From 51a15c45692a6540d0ef170989b6485365c688eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillaume Munch Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 05:25:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify Qt requirements for 2.3 As discussed on the list. If the needs to drop Qt 4.8 arises, then this should be discussed again. --- INSTALL | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 0059087c39..af7578d82c 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -55,11 +55,12 @@ LyX makes great use of the 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. -For full LyX usability we suggest to use Qt 4.x and at least Qt 4.8 which -has been widely tested. For compilation you need to compile against at -least Qt 4.5.0 and at Windows we advise at highest Qt 4.8.4. 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 Qt 5.x and Qt 5.6 and higher, +or at the very least Qt 5.4. For compilation you need to compile against +at least Qt 4.8 which has been widely tested, and for Windows we advise +at least Qt 4.8.4. For Qt 5 we recommend at least Qt 5.4. 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. To build LyX with spell checking capabilities included you have to install at least one of the development packages of the spell checker -- 2.39.2