procedure described here builds LyX-1.3.3 linked with a static Qt
library and installs the LyX and Start-LyX applications.
- Download the GPL-licensed MacOSX Qt library source code from
- ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-mac-free-3.1.2.sit. Untar the
+ Download the GPL-licensed MacOSX Qt 3.1.2 library source code from
+ ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/qt-mac-free-3.1.2.sit. Untar the
.tar.gz file in a convenient directory in /usr/local/src or
/usr/local. Then open a terminal, cd to the Qt source directory,
apply the patch development/MacOSX/qt.patch, and:
% ./configure -static
% make
% sudo gcc_select 3
- % mkdir lib/unused
- % mv lib/*.dylib lib/unused
To avoid this compiler-changing procedure in the future, you might
want to write Apple to urge that they fix bug ID #3162425 so the
in the terminal where you built LyX:
% make install
- % cp development/MacOSX/lyx.xpm /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/LyX/images/lyx.xpm
-
- Please see the LyX on Aqua howto at
- http://www.18james.com/lyx_on_aqua.html for information on
- configuring LyX on Aqua. The binary installation of LyX on Aqua
- installs ~/.MacOS/environment.plist and the TeX math fonts; you
- will need to do this configuration manually if you build LyX
- yourself.
+ % rm /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/LyX/images/lyx.xpm
+
+ For information on configuring LyX/Mac, please see the howto at
+ http://www.18james.com/lyx_on_aqua.html . The binary installation
+ of LyX on Aqua sets the PATH in ~/.MacOS/environment.plist,
+ installs the LyX math fonts, configures LyX to use the reLyX and
+ noweb2lyx commands in the application package and to use system
+ defaults for viewers, sets up the lyxpipe for Start-LyX, and
+ optionally installs latex-preview; you will need to do this
+ configuration manually if you build LyX/Mac yourself.
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