A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. TeX Live for Linux, MikTeX for
Windows).
- Python 2.4 or later to convert old LyX files and for helper scripts.
- Note 1: Python 2.4 or later is required due to the subprocess module.
- Note 2: Python 2.6 or later is recommended on Windows.
- Note 3: Python 3.0 or later is not supported.
+ Python 2.7 to convert old LyX files and for helper scripts.
+ Note: Python 3 (3.3 or later) support is work in progress.
How does the LyX version scheme work?
shows that these releases will contain a few new features, and
that the bulk of the patches will be documentation updates.
- If you get the source from Subversion, the version string will
- look like one of:
+ If you get the source from Git, the version string will look like
+ one of:
- 1.5.1svn -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
- release 1.5.1 will eventually be tagged.
- 1.6.0svn -- this is the main branch on which stable
- release 1.6.0 will eventually be tagged.
+ 2.0.6dev -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
+ release 2.0.6 will eventually be tagged.
+ 2.1.0dev -- this is the main branch on which stable
+ release 2.1.0 will eventually be tagged.
What's new?
What do I need to compile LyX from the source distribution?
* A good C++ compiler. Development is being done mainly with
- gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 1.6.0, you need at
- least gcc 3.2.x.
+ gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 2.3.0, you need
+ at least gcc 4.6.x.
- * The Qt4 library, at least version 4.5.0. For all features
- newer versions (e.g. Qt 4.8) are recommended.
+ * The Qt4 library, at least version 4.8.0. For all features
+ newer versions (e.g. Qt 5.6) are recommended.
Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling.