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Here you can find links to other software that can be useful when working with LyX.

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  1. 1. Required Software
    1. 1.1 Document typesetting
    2. 1.2 Image conversion
    3. 1.3 Spell checking and dictionaries
  2. 2. Optional Software
    1. 2.1 LaTeX packages
    2. 2.2 Document viewing
    3. 2.3 Reference managers
    4. 2.4 Various Convertors
    5. 2.5 Typesetting tools
    6. 2.6 Scripts and add-ons

Note: If you use the installers/packages for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, the required software will be installed automatically.

1. Required Software

LyX 2.3.6.2 for Mac is free to download from our application library. The most frequent installer filenames for the application include: LyX-2.0.6 qt4.dmg and LyX-1.6.6.1-Mac-Universal.dmg etc. The most popular versions of the application are 2.1, 2.0 and 1.6. The application lies within Productivity Tools, more precisely Office Tools.

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Qt - user interface toolkit
Qt 4.8 or 5.6 is recommended. You can look here for more details about version dependencies.
Python - scripting language
Required for configuration and conversion scripts. Tested with version 2.7. Python 3.0 is work in progress.

1.1 Document typesetting

(La)TeX distribution
In order to properly use LyX to create documents, you'll need to have a LaTeX installation. You can use TeXLive or MikTeX on Windows and *nix, or MacTeX on Mac OS.

Since LyX is based on LaTeX, practically any tool made for use with LaTeX can be used with LyX. The CTAN is an archive of packages, tools, documentation and much more about LaTeX, and therefore an invaluable resource if you want to become a power user of LaTeX (and LyX). Sep 15, 2017 Download. LyX/Mac is available as a binary for Mac OS X 10.4 and later. (Note additional prerequisites below.) The download page is here. For users who prefer emacs-like modifier key bindings, there is additional information on customizing these keys, including patched binary versions. The download was scanned for viruses by our system. We also recommend you check the files before installation. The download version of LyX for Mac is 2.3.6.2. The contents of the download are original and were not modified in any way. On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output — or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced — looks like nothing else. LyX is released under a Free Software/Open Source license, runs on Linux/Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X, and is available in several languages. Features: LyX is a fully featured document processor.

1.2 Image conversion

ImageMagick tools
LyX used ImageMagick to convert your images when no other converter is available. For manipulating with Postscript files you will need Ghostscript too.

1.3 Spell checking and dictionaries

More spellchecking backends are supported:

Hunspell
the spell checker used by OpenOffice and Firefox. Dictionaries of OpenOffice can be reused (alternatively they can be grabbed at our mirror repository).
GNU Aspell
is a Free and Open Source spell checker supported by LyX. It is said to do a very good job of coming up with possible suggestions. Dictionaries are available here.
Enchant
wrapper that provides automatic access to many spell checking libraries (ispell, aspell, hspell, hunspell, etc.).
Thesaurus and its dictionaries
LyX ships the MyThes library itself, however, it does not ship any thesaurus dictionaries, and those do have to be installed separately. The OpenOffice thesaurus dictionaries can be reused or again grabbed at our mirror repository).

2. Optional Software

2.1 LaTeX packages

CTAN - The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network.
Since LyX is based on LaTeX, practically any tool made for use with LaTeX can be used with LyX. The CTAN is an archive of packages, tools, documentation and much more about LaTeX, and therefore an invaluable resource if you want to become a power user of LaTeX (and LyX).

2.2 Document viewing

Adobe Reader
The well-known PDF Viewer
Free PDF Readers
Free and Open Source alternatives to the Adobe Reader
GSView or gv
PostScript viewer, requires Ghostscript to work. Note that once Ghostscript is installed a many convertors from/to Postscript will be installed simultaneously.

2.3 Reference managers

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JabRef
BibTeX reference manager for all platforms (Windows/Mac OS X/Linux)
Pybliographer
BibTeX reference manager for Linux/GNOME
KBibTeX
BibTeX reference manager for Linux/KDE
BibDesk
BibTeX reference manager for Mac OS X
Zotero
Firefox extension; available extension for LyX: Lyz

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A more extensive list of reference managers can be found on the LyX wiki.

