LyX. It is imperative that you have the correct versions of these
libraries, and their associated header files.
-As of LyX version 1.0.0, you will need to have Xforms library and header
+As of LyX version 1.1.1, you will need to have Xforms library and header
version 0.81, 0.86, or 0.88. Version 0.88 is a stable release and the
recommended version. On some systems, such as linux ELF, there are shared
library versions of the Xforms library, which require an installation step
http://www.funet.fi/pub/Linux/sunsite/X11/libs/!INDEX.html
(or similar locations at other sunsites like sunsite.unc.edu)
-If you compile LyX with gcc, you should not need to have libg++ installed
-on most systems. However, see the note in the section `Problems'.
+You will also need a recent C++ compiler, where recent means that the
+compilers knows a bit about the C++ standard. Compilers that are known
+to compile LyX are gcc 2.8.1 and 2.95.x, the various versions of egcs
+and Digital C++ version 6.1. Please tell us your experience with other
+compilers.
If you make modifications to files in src/ (for example by applying a
patch), you will need to have the GNU gettext package installed, due to