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[lyx.git] / INSTALL.MacOSX

diff --git a/INSTALL.MacOSX b/INSTALL.MacOSX
index f52e6af4edeacc4e2d4d74de6adcb4d37142ef95..343ab1fd130647dc6e29b0d45239aaa444a94cb7 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.MacOSX
+++ b/INSTALL.MacOSX
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Building LyX/Mac-1.5
 Ronald Florence <ron@18james.com>
-Modified by Bennett Helm <bennett.helm@fandm.edu> and by Anders
-Ekberg <anek@mac.com>.
+Modified by Bennett Helm <bennett.helm@fandm.edu>, Anders
+Ekberg <anek@mac.com> and Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgouttes@lyx.org>.
 
 LyX/Mac is built from the LyX source, the GPL-licensed Trolltech
 Qt/Mac library, and a custom application bundle.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Qt source hierarcy, and enter:
      cd /path/to/QT4/lib
      rm *.la
 
-2. [Needed only for developmental builds:] automake, version 1.5
+2. [Needed only for developmental builds:] automake, version 1.10
 or higher (check with automake --version). Probably the easiest
 way to get this is to use MacPorts (from http://www.macports.org/)
 and install automake using
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ using:
 
      sudo port install gettext
 
+4. [Useful to simplify detection of Qt:] pkg-config >= 0.9.0. Again,
+the simplest way is through MacPorts:
+
+     sudo port install pkgconfig
+
 
 BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
 
@@ -60,15 +65,18 @@ where you installed Qt for /path/to/QT4 (as above).
 
 (a) Official Releases
 
-cd to the top of the LyX source hierarchy, and enter:
+If you did not install pkg-config, first set the LDFLAGS variable:
+
+     export LDFLAGS="-framework Carbon -framework OpenGL -framework AGL -framework QuickTime -framework Cocoa"
 
-     export LDFLAGS="-framework Carbon -framework OpenGL -framework AGL -framework QuickTime -lz -framework Cocoa"
-     ./configure --prefix=/path/to/LyX.app --with-version-suffix=-1.5 --without-x --with-frontend=qt4 --with-qt4-dir=/path/to/QT4 --with-included-gettext --enable-optimization=-Os
+Then, cd to the top of the LyX source hierarchy, and enter:
+
+     ./configure --prefix=/path/to/LyX.app --with-version-suffix=-1.6 --with-qt4-dir=/path/to/QT4 --with-included-gettext --enable-optimization=-Os
      make
      make install-strip
 
-(Note that the --with-version-suffix=-1.5 option will result in LyX's
-user's directory being located at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.5.)
+(Note that the --with-version-suffix=-1.6 option will result in LyX's
+user's directory being located at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6)
 
 
 (b) Developmental Versions (svn checkouts)
@@ -76,14 +84,20 @@ user's directory being located at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.5.)
 Building LyX from developmental sources requires a few more steps.
 Instead of the instructions above, do the following:
 
-cd to the top of the LyX source hierarchy, and enter:
+If you did not install pkg-config, first set the LDFLAGS variable:
+
+     export LDFLAGS="-framework Carbon -framework OpenGL -framework AGL -framework QuickTime -framework Cocoa"
+
+Then, cd to the top of the LyX source hierarchy, and enter:
 
-     export LDFLAGS="-framework Carbon -framework OpenGL -framework AGL -framework QuickTime -lz -framework Cocoa"
      ./autogen.sh
-     ./configure --prefix=/path/to/LyX.app --with-version-suffix=-1.5 --without-x --with-frontend=qt4 --with-qt4-dir=/path/to/QT4 --with-included-gettext --enable-optimization=-Os --disable-stdlib-debug --disable-concept-checks
+     ./configure --prefix=/path/to/LyX.app --with-version-suffix=-1.6 --with-qt4-dir=/path/to/QT4 --with-included-gettext --enable-optimization=-Os
      make
      make install-strip
 
+Note that by default svn versions use some extra debugging code that
+somewhat slows LyX down. If it is a real problem, you can pass the
+option --enable-build-type=release to configure.
 
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