2.4 Various Convertors

Metafile to EPS Converter
For proper conversion of EMF/WMF images on Windows
Graphviz
dot -> pdf using Graphviz, which is a FOSS suite for producing large graph/network diagrams.

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UnRTF: rtf -> html conversion tool.

html2latex: html -> tex conversion tool.

LaTeX2rtf: tex -> rtf conversion tool.

TTH, HEVEA, LaTeX2HTML: various tex -> html convertors

eLyXer: lyx -> html conversion tool.

TeX4ht: tex -> odt/html convertor.

Writer2LaTeX: odt -> tex convertor.

Grace convertor: agr -> png/jpg/pnm conversion tool.

LilyPond convertor: ly -> eps/png/pdf conversion tool.

PS2EPS: ps -> eps conversion tool.

librsvg, Inkscape: (not only) svg convertors.

Multimarkdown to LyX: Multimarkdown to LyX conversion tool.

2.5 Typesetting tools

Install Lyx

ChkTeX Homepage - performs typographical checking.
LyX can use ChkTeX as an aid to find common typograhical errors in your document.
NoWeb - literate programming.
Use LyX to write programs whose documentation and manuals are included in the program.
Sweave - literate programming.
Tool that allows to embed the R code for complete data analyses in latex documents.
Knitr - literate programming.
A comprehensive R package derived from Sweave with a different design that includes code formatting, highlighting, caching, fine control of graphics, conditional evaluation, multiple markup formats and other features.
The SGMLtools homepage - DocBook support (only for LyX < 2.4)
If you want to create documents using the LinuxDOC DTD that is used for the Linux Documentation Project to create documents in a variety of different formats, you'll need to get the SGMLtools. From LyX 2.4 onward we produce Docbook version 5 (XML based) which does not need SGMLtools.
Dvipost - post-processor for DVI files created by LaTeX and TeX.
It can be used for special modes that normally need DVI drivers such as dvips. It supports layout raster, change bars, and overstrike mode.

2.6 Scripts and add-ons

Many useful scripts can be found in LyX Wiki.

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  1. 1. Source code
  2. 2. LyX installers (binary versions)
    1. 2.1 Windows binaries (Windows 7 and later)
    2. 2.2 Mac OS X binaries
    3. 2.3 Linux binaries
    4. 2.4 Chrome OS
    5. 2.5 OS/2 binaries
    6. 2.6 Haiku binaries
  3. 3. Additional Software
  4. 4. Version numbers
  5. 5. Previous versions
  6. 6. Mirrors
  7. 7. Checksums & signing
  8. 8. Development versions

1. Source code

The source code of the current LyX release (version 2.3.6) can be found here in tar.gz format, with the signature file here. The package can also be downloaded in tar.xz format, with the signature here.

If you don't know what source code is, see thearticle in Wikipedia. Information on how to verify the downloaded packages using the signature can be found here.

2. LyX installers (binary versions)

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Binary versions of LyX for installing in different operating systems can be found below or on the FTP site. The binaries are also gpg-signed.

2.1 Windows binaries (Windows 7 and later)

NOTE: Before you install LyX on Windows, you need to install a TeX distribution. For more information on how to do this, please see this page on the LyX wiki.

Windows Installer (64 bit): LyX-2361-Installer-3-x64.exe (~57 MB) (GPG signature)

Windows Installer (32 bit): LyX-2361-Installer-3-x32.exe (~54 MB) (GPG signature)

Binaries for Cygwin:lyx-2.3.6.1-cygwin.tar.gz (~58MB) (GPG signature)

In case one of the links above does not work, try this mirror. If the download is too slow try some other mirror closer to you.

2.2 Mac OS X binaries

LyX for Mac OS X is available here: LyX-2.3.6.2+qt5-12-x86_64-cocoa.dmg, and the GPG signature is here.

