Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:48:01PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: Is that a satisfactory answer? I didn't link anything on purpose, actually. I do believe that. Feel free to ask further, Well, I am a bit lost myself... Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security,

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:48:01PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: Is that a satisfactory answer? I didn't link anything on purpose, actually. I do believe that. Feel free to ask further, Well, I am a bit lost myself... Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security,

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:48:01PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: > Is that a satisfactory answer? I didn't link anything on purpose, actually. I do believe that. > Feel free to ask further, Well, I am a bit lost myself... Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security,

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-30 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi again, Andre Poenitz wrote: Looks good C++ wise. Actually, I would have expected libforms to show up. Did you link this statically? I don't have any idea. What I did was I went to /usr/local/bin and typed ldd lyx-1.2.3 and this is what I got. Is that a satisfactory answer? I didn't link

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-30 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: I don't have any idea. What I did was I went to /usr/local/bin and typed ldd lyx-1.2.3 and this is what I got. Is that a satisfactory answer? I didn't link anything on purpose, actually. You don't link anything on purpose, it is done during the build process. Feel

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-30 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi again, Andre Poenitz wrote: Looks good C++ wise. Actually, I would have expected libforms to show up. Did you link this statically? I don't have any idea. What I did was I went to /usr/local/bin and typed ldd lyx-1.2.3 and this is what I got. Is that a satisfactory answer? I didn't link

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-30 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: I don't have any idea. What I did was I went to /usr/local/bin and typed ldd lyx-1.2.3 and this is what I got. Is that a satisfactory answer? I didn't link anything on purpose, actually. You don't link anything on purpose, it is done during the build process. Feel

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-30 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi again, Andre Poenitz wrote: Looks good C++ wise. Actually, I would have expected libforms to show up. Did you link this statically? I don't have any idea. What I did was I went to /usr/local/bin and typed ldd lyx-1.2.3 and this is what I got. Is that a satisfactory answer? I didn't link

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-30 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: I don't have any idea. What I did was I went to /usr/local/bin and typed ldd lyx-1.2.3 and this is what I got. Is that a satisfactory answer? I didn't link anything on purpose, actually. You don't link anything on purpose, it is done during the build process. Feel

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-29 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi, Well, I just reinstalled gcc, which seems to be a C compiler. Since it was my C++ compiler that was lacking, if I did have any, I also installed gpp, the C++ compiler. This probably solved it, 'cause configuration went fine. The machine recognized gcc as my C

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-29 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Allright, it installed fine and as far as I can see everything works as it should. Also, LyX 1.2.1 still works, even though I've replaced XForms. I installed the rpm of XForms and compiled LyX. Thank you all for your help! ldd lyx-1.2.3 does give output, but I don't know how to put it in an

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-29 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 06:07:30PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: ldd lyx-1.2.3 does give output, but I don't know how to put it in an e-mail message. I use Netscape7 for e-mail. [I always thought Netscape was a web browser ;-}] Is there a way I can write the output to a text file that I can

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-29 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi, Well, I just reinstalled gcc, which seems to be a C compiler. Since it was my C++ compiler that was lacking, if I did have any, I also installed gpp, the C++ compiler. This probably solved it, 'cause configuration went fine. The machine recognized gcc as my C

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-29 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Allright, it installed fine and as far as I can see everything works as it should. Also, LyX 1.2.1 still works, even though I've replaced XForms. I installed the rpm of XForms and compiled LyX. Thank you all for your help! ldd lyx-1.2.3 does give output, but I don't know how to put it in an

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-29 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 06:07:30PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: ldd lyx-1.2.3 does give output, but I don't know how to put it in an e-mail message. I use Netscape7 for e-mail. [I always thought Netscape was a web browser ;-}] Is there a way I can write the output to a text file that I can

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-29 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi, Well, I just reinstalled gcc, which seems to be a C compiler. Since it was my C++ compiler that was lacking, if I did have any, I also installed gpp, the C++ compiler. This probably solved it, 'cause configuration went fine. The machine recognized gcc as my C

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-29 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Allright, it installed fine and as far as I can see everything works as it should. Also, LyX 1.2.1 still works, even though I've replaced XForms. I installed the rpm of XForms and compiled LyX. Thank you all for your help! ldd lyx-1.2.3 does give output, but I don't know how to put it in an

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-29 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 06:07:30PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: > ldd lyx-1.2.3 does give output, but I don't know how to put it in an > e-mail message. I use Netscape7 for e-mail. [I always thought Netscape was a web browser ;-}] > Is there a way I can write the output to a text file that I can

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-28 Thread Thomas Schönhoff
Vinay Ramnath schrieb: Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Which compiler do you recommend for compiling LyX. Does it have anything to do with libXpm. I

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'.

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-28 Thread Thomas Schönhoff
Vinay Ramnath schrieb: Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Which compiler do you recommend for compiling LyX. Does it have anything to do with libXpm. I

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'.

