On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:09:59 -0500 Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 February 2010 10:08:15 curtis osterhoudt wrote: > > I've been downloading and compiling the svn sources for 2.0 > > about once a week for, oh, several months now. It's the only <SNIP> > > Curtis -- Is LyX 2.0 still like old ones where you can compile it as, > let's say, lyx-20 and it will run parallel to the LyX that came with > your distro (Ubuntu 9.10 in my case)? > > Thanks Steve and others, For those using Linux, may I strongly recommend GNU Stow for this purpose? It puts the compiled version in a "safe" place (ie, away from anthing that your package manager is interested in) and puts symbolic links to this safe place. It is a brilliant system for working outside the normal package management system. http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Stow http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/127393 Install stow with your normal package manager. Cheers, Alan > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Recession Relief Package > http://www.recession-relief.US > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt > > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206
