LyX download size

[Merhebi, Bob]

On 05/03/2012 03:00 PM, ubuntu-qa-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 11:26:49 +0300
> From: "Merhebi, Bob" <bobmerhebi at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-qa at lists.ubuntu.com
> Cc: ubuntu-qa-request at lists.ubuntu.com, brucemcgovern at earthlink.net,
> 	rgheck at comcast.net, alex at cphr.edu.cu
> Subject: Re: Re: LyX download size
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> Hello all,
>
> On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:33:27 -0500, irlandes
> <brucemcgovern at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Here is the list of LyX dependencies on 10.04, list obtained by apt-get
>> remove and then cancel:
>>
>> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
>> required:
>> texlive-extra-utils texlive-base texlive-pictures-doc
>> texlive-fonts-recommended doc-base texlive-pstricks-doc dvipng lmodern
>> texlive-common
>> texlive-latex-extra-doc libaiksaurus-1.2-0c2a texlive-pstricks luatex
>> preview-latex-style ttf-lyx prosper tipa
>> texlive-latex-recommended-doc texlive-latex-base-doc libkpathsea5
>> libboost-signals1.40.0 libt1-5 libaiksaurus-1.2-data texlive-latex-extra
>> texlive-binaries lyx-common libmldbm-perl libuuid-perl pgf
>> texlive-latex-recommended texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base
>> texlive-fonts-recommended-doc libfreezethaw-perl ps2eps latex-beamer
>> texlive-luatex texlive-font-utils latex-xcolor texlive-doc-base
>> tex-common lacheck texlive-pictures
>>
>>
>>
>> I remember LyX as having a really big download, but don't have a
>> computer to dink with. I have used LyX to produce a book.
> I believe these are abandoned packages that are no longer required after
> some upgrade to LyX or the respective packages!
>
>
> On 04/07/2012 03:00 PM, C de-Avillez <hggdh2 at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> The actual DEPENDency list for Lyx is quite small:
>>
>> [cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango4-wired:~$ apt-cache depends lyx | grep Depend
>> Depends: libboost-regex1.46.1
>> Depends: libboost-signals1.46.1
>> Depends: libc6
>> Depends: libenchant1c2a
>> Depends: libgcc1
>> Depends: libmythes-1.2-0
>> Depends: libqtcore4
>> Depends: libqtgui4
>> Depends: libstdc++6
>> Depends: zlib1g
>> Depends: lyx-common
>> Depends: xdg-utils
>> PreDepends: dpkg
>> [cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango4-wired:~$ apt-cache depends lyx-common | grep
>> Depend
>> Depends: tex-common
>> Depends: python
>> PreDepends: dpkg
>> [cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango4-wired:~$ apt-cache depends tex-common | grep
>> Depend
>> |Depends: debconf
>> Depends: <debconf-2.0>
>> Depends: ucf
>> |Depends: debconf
>> Depends: cdebconf
>> Depends: dpkg
>> [cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango4-wired:~$
>>
>> Also, some of the above are already present (like dpkg, libc6, etc).
>>
>> Now, if you are set to automatically install 'Recommends'... the indeed
>> you are going to have a much larger install, since part of TeX will
>> also be installed (and yes, it is BIG).
>>
>> My LyX install cannot be used as a sample, since I run SVN head and
>> build it locally (with debug symbols).
> Well as I recall I had the recommendations turned off. Besides, I
> installed LyX with synaptic.
>
> The bug appears to have been backed up by another user.
>
> I thought (& it is true) that a stand-alone LyX is <30MB but I wasn't
> aware that the TeX packages are the Big deal!
>
> On 04/20/2012 04:46 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
>> You do NOT have to have TeX installed to use LyX. Only to compile to
>> PDF. Plenty of people use TeX-less installs on netbooks, etc.
>>
>> Richard 
> What about the math? I am writing a technical document which requires
> math formulas & even physics notation -e.g; (quantum) bracket- (it's
> actually a physics document for a course). I'd like to collaborate with
> someone to write it & edit it. Doesn't that requires TeX?
>
>
> On 04/20/2012 07:03 PM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote:
>> The best approach for ubuntu users which doesn't have a cxn is to
>> create a local repository with debmirror in a place that you have cxn
>> and then transport it to the place where you doesn't have the cxn.
>> This is tedious but is the best way to do it.
>>
>> Alex 
> Thanks Alex; I read that I could grab the local .deb files but these are
> removed when I clean the system.
>
>
> If you (any of you) care to guide me on how to download the packages so
> I can make the install on the non-conected system, that would be greatly
> appreciated; otherwise I will refer to the ubuntu forums!
>
> Thanks all anyways

I'd like to apologize for the above mail. I am not sure how I sent it to
the QA mailing list instead of the LyX's.

-- 
Sincerely Yours,
-Merhebi, Bob

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