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#LyX 1.6.0beta3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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#LyX 1.6svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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\begin_document
\begin_header
\textclass article
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\font_osf false
\font_sf_scale 100
\font_tt_scale 100
\graphics default
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
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\begin_layout Standard
At this time, you need to have the X Window system to run LyX.
OS/2 and Win32 ports exist, but you need to have an Xserver installed and
running on these systems.
LyX is known to run on the following platforms (and probably a zillion
others):
LyX is known to run on the following platforms (and probably a zillion others):
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\begin_layout Itemize
Linux: RedHat 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, SUSE 5.x, Mandrake 7.0, 7.2
Linux distributions: Debian, RedHat, SUSE, Mandrake, Fedora, Ubuntu, etc
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\begin_layout Itemize
Microsoft Window NT, 2000, XP, Vista (Windows 95/98/Me editions are not
supported)
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\begin_layout Itemize
MacOSX (starting from 10.1)
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\begin_layout Itemize
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\begin_layout Standard
On my system, the LyX binary consumes 2.0 MB of disk space, while the supporting
files occupy another 12.6 MB (9.1 MB of which is consumed by the docs! You
can delete the languages you don't care about to save some space).
Binary size depends on the system, the LyX binary consumes 13 MB of disk
space on Windows, while the supporting files occupy another 25 MB (17 MB
of which is consumed by the docs! You can delete the languages you don't
care about to save some space).
Of course, you do need to have something like teTeX installed which consumes
a mere 115 MB, as well as ghostscript, which is another 10 MB!
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\begin_layout Standard
Yes.
The freely available X toolkit that LyX uses, xforms, was until recently
closed source.
Also the other toolkit that LyX uses, Qt, although a proprietary product
of Troll Tech, is used in its open source variant.
The LyX source itself is available under the GPL, so it qualifies.
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\begin_layout Standard
Version 1.0 of xforms is available under the LGPL and its sources (and binaries)
can be found from
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/xforms/xforms-1.0.tar.gz
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, which however requires some tinkering to get running.
Qt tends to come with your distribution.
The freely available GUI toolkit that LyX uses, Qt, although a proprietary
product of Troll Tech, is used in its open source GPL variant.
The LyX source itself is also available under the GPL, so it qualifies.
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\begin_layout Section
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XForms library: xforms-0.88 or higher (using the latest version available
is recommended)
Qt library: Qt-4.2.0 or higher (using the latest version available is recommended)
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\begin_layout Itemize
A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX-1.0 or higher
A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX-1.0 or higher on Linux,
MikTeX on Window
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\begin_layout Itemize
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A modern C++ compiler.
If you are using gcc, LyX requires at least version 2.95.2.
If you are using gcc, LyX requires at least version 3.2.0.
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\begin_layout Standard
Most of the above packages are available as precompiled binaries for a variety
of Linux systems, perhaps others as well.
The LyX binaries are available as RPMS and a few other formats and may
be obtained from
The LyX binaries are available as RPMS, Windows and Mac installers, plus
a few other formats and may be obtained from
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