commit 51a15c45692a6540d0ef170989b6485365c688eb
Author: Guillaume Munch <[email protected]>
Date: Sat Jun 11 05:25:34 2016 +0100
Clarify Qt requirements for 2.3
As discussed on the list. If the needs to drop Qt 4.8 arises, then this
should
be discussed again.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 0059087..af7578d 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -55,11 +55,12 @@ LyX makes great use of the C++ Standard Template Library
(STL).
This means that gcc users will have to install the relevant libstdc++
library to be able to compile this version of LyX.
-For full LyX usability we suggest to use Qt 4.x and at least Qt 4.8 which
-has been widely tested. For compilation you need to compile against at
-least Qt 4.5.0 and at Windows we advise at highest Qt 4.8.4. The only
-special point to make is that you must ensure that both LyX and the
-Qt libraries are compiled with the same C++ compiler.
+For full LyX usability we suggest to use Qt 5.x and Qt 5.6 and higher,
+or at the very least Qt 5.4. For compilation you need to compile against
+at least Qt 4.8 which has been widely tested, and for Windows we advise
+at least Qt 4.8.4. For Qt 5 we recommend at least Qt 5.4. The only
+special point to make is that you must ensure that both LyX and the Qt
+libraries are compiled with the same C++ compiler.
To build LyX with spell checking capabilities included you have to
install at least one of the development packages of the spell checker
