Re: Any LyX users? Missing prerequisites: lilypond-book->latex

[David Wright]

On Sun 29 May 2022 at 20:30:34 (-0400), Kevin Cole wrote:
> [Asked on the lyx mailing list but, so far, no response.]
> 
> I'm running the latest -- and greatest(?)  -- release of Pop!_OS,
> which is effectively Ubuntu. Specifically, 22.04 LTS ("Jammy").
> 
> I'm finding myself having a hard enough time with LilyPond alone,
> without the added burden of learning everything about LaTeX, XeTeX,
> LuaTeX, etc, (just to get the font I want) along with LilyPond-Book.
> So, I'm hoping, for what I want to do, that LyX -- which I also don't
> know, will be less of a climb.

It seems a slightly odd choice to me, as it's designed AIUI to give
a more wysiwyg experience, which would seem to be the opposite of
the lilypond-book workflow. Perhaps I'm wrong.

> I've just installed LyX and have not adjusted any preferences /
> options / configurations. When I try Help -> Specific Manuals ->
> LilyPond I get a pop-up:

Very appropriate!

> ______________________________________________
> The module lilypond requires a package that is not
> available in your LaTeX installation, or a converter that
> you have not installed. LaTeX output may not be possible.
> Missing prerequisites:
>             lilypond-book->latex
> See section 3.1.2.3 (Modules) of the User's Guide for more information.
> ______________________________________________
> 
> I've read elsewhere that it should just work "out of the box" on
> Ubuntu systems. I ran the Tools->Reconfigure (though
> from everything I read it wasn't necessary). No change. It still
> didn't find what it's looking for. Anyone know what I'm missing?

Well, if § 3.1.2.3 (Modules) of the User's Guide doesn't help (what
does it say), I would look through the .log file from an attempt at
running LP-book, and see if it tells you what it's specifically
failing to find.

Running under strace might tell you more, by showing which files it
looks for and attempts to open, but it's voluminous and may be
difficult to interpret.

Cheers,
David.