Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de>:

> I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
>  
>       1) ./configure
>          configures LyX according to your system. 

Hi Wolfgang,

it's not a good idea to build in source tree.

You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:

$ mkdir lyxhome
$ cd lyxhome
$ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
$ mkdir lyx-build
$ cd lyx-build
$ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
$ make
$ src/lyx

Stephan

>  
>       2) make
>          compiles the program.
>  
>       3) src/lyx
>          runs the program so you can check it out.
>  
> while doing this, I get:
>  
> LyX: Done!
> Warning: Could not read configuration file
> ----------------------------------------
> Error while reading the configuration file
> preferences.
> Please check your installation.
>  
> and LyX is not showing up.
>  
> Does somebody know what I should check in the installation?
>  
> not yet done:
>       4) make install
>          will install it. 
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Wolfgang
>  

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