For all you LNCS and LaTeX users here is a quick guide to adding the LNCS LaTeX package to your local Texlive install. This will remove the need for adding the actual lncs.cls file to your LaTeX document directory. This quickguide has been based upon the information from the posts found. Currently I am running Ubuntu 9.04 ‘Jaunty Jackalope’ and my LaTeX install is the latest one from. I do not use the version as found in the Ubuntu repositories as they are a little bit out-of-date (just like a frigging proper install of Firefox 3.5, who wants Shiretako) and there are more packages available such as.
Could you please advice what lines should be put in source code to. Paper must be formatted in accordance with 'Springer LNCS' format. Preparing Springer article manuscript in LyX (Windows) For most journals in Springer, the global manuscript submision LaTeX class is svjour3. The following is the preparation steps in Windows.
Here are the steps:. If you have not done so install the latest version of. Obtain the from Springer. Place the contents of llncs2e.zip into /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lncs. finally run $ sudo texhash, If you have any problems running texhash then this command might be better: $ sudo bash -c 'export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/i386-linux:$PATH;texhash' And thats it.
. Go to MiKTeX's installation folder (for example C: Program Files MiKTeX 2.9) (if you want to install the Springer classes for all users of the PC) or to MiKTeX's user folder (for example C: Documents and Settings Application Data MiKTeX 2.9) (to install only for the current PC user).
Create a Springer-specific subfolder structure in this folder. Assuming C: Program Files MiKTeX 2.9, create the following new folders:. C: Program Files MiKTeX 2.9 bibtex bst springer. C: Program Files MiKTeX 2.9 tex latex springer.
Download Springer classes and BibTeX styles to appropriate subfolders above. Assuming C: Program Files MiKTeX 2.9, these are:. For svjour3, Springer's journal class:. Extract the contents of to C: Program Files MiKTeX 2.9 tex latex springer. (Allow to overwrite all files if you are asked.). Download all the files at to C: Program Files MiKTeX 2.9 bibtex bst springer.
For svmono, Springer's single-author book class:. Extract the contents of to C: Program Files MiKTeX 2.9 tex latex springer. (Allow to overwrite all files if you are asked.). For svmult, Springer's multi-author book class:.
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Extract the contents of to C: Program Files MiKTeX 2.9 tex latex springer. (Allow to overwrite all files if you are asked.). Notify MiKTeX of files installed above. This is done by. opening in the Windows start menu MiKTeX 2.9→Maintenance (Admin)→Settings (Admin) (if for all users) or MiKTeX 2.9→Maintenance-Settings (if for current user). clicking the button Refresh FNDB. Notify LyX of files installed above.
This is done by. (re)starting LyX. using the menu Tools→Reconfigure.