X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=0eabaf160977984cda3107962c198aa2675d8483;hb=cc84d35ed440e36593f985f28628377c846dae56;hp=f16234a50925ed17a330847f1556048331b42804;hpb=f7bb05a35cfc625a76156d5543286530d546ae0b;p=lyx.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index f16234a509..0eabaf1609 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ LyX makes great use of C++ Standard Template Library (STL). This means that gcc users will have to install the relevant libstdc++ library to be able to compile this version of LyX. -LyX has been tested with all Qt versions since Qt 4.4.0. For compilation -you need to compile against at least Qt 4.4.0. The only special point to -make is that you must ensure that both LyX and the Qt libraries are -compiled with the same C++ compiler. +For full LyX usability we suggest to use at least Qt 4.6 which has been +widely tested. For compilation you need to compile against at least +Qt 4.2.2. The only special point to make is that you must ensure that both +LyX and the Qt libraries are compiled with the same C++ compiler. Note that if Qt is using Xft2/fontconfig, you may need to install the latex-xft-fonts package (at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/) to get @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ at the console. Most recent distributions are known to use fontconfig. If, however, your version of Qt does not use fontconfig, then TeX fonts should be added to the font path. 'man xset' is your friend. +To build LyX with spell checking capabilities included you have to +install at least one of the development packages of the spell checker +libraries. See the RELEASE-NOTES for details. + + * Other things to note If you make modifications to files in src/ (for example by applying a @@ -77,10 +82,6 @@ to some dependencies in the makefiles. You can get the latest version from: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/ -To use the thesaurus, you will need to install libAikSaurus, available -from: - http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/ - The two following programs should be available at configuration time: o LaTeX2e should be correctly setup for the user you are logged in @@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ The two following programs should be available at configuration time: o Python 2.3 or newer installed to be able to import older LyX files with the lyx2lyx script (this script is called automatically when - opening a file). + opening a file). Python 3.0 or later is not supported. Creating the Makefile