Nina Lafayette wrote: > Am 24.03.2009, 15:29 Uhr, schrieb Guenter Milde > <milde-96fysp9jrkaatytw5x5...@public.gmane.org>: > > Hi folks, > > isn't there anybody who can put the debian binaries for Lyx 1.6.2 on a Web > server? This would be great!
FWIW, I just uploaded lyx 1.6.2 to Debian unstable. Should hit the mirrors soon. > > Thanks, > Nina > >> On 2009-03-24, rgheck wrote: >>> Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: >> >> >>>> ... I wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm >>>> package. Is it recommendable or better to use the source code? >> >>> Once you get used to it, using the source is very easy. >> >> But until this, you may spend some time trying (I spent months). >> >>> In fact, even better, download the 1.6 branch from svn and compile >>> that. Then keep it up to date, recompile it every once in a while, and >>> you'll always have the absolutely latest fixes, without waiting for a >>> new release. >> >> Seconded. >> >> >>> To do this, make sure you have the toolchain installed: autotools, make, >>> gcc. You'll also need some devel packages, though I'd be surprised if >>> pulling in the devel package for Qt4 wasn't enough to pull in the rest. >> >> Under Debian, you can install all that is required to compile lyx with >> `apt-get build-dep lyx`. >> >>> Then make a directory for the sources and do this: >>> # cd /my/src/dir >>> # svn co svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_1_6_X >>> # cd BRANCH_1_6_X >>> # ./autogen.sh >>> # ./configure --enable-build-type rel --prefix /usr/local >> >>> ---that last is of course optional, but then you won't overwrite the LyX >>> package. >> >> I use >> >> ./configure --with-version-suffix=16 --enable-build-type=release >> >> so that I can start the packed version (1.6.1 here) with `lyx` and the >> home-grown with `lyx16`. This has also the effect of using separate user >> LYXDIRS (~/.lyx vs. ~/.lyx16). The --prefix /usr/local seems to be the >> default. >> >>> # make >>> # sudo make install >> >>> And there you go. Absolutely up to date. >> >> And for moving the binary to another machine: >> >> # "make DESTDIR=/tmp/lyx-svn install" >> and then make an archive of everything in /tmp/lyx-svn. >> >> Günter >> > >
