>> Why that? You don't need to update or even install Qt to run LyX. Qt is >> advertised as being platform independent. The Qt requirement is thus only >> of interest for people who what to compile LyX by themselves. > > This is not true on Linux. Since many Linux applications (and the whole of > KDE) is usually compiled against a particular Qt version that needs to be > installed, it is not a trivial task for many users to simply install some > specific version.
I know that my Linux knowledge is very limited. So what I understood now is that the Linux distribution you are using determines the available Qt, right? If so, isn't there a simple update possibility for Qt in the package handling program of the used distribution?
regards Uwe
