Lyx 2.3.7 on Linux Mint

[Norman Dunbar]

Many thanks indeed. I shall hopefully give this a try when MrsD next goes out for the evening and I have a little "play time"!


Cheers,
Norm.

On 24 February 2023 16:42:54 GMT, Chris Menzel <chris.menzel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > As Paul Rubin notes, compiling from source is an option and I will add
>> that it is super easy — the only trick is having all the necessary packages
>> installed. I have compiled it recently under Ubuntu 22.10 and I’d be happy
>> to send you my notes and answer any questions you might have.
>>
>> Good Afternoon Chris,
>>
>> if you don;t mind me asking, I would also like a copy of your notes etc
>> on building Lyx from source. I too am suffering (!) from the Linux Mint
>> "Vanessa" problem.
>>
>
>Sure thing! I note that I have already received one report of a successful
>2.3.7 compile and install based on these steps. :-)
>
>Install basic QT5 stuff
>$ sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qtchooser qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools
>
>Then, to avoid "unable to compile simple QT binary” error, the following:
>$ sudo apt install pkg-config libqt5x11extras5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libice-dev
>
>I was also missing libmagic-dev on my Dell XPS installation:
>$ sudo apt install libmagic-dev
>
>Finally, I ran configure with the follow spec for QTDIR:
>$ ./configure --with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt5
>
>Then it’s just a matter of:
>$ make
>$ sudo make install

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