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I get this error when trying to compile a pdf with Lyx 2.1:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.6-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2014/dev) (format=latex 2015.4.2)  28 JUL 2015 12:45 entering extended mode  restricted \write18 enabled.  %&-line parsing enabled.
**rationale.tex (./rationale.tex LaTeX2e <2011/06/27> Babel <3.9h> and hyphenation patterns for 2 languages loaded.

(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-local/texmf-compat/tex/latex/evergent/article.cls

! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type  H <return>  for immediate help.  

...                                    

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     script>window.googleJavaScriptRedirect=1</script><script>var m={navigat...

You're in trouble here.  Try typing  <return>  to proceed. If that doesn't work, type  X <return>  to quit."

Here is the output .tex file minimal example:

%% LyX 2.1.0 created this file.  For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
\documentclass[english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\begin{document}
Test
\end{document}

It generates the same error for compilation.

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  • The main error is: ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. Check the latex file you are working on and make sure it contains \begin{document]
    – Leucippus
    Jul 28, 2015 at 19:02
  • @Leucippus He's using LyX, so it's impossible to avoid having \begin{document}, I think.
    – Torbjørn T.
    Jul 28, 2015 at 19:36
  • deamondave: Have you added anything to the preamble, and if yes, what? Can you make a minimal example (basically make a copy of your file and remove as much content and custom setup as possible without removing the error), export that to LaTeX code, and add it to your question?
    – Torbjørn T.
    Jul 28, 2015 at 19:39
  • yes. Lyx on Fedora 20.
    – daemondave
    Jul 28, 2015 at 19:39
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    latex didn't even finish reading article.cls. is there anything in the .tex file before the \documentclass line? something that includes a <script>, for instance? (i'm totally ignorant about lyx, but when the log complains about line 1, ...)
    – barbara beeton
    Jul 28, 2015 at 19:53

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The situation seems quite clear: the article.cls file is fetched from

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-local/texmf-compat/tex/latex/evergent/

while it should be in

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/

Somebody or something installed some texmf-compat subtree under texmf-local and this is the cause of your problem. Possibly the cause is having installed LaTeX2HTML, which is an obsolete and unsupported program.

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