Alexandru Cabuz wrote: > Has anybody found a way to get lyx working on a Debian testing system? It > seems there is a bug that prevents one from just apt-getting it. See > http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/lyx.html > > and > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=src&data=lyx&archive=no&pend-exc=fixed&pend-exc=done&sev-inc=critical&sev-inc=grave&sev-inc=serious > > So is there a way to trick it into installing on a non ia64 machine like > mine?
Create your own .deb: Apply the diff http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lyx/lyx_1.3.6-1.diff.gz, and then chmod +x debian/rules fakeroot debian/rules binary and you are done. Georg
