Either:
* a Unix-like system (including Windows with Cygwin)
- * Windows 2000 or newer
- * Mac OS 10.4 or newer
+ * Windows 7 or newer
+ * Mac OS 10.13 or newer
A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. TeX Live for Linux, MikTeX for
Windows).
- Python 2.7 to convert old LyX files and for helper scripts.
- Note: Python 3 (3.3 or later) support is work in progress.
+ Python (2.7 or 3.5 and newer) to convert old LyX files and for
+ helper scripts.
How does the LyX version scheme work?
number "2.x.y" indicates a stable release '2.x', maintenance
release 'y'. In other words, LyX 2.3.0 was the first stable
release in the 2.3-series of LyX. At the time of writing, the
- latest maintenance release in the 2.3-series is LyX 2.3.4.
+ latest maintenance release in the 2.3-series is LyX 2.3.7.
Please note that maintenance releases are designed primarily to
fix bugs, and that the file format will _never_ change due to a
* A C++11 compiler. Development is being done mainly with gcc/g++,
but clang and MSVC are known to work too. As of LyX 2.4.0, you
- need at least gcc 4.7.
+ need at least gcc 4.9.
* The Qt library, at least version 5.2 (5.6 recommended). It is
- still possible to compile with Qt 4.8, but this is not
- recommended.
+ also possible to compile with Qt 6.x.
Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling.
the "Introduction" item under the Help menu. You should follow
the instructions there, which tell you to read (or at least skim)
the Tutorial. After that, you should also read "Help>LaTeX
- configuration" which provides info on your LaTeX configuration
+ Configuration" which provides info on your LaTeX configuration
as LyX sees it. You might be missing a package or two that you'd
like to have.