Hi Stephan, thanks for the insight on MacPorts. I guess that the only possible way to get 2.1 running is to compile it on OSX.
Since the project does not depend on any non-system library as you described, is there any recipe for compiling it on OSX? Best Regards, Nuno Bettencourt On 11/07/2013, at 18:20, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > Am 11.07.2013 um 13:20 schrieb Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com>: > >> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Nuno Bettencourt <nuno.b...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Hi Liviu, >>> >>> thanks for such a quick reply. >>> >>> No, I've not tried MacPorts. Do I need it for compiling LyX? could you >>> elaborate on this? >>> >> I don't use Mac, but to my knowledge MacPorts is a bit like Debian for >> Linux or F-Droid for Android: they provide binaries for open-source >> projects. A user reported recently about LyX in MacPorts, so I assume >> they have binaries available. Try them to see if they do what you >> want. > > AFAIK, MacPorts is not a repository for binaries. > > It combines all well known open-source packages with a so-called Portfile. > They contain the recipes to build and install a package on Mac OS. > Finally a MacPorts user downloads every source package and compile and > install it in an alternate directory tree separate from the OS. > One use it by adding this to the PATH environment (in front to replace > the existing version). > > That means you never get a better LyX, only a LyX compiled with another > set of libraries. IMHO. > > The LyX build for download from the LyX home page is made without any > dependency from any non-system library to be ready to use for all users. > > Regards, > Stephan > >> >> Regards, >> Liviu >> >> >>> Best regards, >>> Nuno Bettencourt >>> >>> >>> On 11/07/2013, at 11:40, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Nuno Bettencourt <nuno.b...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hy everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I've just got acquainted with the LyX project and have been quite happy >>>>> until now. >>>>> >>>>> I've noticed that in files VCBackend.cpp, LyXVC.cpp there's already GIT >>>>> support for version control which is something my team needs right now >>>>> but is not enabled in the OSX binary (version 2.0.6 April, 29, 2013) >>>>> available for download in the LyX page, at least it doesn't work, it >>>>> always uses RCS. >>>>> >>>>> As a result, I would like to have the latest LyX distribution, even if on >>>>> a beta release, for OSX Mountain Lion, which could support GIT Version >>>>> Control, but I can't find any binaries for that. >>>>> >>>> Have you tried MacPorts or the like? >>>> >>>> Liviu >>>> >>>>> I've tried looking around for some instructions on how to compile LyX for >>>>> OSX, but in the scarce time I had I didn't find anything worthy trying... >>>>> >>>>> Is there any updated tutorial on how to compile it, preferably for Cocoa? >>>>> >>>>> Hope anyone can help on this, >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> Nuno Bettencourt >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Do you know how to read? >>>> http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm >>>> http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader >>>> Do you know how to write? >>>> http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Do you know how to read? >> http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm >> http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader >> Do you know how to write? >> http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail >
