Hello Richard,



richard fell wrote:
> 
> I am trying to install the lyx-1.1.4 on redhat linux 6.2 and get the following
> error message after issuing the ./configure commmand :
> ** Cannot find libforms or libxfomrs. Please check that the xforms library is
> correctly installed on your system.
> 
> Now, I installed the xforms rpm from the power tools cd that accompanies the
> redhat distribution, so I assume it is installed in the usual default
> directory. Am I correct? If so, where is lyx expecting to find the missing
> files. Thanks for any and all help,
> Dick Fell

I've installed the libs at /usr/lib and
usr/X11R6/include/X11/xforms/FORMS;
recently <I encountered the same problem and
desperately installed Lyx with

                rpm -nodeps blabla (have look at the rpm manpage
if nescessary !)
Now it works fine with me !

                        Greetings Thomas

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