OS 10.11.3 El Capitan.
The following solution worked for me:
1) In the Lyx menu, go to "about Lyx" to locate the system folder with the lyx files. In my case it was in ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.1/. Delete that folder or rename it, as some old configuration may interfere with a new Lyx installation and produce some wrong paths.
2) re-install MacTex; XQuarz; TexShop; Lyx in this order.
Note: you may want to save something from the old configuration. In my case I had some keyboards shortcuts defined in the file "bind" inside the folder ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.1/
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