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LyXOnDebian

If you're running Debian, just type:

 apt-get install lyx

and you're set! Version 1.4.3 has been released with etch, and 1.5.5 is available in testing and unstable.

Please report packaging bugs to the Debian Bug Tracking System. A list of currently reported bugs is available at http://bugs.debian.org/src:lyx

The official LyX Debian package group wiki site is here: http://wiki.debian.org/PkgLyx - follow the progress or join us and help!

LyX 1.5.x for Debian/etch

Official packages on backports.org are not (yet) available. In the meantime you can use the packages provided by Emilio in his repository listet on http://emiscabpo.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/lyx-15x-and-145-backports/. Be aware that these packages can sometimes break with the rule to only provide backports from packages which are part of Debian/testing. The benefit is that you'll get the latest packaged LyX version backported for Debian/etch now.

In case you have done this after getting burned by installing the package available at http://lyx.cybermirror.org/bin/1.5.3/lyx_1.5.3-1_i386_etch.deb or some such, and still find that the original problem (e.g., "article.layout not usable") does not go away, then try running Tools -> Reconfigure and then restarting LyX.

What you should not use

There are packages on the LyX ftp server build with checkinstall and as a Debian package maintainer I can only recommend to not use these packages. You're risking to break your system in subtle ways. See also http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/43976 for the discussion. --SvenHoexter

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