On 24 Mar 2009, rgheck wrote: > Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: >> Since there seems to be no deb package of lyx 1.6.2 yet for debian, I >> wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm >> package. Is it recommendable or better to use the source code? >> >> > Once you get used to it, using the source is very easy. In fact, even > better, download the 1.6 branch from svn and compile that. Then keep it > up to date, recompile it every once in a while, and you'll always have > the absolutely latest fixes, without waiting for a new release. Note > that since this is branch, fixes only go in when they're regarded as > safe---which doesn't of course guarantee that they are, though neither > is 1.6.2 guaranteed to be safe, right? > > To do this, make sure you have the toolchain installed: autotools, make, > gcc. You'll also need some devel packages, though I'd be surprised if > pulling in the devel package for Qt4 wasn't enough to pull in the rest. > Then make a directory for the sources and do this: > # cd /my/src/dir > # svn co svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_1_6_X > # cd BRANCH_1_6_X > # ./autogen.sh > # ./configure --enable-build-type rel --prefix /usr/local > ---that last is of course optional, but then you won't overwrite the LyX > package. > # make > # sudo make install > And there you go. Absolutely up to date. > > Richard
I tried this and it worked well on my desktop. When I tried it on my laptop it failed, saying it could not find Qt4. Both machines are running Debian Sid and in both I installed Qt4 in the same way, by installing libqt4-dev. It's not a huge problem since I have the deb package for lyx-1.6.1, but I'm curious about why there is this difference. I spent a long time looking at config.log but no illumination dawned. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)