Instructions for Using UCThesis with LYX
Jonathan Dreyer June 8, 2012

1 Download
1. Download LYX from http://www.lyx.org 2. Download the latest version of UCThesisForLyx.

2 Windows Installation
2.1 Install LYX
1. Start the LYX installation and follow the prompts. Unless it is absolutely necessary use the installation defaults. 2. You will be prompted to install MiKTEX. If you have already MiKTEX installed, select the installation directory. If not LYX can download the program and automatically install it for you. Do NOT select ’Install without a A LTEX typesetting system.’ 3. The LYX installation will download and install the necessary aspell dictionaries and MiKTEX. 4. Note that LYX may require additional packages be downloaded. If prompted, select Ok to allow these downloads.

2.2

Install UCThesisForLyx

1. Unpack the zip file. It will contain two folders, the configuration files in ..\Configuration Files and an example thesis in ..\example
A 2. Add LTEX class files to MiKTEX.

(a) Copy the ucthesisLyx folder to the MiKTEX program directory ..\MiKTEX x.x\tex\latex where x.x is the MiKTEX version installed. (b) Copy the ucthesisBibStyle folder to the MiKTEX program directory ..\MiKTEX x.x\bibtex\bst where x.x is the MiKTEX version installed. (c) Open the MiKTEX Settings (Admin) Manager located at Start>Programs>MiKTEX x.x>Maintenance (Admin). Under the General Tab select Refresh FNDB. This will add the ucthesisLyx folders to MiKTEX. 3. Add the ucthesisLyx.layout file to LYX. (a) Copy ucthesisLyx.layout to the LYX layouts folder ..\LYX20\Resources\layouts (b) Open LYX (c) Reconfigure the application by selecting Tools > Reconfigure (d) Restart LYX 4. Open Thesis.lyx. Confirm that the Thesis (University of California Thesis Class) is available as a Document Class by selecting Document > Settings and selecting Thesis (University of California Thesis Class) from the drop-down menu. 1

3 Mac OS Installation
3.1 Install MacTEX
Download and install MacTEX available at http://www.tug.org/mactex/

3.2

Install LYX

Download and install the LYX Mac OS binaries from http://www.lyx.org

3.3

Install UCThesisForLyx

1. Unpack the zip file. It will contain two folders, the configuration files in ..\Configuration Files and an example thesis in ..\example 2. Copy the ucthesisLyx folder to ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex (a) Note: In Mac OS Lion the Library folder is hidden by default. It can be accessed by holding down the Option key when clicking the Go menu in Finder- the Library icon will appear as a menu option. (b) Note: If the ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex directory does not exist, it can be created by entering the following command at terminal mkdir -p ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex 3. Copy the ucthesisBibStyle folder to ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst (a) Note: If the ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst directory does not exist, it can be created by entering the following command at terminal mkdir -p ~/Library/texmf/ bibtex/bst 4. Add the ucthesisLyx.layout file to LYX. (a) Copy ucthesisLyx.layout to /Applications/LYX.app/Contents/Resources/layouts (b) Open LYX (c) Reconfigure the application by selecting Tools > Reconfigure (d) Restart LYX

4 Upgrading
1. If you are upgrading from a previous version of UCThesisForLyx, follow the instructions above, replacing the existing