[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#508939: lyx: Cannot compile Math help - missing xargs.sty

Pierre-Marc Fournier pierre.marc.fournier at gmail.com
Tue Dec 16 20:23:30 UTC 2008


Package: lyx
Version: 1.6.1-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

Select Math from the Help menu. Then select DVI (or another format) from the
View menu. The document does not compile and a Latex error is displayed saying
xargs.sty cannot be found. Latex log below:

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This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=latex 2008.10.13)  16 DEC 2008 14:58
entering extended mode
 %&-line parsing enabled.
**Math.tex
(./Math.tex
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8h> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, loaded.

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Document Class: scrartcl 2006/07/30 v2.95b KOMA-Script document class (article)

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Package scrlfile, 2006/03/28 v2.95 KOMA-Script package (loading files)
                  Copyright (C) Markus Kohm

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Package: keyval 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
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(scrkbase)             \KOMAoptions{fontsize=12pt} will be used instead.
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! LaTeX Error: File `xargs.sty' not found.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)

Enter file name: 
! Emergency stop.
<read *> 
         
l.30 \usepackage{xargs}[2008/03/08]
                                   ^^M
*** (cannot \read from terminal in nonstop modes)

 
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
 3670 strings out of 95087
 46349 string characters out of 1183277
 100898 words of memory out of 1500000
 6788 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000
 5392 words of font info for 18 fonts, out of 1200000 for 2000
 28 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191
 35i,1n,35p,220b,67s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p,200000b,5000s
No pages of output.






-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-rc7-ltt-pmf (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages lyx depends on:
ii  libaiksaurus-1.2-0c2a  1.2.1+dev-0.12-6  an English-language thesaurus (dev
ii  libaspell15            0.60.6-1          GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime l
ii  libboost-regex1.34.1   1.34.1-11         regular expression library for C++
ii  libboost-signals1.34.1 1.34.1-11         managed signals and slots library 
ii  libc6                  2.7-15            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.2-1         GCC support library
ii  libqtcore4             4.4.3-1           Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4              4.4.3-1           Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.2-1           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.1.5-1         X11 client-side library
ii  lyx-common             1.6.1-1           Architecture-independent files for
ii  mime-support           3.44-1            MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  xdg-utils              1.0.2-6           desktop integration utilities from
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages lyx recommends:
ii  dvipng              1.11-1               convert DVI files to PNG graphics
ii  gv [pdf-viewer]     1:3.6.5-2            PostScript and PDF viewer for X
ii  imagemagick         7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-2+b2 image manipulation programs
ii  kghostview [pdf-vie 4:3.5.9-3            PostScript viewer for KDE
ii  kpdf [pdf-viewer]   4:3.5.9-3            PDF viewer for KDE
ii  latex-xft-fonts     0.1-8                Xft-compatible versions of some La
ii  preview-latex-style 11.83-7.1            extraction of elements from LaTeX 
ii  psutils             1.17-26              A collection of PostScript documen
ii  texlive-fonts-recom 2007.dfsg.1-4        TeX Live: Recommended fonts
ii  texlive-latex-extra 2007.dfsg.7-1        TeX Live: LaTeX supplementary pack
ii  texlive-latex-recom 2007.dfsg.1-4        TeX Live: LaTeX recommended packag
ii  xpdf-reader [pdf-vi 3.02-1.3             Portable Document Format (PDF) sui

Versions of packages lyx suggests:
pn  chktex                  <none>           (no description available)
ii  cups-bsd [lpr]          1.3.8-1lenny1    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-client             1.3.8-1lenny1    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  dvipost                 <none>           (no description available)
pn  gnuhtml2latex           <none>           (no description available)
pn  groff                   <none>           (no description available)
ii  iceweasel [www-browser] 3.0.1-1          lightweight web browser based on M
ii  konqueror [www-browser] 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-5 KDE's advanced file manager, web b
pn  latex2rtf               <none>           (no description available)
ii  libtiff-tools           3.8.2-11         TIFF manipulation and conversion t
ii  links2 [www-browser]    2.2-1            Web browser running in both graphi
pn  linuxdoc-tools          <none>           (no description available)
ii  menu                    2.1.40           generates programs menu for all me
pn  noweb                   <none>           (no description available)
pn  rcs                     <none>           (no description available)
pn  sgmltools-lite          <none>           (no description available)
pn  tex4ht | hevea | tth |  <none>           (no description available)
ii  w3m [www-browser]       0.5.2-2+b1       WWW browsable pager with excellent
pn  writer2latex            <none>           (no description available)
pn  wv                      <none>           (no description available)

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