Hello
I am using an old machine and repository support went out. I recently updated the qt version to 4.8.0 from source. While configuring the lyx source i am providing wiith the qt path and it did not complain at all: ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// sajjad@sajjad:~/Downloads/LyX/lyx-2.0.0$ ./configure --with-qt4-dir='/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.8.0/' configuring LyX version 2.0.0 checking for build type... release checking for version suffix... checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking what packaging should be used... posix checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.3.4... python checking for python... /usr/bin/python checking for python version... 2.5 checking for python platform... linux2 checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.5/site-packages checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.5/site-packages checking for style of include used by make... 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Type 'make' to compile the program, and then 'make install' to install it. sajjad@sajjad:~/Downloads/LyX/lyx-2.0.0$ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I did make and make install and then i edited the ld.so.conf file and entered the following path : //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /usr/local/share/lyx //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// What else did i miss in the process and i would really appreciate your suggestion to get it functional. Thanks Sajjad On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > Am 25.02.2012 um 05:57 schrieb Sajjad: > > > I compiled both qt and lyx from source. The installation instructions > for qt did not mention anything about this issue and it is working fine. > > > > Is there any way to send the parameter while configuring lyx so that the > compilation is done against the 32 -bit instead ? > > Why did you compile Qt form source? Didn't you have it already installed? > I think it's better to use the system Qt and install the missing developer > package if needed. > You have to be sure to provide the correct version of Qt at runtime if you > want to use your own package. > To verify that you may use "ldd /path/to/lyx" to check what Qt-libraries > are linked at run time. > Perhaps you have to adjust your LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable accordingly. > > Stephan > > > > > I am using the 64-bit ubuntu. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > On 02/24/2012 09:51 AM, Sajjad wrote: > > > hello forum, > > > > > > I just managed to compile LyX from source and it compiled fine. The qt > > > path is mentioned while configuring and configuring. > > > > > > Now when i try to run "lyx" or "lyxclient" i get the following error: > > > > > > ///////////////////////////////////// > > > sajjad@sajjad:~$ lyxclient: error while loading shared libraries: > > > libQtGui.so.4: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32 > > > //////////////////////////////////// > > > > > It looks like LyX has been compiled as a 64 bit app, but what's being > > found are 32 bit libraries. I'm afraid I don't know why this would be. > > But maybe that's a clue? > > > > Richard > > > > > >