Hi, Paul,
I followed the instructions here but can not work out.
Could you please help me check out.
This is the text in the log file.
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Paul A. Rubin wrote:
>
> Brian wrote:
>> I just installed LyX on my Windows computer. I also have Ghostscript,
>> MikTex,and ImageMagick installed. Whenever I try to open up a new
>> file (for example any of the help pages) I get the "Document Class
>> not Available" error message. It reads
>>
>> The layout file requested by this document, x.layout, is not usable. This
>> is
>> probably because a LaTex class or style required by it is not available.
>> See the customization documentation for more information. LyX will not be
>> able to
>> produce output.
>>
>> Also, the view dvi/postscript buttons don't work.
>>
>> I think the main problem is that all of the document classes are labeled
>> "Unavailable". Why is this? How can I fix it?
>>
>
> It means either that the configuration script could not find MikTeX or
> else something unspecified went splat during configuration.
>
> Is the MikTeX bin directory on your system command path? If not, try
> adding it to Tools -> Preferences -> Paths -> PATH prefix in LyX (or
> else add it to the system command path), then run Tools -> Reconfigure
> and restart LyX.
>
> If MikTeX is on the command path, try Tools -> Reconfigure (and restart)
> by itself. If that fails, try opening a DOS prompt in the parent of
> your user directory. (Help -> About LyX will identify the user
> directory; it's usually C:\Documents and Settings\<you>\Application
> Data\lyx15.) Note that you want to be in ...\Application Data, not in
> the ...\lyx15 directory. In fact, it's not a bad idea to delete the
> lyx15 folder. From there, run
>
> <path to LyX>\bin\python <path to LyX>\Resources\configure.py
>
> which is the same thing as Tools -> Reconfigure (or at least it should
> be -- for whatever reason, sometimes it works better from a DOS prompt).
>
> Before reconfiguring, you might want to set MikTeX to skip any packages
> it doesn't currently have, or else put it on the "nag me for each"
> setting (and make sure you have a live Internet connection). If MikTeX
> is set to automatically download missing packages, reconfiguration can
> take a long time (LyX looks for a lot of package), and it can hang if
> either you connection goes south or the repository you're using takes a
> lunch break.
>
> If none of this works, post the configure.log file you should find in
> the user directory here.
>
> /Paul
>
>
>
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