I am trying to install lyx-1.5.6 from source and here is what I got:
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sh-3.1# uname -r
2.6.19
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sh-3.1# cat /etc/knoppix-version
5.1.1 2007-01-04
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sh-3.1# ./configure
. . .
config.status: creating src/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing default-1 commands
config.status: creating po/POTFILES
config.status: creating po/Makefile
Configuration
Host type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Special build flags: pch use-ispell
C Compiler: gcc
C Compiler LyX flags:
C Compiler flags: -O2
C++ Compiler: g++ (4.1.2)
C++ Compiler LyX flags:
C++ Compiler flags: -O2
Linker flags:
Linker user flags:
Qt 4 Frontend:
Qt 4 version:
Packaging: posix
LyX binary dir: /usr/local/bin
LyX files dir: /usr/local/share/lyx
**** The following problems have been detected by configure.
**** Please check the messages below before running 'make'.
**** (see the section 'Problems' in the INSTALL file)
** Cannot find X window libraries and/or headers. Check your installation.
If you use a Linux system, check that you have installed
the development tools.
** moc 4 binary not found !
** uic 4 binary not found !
** qt 4 library not found !
sh-3.1#
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the thing is that as I read online in order to install qt 4 you need
libqt4-core and then to install libqt4-core you need ... so you will
be dealing with an apparently endless dependency
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There should be a way to deal with this, right? What is it?
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Thanks
lbrtchx
