How to make LyX work with Mac OS 13.1:solved

[Hal Kierstead]

> On Dec 13, 2022, at 5:38 PM, Scott Kostyshak <skostysh at lyx.org> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 05:02:30PM -0700, Hal Kierstead via lyx-users wrote:
>> All -
>> 
>> I just upgraded to Mac OS 13.1. I was not given a chance to install python. How do I check if I have the right version of python?
>> 
>> I cannot reconfigure LyX. I get the message: The system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX may not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed. 
>> 
>> Reconfiguring again does not work either.
>> 
>> Also, I have a bind file that LyX finds, but does not use. Is this because LyX needs to be reconfigured?
>> 
>> I tried reinstalling LyX, but that did not help.
>> 
>> What should I do next?
> 
> I don't have any experience with macOS, but one user found that the following worked:
> 
>  xcode-select --install
> 
> source: https://twitter.com/IvanWerning/status/1599544006962139136
> 
> Scott
> -- 
Thanks Scott. I forgot to reply to the list.

 For some reason this failed to install xcode, but downloading it from the app store worked, and now my LyX is working. Probably I should not have needed to download all of xcode, but it is simple this way.

Hal