Fix #6966.

[lyx.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index bdef40d7c028c71189f6645b0b0c090af01df5c0..3c981a4435ddbe4f72f55cffd481bdbee250083c 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -6,14 +6,17 @@ Quick compilation guide
 
 These four steps will compile, test and install LyX:
 
-       0) Linux users beware: if compiling the Qt frontend, you need
-           qt4 and qt4-devel packages of the same version to compile LyX.
+       0) Linux users beware: You need qt4 and qt4-devel packages 
+          of the same version to compile LyX.
 
        1) ./configure
           configures LyX according to your system. 
-          When compiling for Qt, you may have to set
-             --with-qt4-dir=<path-to-your-qt4-installation>
-           if the environment variable QTDIR is not set. 
+          You may have to set
+           --with-qt4-dir=<path-to-your-qt4-installation>
+     if the environment variable QTDIR is not set (for example,
+     '--with-qt4-dir=/usr/share/qt4/'). Alternatively, you could
+     install pkgconfig (the name might vary depending on your 
+     distribution). 
           See Note below if ./configure script is not present.
 
        2) make
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ Note for Subversion (SVN) checkouts
 -----------------------------
 
 If you have checked this out from Subversion, you need to have:
-* automake >= 1.5
+* automake >= 1.8
 * autoconf >= 2.59c
 * gettext >= 0.12
 Then type "./autogen.sh" to build the needed configuration
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ files and proceed as stated below.
 
 You will also probably need GNU m4 (perhaps installed as gm4).
 
+
 Requirements
 ------------