Anyway, I will try it today on a SuSE.
I have had a bunch of problems in the process of compiling lyx on suse 10. 1. when installing scons, python does not find distutils. It took me a while to figure out that I need to install python-devel package. 2. qt is also divided into several smaller packages, and I have to install qt-static in addition to qt-devel. 3. there are /usr/include/linux/zlib.h and /usr/include/zlib.h. The latter should be used. Adding -I/usr/include/linux will trigger tones of error messages. And, finally, I get error messages: g++ -o debug/common/buffer.o -c -g -O -I/usr/lib/qt3/include -Idebug/common -Isrc -Isrc -Iboost src/buffer.C boost/boost/iostreams/filter/symmetric.hpp: In member function 'std::streamsize boost::iostreams::symmetric_filter<SymmetricFilter, Alloc>::read(Source&, typename boost::iostreams::char_type_of<T>::type*, std::streamsize) [with Source = boost::iostreams::detail::linked_streambuf<char, std::char_traits<char> >, SymmetricFilter = boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_compressor_impl<std::allocator<char> >, Alloc = std::allocator<char>]': boost/boost/iostreams/filter/gzip.hpp:199: instantiated from 'std::streamsize boost::iostreams::basic_gzip_compressor<Alloc>::read(Source&, char*, std::streamsize) [with Source = boost::iostreams::detail::linked_streambuf<char, std::char_traits<char> >, Alloc = std::allocator<char>]' boost/boost/iostreams/read.hpp:215: instantiated from 'static std::streamsize boost::iostreams::detail::read_filter_impl<boost::iostreams::multichar_tag>::read(T&, Source&, typename boost::iostreams::char_type_of<T>::type*, std::streamsize) [with T = boost::iostreams::basic_gzip_compressor<std::allocator<char> >, Source = boost::iostreams::detail::linked_streambuf<char, std::char_traits<char> >]' boost/boost/iostreams/read.hpp:56: instantiated from 'std::streamsize boost::iostreams::read(T&, Source&, typename boost::iostreams::char_type_of<T>::type*, std::streamsize) [with T = boost::iostreams::basic_gzip_compressor<std::allocator<char> >, Source = boost::iostreams::detail::linked_streambuf<char, std::char_traits<char> >]' boost/boost/iostreams/detail/adapter/concept_adapter.hpp:247: instantiated from 'static std::streamsize boost::iostreams::detail::flt_wrapper_impl<boost::iostreams::input>::read(Filter&, Source*, typename boost::iostreams::char_type_of<T>::type*, std::streamsize) [with Filter = boost::iostreams::basic_gzip_compressor<std::allocator<char> >, Source = boost::iostreams::detail::linked_streambuf<char, std::char_traits<char> >]' boost/boost/iostreams/detail/adapter/concept_adapter.hpp:74: instantiated from 'std::streamsize boost::iostreams::detail::concept_adapter<T>::read(typename boost::iostreams::char_type_of<T>::type*, std::streamsize, Source*) [with Source = boost::iostreams::detail::linked_streambuf<char, std::char_traits<char> >, T = boost::iostreams::basic_gzip_compressor<std::allocator<char> >]' boost/boost/iostreams/detail/streambuf/indirect_streambuf.hpp:250: instantiated from 'typename boost::iostreams::detail::indirect_streambuf<T, Tr, Alloc, Mode>::int_type boost::iostreams::detail::indirect_streambuf<T, Tr, Alloc, Mode>::underflow() [with T = boost::iostreams::basic_gzip_compressor<std::allocator<char> >, Tr = std::char_traits<char>, Alloc = std::allocator<char>, Mode = boost::iostreams::output]' src/buffer.C:1638: instantiated from here boost/boost/iostreams/filter/symmetric.hpp:112: error: 'boost::iostreams::symmetric_filter<boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_compressor_impl<std::allocator<char>
, std::allocator<char> >::<anonymous enum>' is/uses anonymous type
boost/boost/iostreams/filter/symmetric.hpp:112: error: trying to instantiate 'template<class T> struct boost::is_integral' boost/boost/iostreams/filter/symmetric.hpp:124: error: 'boost::iostreams::symmetric_filter<boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_compressor_impl<std::allocator<char>
, std::allocator<char> >::<anonymous enum>' is/uses anonymous type
boost/boost/iostreams/filter/symmetric.hpp:124: error: trying to instantiate 'template<class T> struct boost::is_integral' boost/boost/iostreams/filter/symmetric.hpp:131: error: 'boost::iostreams::symmetric_filter<boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_compressor_impl<std::allocator<char>
, std::allocator<char> >::<anonymous enum>' is/uses anonymous type
boost/boost/iostreams/filter/symmetric.hpp:131: error: trying to instantiate 'template<class T> struct boost::is_integral' This suse 10 uses gcc 4.0.2-x86-64. Cheers, Bo