Interesting, I'll try the Optional Sources thing. It was turned off on my Mint 22 system, and that didn't prevent me from compiling LyX from source on that.
I've also tried to install the .deb packages, but hit a Qt plugin bug when trying to run LyX, even though I installed the lyx-common dependencies as well. I'll keep digging. On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 11:28 AM Paul Rubin <parubi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 9/19/24 15:53, 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 I went to the LyxOnUbuntu wiki, which might be out of date, and tried 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... > > > > Maria > > > > Before running apt-get build-dep, open the Software Sources application, > go to Official Repositories > Optional Sources and make sure that > "Source code repositories" is turned on. On my (Mint) system, it was off > by default, and I had to turn it on in order to compile LyX dependencies. > > Paul > > -- > lyx-users mailing list > lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users >
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