On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 2:57 PM Scott Kostyshak via lyx-users < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 08:40:03AM -0400, Richard Kleeman via lyx-users > wrote: > > On 5/17/26 4:12 PM, Guillaume Munch-Maccagnoni via lyx-users wrote: > > > Bonjour, > > > > > > This message concerns people who are using a Linux distribution based > on > > > Debian (such as Ubuntu), and who used to keep their LyX version up to > > > date thanks to the official package archive. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Guillaume > > > > > Hi Guillame, > > > > Thanks for this great new resource. One quick question at a "nuts and > bolts" > > level: You have 3 different releases supported (2 devs and one > "stable"). I > > If add your ppa how does apt make a choice as to which to install? I > would > > prefer to use the "stable" version... > > I think it is determined by which package name you install. If you want > stable, I think (maybe wait for someone else to confirm), you want to > install the following: > > lyx-2.5 > > I added the PPA and updated, and I don't think I had to do anything special--whatever was in the official Ubuntu repo (some release candidate circa 2.4.0?) got updated to 2.5.1. I did have to change some home directory .lyx stuff, but that was so easy compared to building LyX from source/updating QT/etc. Thanks, Guillaume, for making this! Maria > Scott > -- > lyx-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users >
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