On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:53:31 -0500, Pedro Romero A said: > Hi all > > I have been trying for hours to install the latest version of lyx on > my mac osx 10.7.4. > and I keep getting this message [clip] > > ** qt 4 library not found !
Hi Pedro, LyX has been much harder to compile ever since they switched from xforms to qt4. Stephan Witt had a good idea -- if you can install LyX from a package, and if it works, and if it's the right version for you, install from a package. If not, here are some suggestions for taming the LyX vs qt4 beast: * A lot of times you need to install a whole bunch of non-obvious components of qt4. Use your package manager to install anything remotely connected to qt4. Remember what you installed, so you can remove the unnecessary ones once you get LyX working. * Be aware of some unexpected behavior: When you blow a compile, you need to delete your whole compile tree and restore it from the original tarball. Otherwise, sometimes, ghosts of failures past can sabotage what otherwise would be a successful compile. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ * http://twitter.com/stevelitt Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
