Lyx installation on Mac

yogevhy · Post by **yogevhy** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:06 pm

Hello,

Im trying get Lyx work on my Mac(sierra 10.12.1),
unfortunately, the preview doesn't work for me,
what makes the software not to work,

thanks for helping,

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Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:21 am

Welcome to the forum!

LyX bases on (La)TeX, so you have to install it as well. Install MacTeX on your Mac.

Stefan

AntonAuston · Post by **AntonAuston** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:48 pm

Hi!
I have installed Lyx and Mactex, I have run a Test in Texshop with some code and it works fine, but in Lyx all the packages are unavailable in the preferences.
Somehow the connection between Lyx and MacTex doesn´t seem to be activated. Do I have to establish that connection myself in some way?
In the preferences in TexShop there is al line saying "pdftex --file-line-error --synctex=1"
I use Mac OS Yosemite.

Thanks for your help!
Uli

Edit: I ran an reconfiguration in Lyx, now it seems to be working. Thank you anyway!

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