2.4.0 for Debian stable

[Eckhard Höffner]

Am 09.06.24 um 5:03 AM schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:
> On 6/8/24 14:23, Saša Janiška wrote:
>> Recently, after using Linux more than 25 years, mostly rolling/unstable
>> distros/releases, I decided to settle on Debian stable (bookworm) and
>> now I'm often enjoy "All packages are up to date." :-)
>>
>> However, Lyx's 2.4.0 release is exceptional and I wonder if there is
>> some repository with 2.4.0 backported to Bookworm?
>>
>> I have a need to  bump soe packages and/or re-build them using
>> different configuration options, but not sure how much work would be
>> required to backport Lyx....
> I would be surprised if you could not compile LyX on that system. LyX 
> does not have exceptional dependencies. You'd need to install some 
> development packages, but that's about it.

In my opinion Richard is right. You can compile it on your own an it will probably work.

As 2.4 is part of testing, you might also download the deb-package and try to install it (dpkg -i lyx-2.4.0*.deb). You'll get the information, what dependendcies are unsatisfied.
You can add testing to the source.list and try with preferences and pinning to install just those debs, that are needed for 2.4.
My experience shows, however, that sooner or later this will lead to new 
problems. Therefore, I think compiling on your own is the better solution.


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