On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:36:14 -0500 "David L. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:02:07 +1100 > Russell Davie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have used the binaries made by the LyX Deb team when I ran Debian and > > they are 100% reliable. Thanks guys! > > > > Now I am Ubuntu-Dapper which is limited to LyX 1.3.7. To get most recent > > (1.4.3) I compiled from source which works. However this > > bypasses the packaging system. More recently I found out about how to make > > simple Debian packages using checkinstall. To make a deb with checkinstall > > is a relatively easy thing to do. Technically its a Debian packaging layer > > on top of compiling from source. Although checkinstall makes a deb that > > fits into the the Debian packaging system, the package is lacking > > notification for dependencies. So it can't be considered official deb > > package in any way. I have used checkinstall to make a deb package of > > 1.4.3. This also works well and fits into the Ubuntu packaging system. > > > > If you want my recent checkinsall deb for LyX 1.4.3. to run on > > Ubuntu-Dapper, > > I don't know about Ubuntu, but debian-etch comes with LyX 1.4.3 now, so there > is really no need to make your own package. If it were so easy I would have gone ahead an used it, but alas the Deb etch binary wants dependencies that Ubuntu can't satisfy. So I rolled my own. >It might also be not a great idea > to distribute it, since that might not be compatible with the official one > in terms of dependencies. No intention of distributing it for exactly that reason. If somebody wanted it then I would post on my ISP webspace. The instructions for checkinstall are so straight forward that it's pure ego silliness that think some one would want it anyway. <grin> > > Does Ubuntu come in various levels of "cutting-edge"-ness like pure debian > does? Maybe there is already a package there you could use. Not yet. Ubuntu does have various levels, but it means to upgrade to something like Deb-unstable and comes with all the cutting edge flakiness as a bonus! No thanks, I sort out how to do a proper package soon. Russell
