On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Waluyo Adi Siswanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using LyX 1.5.3 under Ubuntu(ME). > How can I update to version 1.5.5 or higher, I could not find the update > in Synaptic package manager. Is there any command that do the update > directly to the LyX site. > > Could anyone help me.. > >
Programs available under Synaptic are pre-compiled binaries by the package maintainers for Ubuntu. The only way you'll get a higher version is if the maintainers update the package version or provide an updated package through the backports. However, it's extremely easy to compile LyX yourself from source. Just install (from Synaptic): automake autoconf gcc g++ libqt4-dev libaiksaurus-dev Then get the LyX 1.5.5 source and: ./configure make make install Done. If you want to maintain LyX 1.5.3 (and have two different versions of LyX) then you would: ./configure --with-version-suffix=-1.5.5 make make install Cheers, /Bob
