On Friday 21 March 2008 02:14, rgheck wrote:
> Geevarghese Philip wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have no root permission on my Linux machine, and I would like to
> > install LyX1.5.x on it. Is there a way to get precompiled binaries for
> > Lyx1.5.x that can be installed in my home directory without root
> > permissions, and which has all the dependencies built in to it?
>
> Precompiled, I don't know, but you can usually install packages you
> compile yourself to local directories by setting the PREFIX variable:
> ./configure --prefix=/home/gphilip/. This will install LyX into
> /home/gphilip/bin, /home/gphilip/share/, etc. You'll also need to set
> some environment variables, I believe, so that the libraries will be
> found, if you have to install any dependencies, but those can be handled
> the same way.
>
> That said, perhaps it's easier to get root to install LyX for you.
>
> rh
Or, you can do what I sometimes do -- don't do the make install at all, and
just run it out of the directory where it was compiled
(whatever/lyx-1.5.x/src, I think). Somewhere in my path (hopefully you have
write permissions to at least one path directory), I make a simple
shellscript that runs the LyX binary you compiled there.
SteveT
Steve Litt
Books written in LyX:
Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist
Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