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-28 Thread Thomas Schönhoff
Vinay Ramnath schrieb: Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Which compiler do you recommend for compiling LyX. Does it have anything to do with libXpm. I

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Vinay Ramnath wrote: > Hi, > > Andre Poenitz wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: >> >>>Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE >>>8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints >>>that it cannot execute

upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi, until now, I've only installed the LyX rpm. I want to upgrade to 1.2.3, of which there only the source code is available on the LyX site. That's ok, I've compiled things before, but do I have to remove my current installation of LyX, using rpm -e lyx, or can I just compile and install the

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi, until now, I've only installed the LyX rpm. I want to upgrade to 1.2.3, of which there only the source code is available on the LyX site. That's ok, I've compiled things before, but do I have to remove my current installation of LyX, using rpm -e lyx, or can I just

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi Michael, Michael Abshoff wrote: if you want to run more than one version of lyx in parallel do a ./configure --program-suffix=-1.2.3 --with-version-suffix=-1.2.3 Ok, before I do that, do I have to upgrade XForms for the new LyX version? Currently, I use xforms-0.89-1, also an rpm. If I do,

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi ?, ? wrote: Hi You don't have to compile the source code because the rpm is available in the bin directory on the lyx ftp site. Jihene Oh, I failed to notice. Well, the other solution seems pretty cool and painless, so I'll try that one first. If that fails and I still want 1.2.3 very

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi Michael, Michael Abshoff wrote: if you want to run more than one version of lyx in parallel do a ./configure --program-suffix=-1.2.3 --with-version-suffix=-1.2.3 Ok, before I do that, do I have to upgrade XForms for the new LyX version? Currently, I use

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Which compiler do you recommend for compiling LyX. Does it have anything to do with libXpm. I didn't need it when I

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Looks like a broken gcc installation. Can you compile

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi Andre, Andre Poenitz wrote: Looks like a broken gcc installation. Can you compile a simple hello world program? Sorry, my programming skils are horrible, at least in C. In the early days I experimented some with BASIC on a C64, but off course you don't compile there. Though, gcc has been

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Looks like a broken gcc

upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi, until now, I've only installed the LyX rpm. I want to upgrade to 1.2.3, of which there only the source code is available on the LyX site. That's ok, I've compiled things before, but do I have to remove my current installation of LyX, using rpm -e lyx, or can I just compile and install the

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi, until now, I've only installed the LyX rpm. I want to upgrade to 1.2.3, of which there only the source code is available on the LyX site. That's ok, I've compiled things before, but do I have to remove my current installation of LyX, using rpm -e lyx, or can I just

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi Michael, Michael Abshoff wrote: if you want to run more than one version of lyx in parallel do a ./configure --program-suffix=-1.2.3 --with-version-suffix=-1.2.3 Ok, before I do that, do I have to upgrade XForms for the new LyX version? Currently, I use xforms-0.89-1, also an rpm. If I do,

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi ?, ? wrote: Hi You don't have to compile the source code because the rpm is available in the bin directory on the lyx ftp site. Jihene Oh, I failed to notice. Well, the other solution seems pretty cool and painless, so I'll try that one first. If that fails and I still want 1.2.3 very

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi Michael, Michael Abshoff wrote: if you want to run more than one version of lyx in parallel do a ./configure --program-suffix=-1.2.3 --with-version-suffix=-1.2.3 Ok, before I do that, do I have to upgrade XForms for the new LyX version? Currently, I use

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Which compiler do you recommend for compiling LyX. Does it have anything to do with libXpm. I didn't need it when I

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Looks like a broken gcc installation. Can you compile

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi Andre, Andre Poenitz wrote: Looks like a broken gcc installation. Can you compile a simple hello world program? Sorry, my programming skils are horrible, at least in C. In the early days I experimented some with BASIC on a C64, but off course you don't compile there. Though, gcc has been

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Looks like a broken gcc

upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi, until now, I've only installed the LyX rpm. I want to upgrade to 1.2.3, of which there only the source code is available on the LyX site. That's ok, I've compiled things before, but do I have to remove my current installation of LyX, using "rpm -e lyx", or can I just compile and install

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi, until now, I've only installed the LyX rpm. I want to upgrade to 1.2.3, of which there only the source code is available on the LyX site. That's ok, I've compiled things before, but do I have to remove my current installation of LyX, using "rpm -e lyx", or can I just

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi Michael, Michael Abshoff wrote: > if you want to run more than one version of lyx in parallel do a > > ./configure --program-suffix=-1.2.3 --with-version-suffix=-1.2.3 Ok, before I do that, do I have to upgrade XForms for the new LyX version? Currently, I use xforms-0.89-1, also an rpm. If I

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi ?, ? wrote: Hi You don't have to compile the source code because the rpm is available in the bin directory on the lyx ftp site. Jihene Oh, I failed to notice. Well, the other solution seems pretty cool and painless, so I'll try that one first. If that fails and I still want 1.2.3 very

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Michael Abshoff
Vinay Ramnath wrote: Hi Michael, Michael Abshoff wrote: > if you want to run more than one version of lyx in parallel do a > > ./configure --program-suffix=-1.2.3 --with-version-suffix=-1.2.3 Ok, before I do that, do I have to upgrade XForms for the new LyX version? Currently, I use

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Which compiler do you recommend for compiling LyX. Does it have anything to do with libXpm. I didn't need it when I

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: > Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE > 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints > that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Looks like a broken gcc installation. Can you

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi Andre, Andre Poenitz wrote: Looks like a broken gcc installation. Can you compile a simple "hello world" program? Sorry, my programming skils are horrible, at least in C. In the early days I experimented some with BASIC on a C64, but off course you don't compile there. Though, gcc has

Re: upgrading 1.2.1 rpm to 1.2.3

2003-01-27 Thread Vinay Ramnath
Hi, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: Nope, didn't work. My C++ compiler doesn't seem to suffice. I use SuSE 8.0 with gcc as compiler. During configuration, the machine complaints that it cannot execute `cc1plus'. Looks like a broken gcc