Binaries for older versions of Mac OS X are available here: LyX-2.3.6.2+qt5-legacy-x86_64-cocoa.dmg, and the GPG signature is here. Some functionality is not available with these (e.g., SyncTeX).

Before you install LyX you need to install a TeX system such as MacTeX.

In case the links above do not work, try this mirror. If the download is too slow try some other mirror closer to you.

On Mac OS X Mountain Lion you'll get the error message:'LyX' can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. See the explanation here for a work around.

See the LyX/Mac wiki page for further installation tips.

2.3 Linux binaries

Major Linux distributions take care of LyX binaries themselves and you will find LyX in their repositories. For more details about your distribution look in our wiki.

For Ubuntu users, Liviu Andronic maintains a stable PPA (Personal Package Archive). See the LyX on Ubuntu wiki page for information and instructions.

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The versions of LyX on a variety of Linux distributions (as shipped with the vanilla distribution) can be seen on the snippet below. We usually choose testing/unstable repositories. For more detailed listing go here.

Debian:Arch:Fedora:openSUSE:
Mageia:Gentoo:PCLinuxOS:Slackbuilds:
MacPorts:Haiku:OpenBSD:FreeBSD:

2.4 Chrome OS

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It is possible to run LyX in Chrome OS via its virtual machine running Debian Linux. See detailed page in our wiki.

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2.5 OS/2 binaries

LyX has unofficial ports to OS/2, binaries are here (LyX 2.0.7).

2.6 Haiku binaries

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LyX has unofficial ports to Haiku, packages (2.1.x,2.0.0,2.2.3,2.3.4) can be found in Haiku package repositories.

3. Additional Software

If you're not using one of the installers or packages, you may need to install some additional software.

4. Version numbers

There are certain rules how the LyX version numbers are assigned. Read the following page for detailed information.

5. Previous versions

6. Mirrors

Please use one of the ftp mirrors below in case our default server (located in France) is slow or unavailable. Both ftp://ftp.lyx.org and https://ftp.lip6.fr/ point to the same primary server, but unless you actively check the signatures of downloaded files, you better use https protocol.

Note that we don't have any direct control over the content in the mirrors, so you are well advised to check signatures of the downloaded files to make sure they are identical to those on the primary site.

  • Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο(ftp) (Greece)
  • GARR (Italy)
  • Uniwersytet Warszawski(ftp) (Poland)
  • Макомнет(ftp) (Russia)
  • دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان (Iran)
  • Universiteit van die Vrystaat(ftp) (South Africa)
  • Universidade de Brasília(ftp) (Brazil)
  • Universidad de Chile (Chile)
  • CEDIA (Ecuador)
  • Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
  • 清华大学开源软件镜像站 (China)
  • KDDI総合研究所(ftp) (Japan)
  • 山形大学(ftp) (Japan)
  • 한국과학기술원(ftp) (Korea)
  • AARnet (Australia)
  • MUUG(ftp) (Canada)
  • ibiblio(ftp) (USA)
  • University of Utah (USA)
  • UCSD (USA)

7. Checksums & signing

We provide gpg-signed tarballs and binaries. That allows you to check integrity of downloaded package and provides guaranty that no one tampered with the binary on the ftp server or on the way to your computer. Our GPG key ID is 0xDE7A44FAC7FB382D (LyX Release Manager). The signatures are found next to the tarballs and binaries.

  • To initially import our key via GnuPG, do this:gpg --recv-keys FE66471B43559707AFDAD955DE7A44FAC7FB382D

Attention: Please be careful to use this full fingerprint, spoofed version of shortened fingerprint is already in the wild and it is easy to make new fake ones!

  • After that, each time you need to verify a tarball:gpg --verify lyx-2.3.6.tar.gz.sig

to check the signature (or any other signed file you want to verify). Watch out for the 'Good signature...' string.

8. Development versions

Please do not use these for any serious work! They are only provided for testing and development purposes.