On 9/19/24 3:53 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to install 2.4.1 on Linux Mint 21.3. I have previously
successfully compiled it from source on 22, and now I cannot work on
the files produced on my other computer using the 21.3 computer
because of lyx2lyx failures. So I figured I'd just compile from source
on this other machine, and it is just a nightmare.
When I try to run ./configure, I get "configure: error: cannot compile
a simple Qt executable. Check you have the right $QTDIR."
I went to the LyxOnUbuntu wiki, which might be out of date, and tried
to remove and add the stable repository, only to get the error "This
PPA does not support jammy". When I looked at the stable repo index,
https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/ubuntu/release , it became
clear that this repo is not being updated anymore. So it's basically
compile from source or bust.
So then I followed the next tip on that wiki, which is to run
$ sudo apt-get build-dep lyx
And I got "E: You must put some 'deb-src' URIs in your sources.list"
Now, I've already spent about 30 minutes sorting out my Qt5
installation (that took some doing, but qmake-qt5 --version tells me I
am "using Qt version 5.15.3 in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" so I thought
I was all set).
What is up? Upgrading used to be fairly straightforward, and now I
feel like I'm spending half an afternoon package-wrangling instead of
writing my papers...
Unforunately, I do not use Mint, so do not know anything about its
idiosyncracies. However, I am curious about the lyx2lyx errors. Those
should not be happening. If you remember what the issue was, or can
reproduce it, please let us know.
Riki
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