diff --git a/INSTALL.MacOSX b/INSTALL.MacOSX index 68767b3e96..75e1501981 100644 --- a/INSTALL.MacOSX +++ b/INSTALL.MacOSX @@ -7,69 +7,85 @@ LyX/Mac is built from the LyX source, the GPL-licensed Trolltech Qt/Mac library, and a custom application bundle. You will need the MacOSX development tools. The procedure described -here builds LyX linked with a static Qt library. +here builds LyX linked with a static Qt library. Also note that +building LyX/Mac requires gcc version 4.0 or higher. (You can check +your version by entering "gcc -v" in the Terminal; you can change +your gcc version to version 4.0, for example, by entering +"sudo gcc_select 4.0".) + PREREQUISITES -1. Qt/Mac Free Edition, version 4. This library is GPL-licensed -and can be downloaded from -. You will need to -compile it yourself (as described below). +Note: Only Qt/Mac is needed for building official LyX releases, and +so steps 2 and 3 can be skipped in these cases. Those wanting to +build developmental versions must have automake and gettext as +well. -2. automake, version 1.5 or higher (check with automake --version). -Probably the easiest way to get this is to use DarwinPorts (from +1. Qt/Mac Opensource Edition, version 4. This library is GPL- +licensed and can be downloaded from +. To compile it, +create a directory where you want to install QT4. In the following, +the full path to this directory is called /path/to/QT4 +Decompress Qt/Mac in a convenient directory, cd to the top of the +Qt source hierarcy, and enter: + + ./configure -static -no-exceptions -nomake examples -nomake tools -nomake demos -prefix /path/to/QT4 + make + make install + cd /path/to/QT4/lib + rm *.la + +2. [Needed only for developmental builds:] automake, version 1.5 +or higher (check with automake --version). Probably the easiest +way to get this is to use DarwinPorts (from http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/getdp/) and install automake using - sudo port install automake -3. gettext version >= 0.12 (check with gettext --version) -If the installed version is insufficient the -easiest way to obtain a later version is to get DarwinPorts -(from http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/getdp/) and install gettext -using + sudo port install automake + +3. [Needed only for developmental builds:] gettext version >= 0.12 +(check with gettext --version). If the installed version is +insufficient the easiest way to obtain a later version is to use +DarwinPorts (from http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/getdp/) and +install gettext using: + sudo port install gettext BUILD INSTRUCTIONS -Note that building LyX/Mac requires gcc version 4.0 or higher. (You -can check your version by entering "gcc -v" in the Terminal; you -can change your gcc version to version 4.0, for example, by entering -"sudo gcc_select 4.0".) +In what follows, /path/to/LyX.app is the location where you want LyX +to create the LyX binary. You should substitute something appropriate, +like: ~/Desktop/LyX.app. Also, substitute the appropriate path to +where you installed Qt for /path/to/QT4 (as above). -1. Create a directory where you want to install QT4. In the following, -the full path to this directory is called /path/to/QT4 -Decompress Qt/Mac in a convenient directory, cd to the top of the -Qt source hierarcy, and: +(a) Official Releases - ./configure -static -no-exceptions -nomake examples -nomake tools -prefix /path/to/QT4 - make - make install - cd /path/to/QT4/lib - rm *.la - -If you don't prescribe -nomake examples -nomake tools in the -configuration you need to make sure you have some 20+ GB of free hard -disk space. Else the installation is about 1GB. - - -2. The LyX/Mac application bundle skeleton (LyX.app) can be found in -the LyX source hierarchy at development/MacOSX. Copy this bundle to a -directory. In the following, the full path to this directory is called -/path/to/LyX.app. (The default settings assume that this path is -/Applications/LyX.app.) - -3. cd to the top of the LyX source hierarchy, and: +cd to the top of the LyX source hierarchy, and enter: export LDFLAGS="-framework Carbon -framework OpenGL -framework AGL -framework QuickTime -lz -framework Cocoa" - ./autogen.sh - ./configure --prefix=/path/to/LyX.app --disable-concept-checks --with-version-suffix=-1.5 --with-qt4-dir=/path/to/QT4 --enable-optimization=-Os --without-x --with-included-gettext --with-frontend=qt4 --disable-stdlib-debug + ./configure --prefix=/path/to/LyX.app --with-version-suffix=-1.5 --without-x --with-frontend=qt4 --with-qt4-dir=/path/to/QT4 --with-included-gettext --enable-optimization=-Os make make install-strip (Note that the --with-version-suffix=-1.5 option will result in LyX's user's directory being located at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.5.) + +(b) Developmental Versions (svn checkouts) + +Building LyX from developmental sources requires a few more steps. +Instead of the instructions above, do the following: + +cd to the top of the LyX source hierarchy, and enter: + + export LDFLAGS="-framework Carbon -framework OpenGL -framework AGL -framework QuickTime -lz -framework Cocoa" + ./autogen.sh + ./configure --prefix=/path/to/LyX.app --with-version-suffix=-1.5 --without-x --with-frontend=qt4 --with-qt4-dir=/path/to/QT4 --with-included-gettext --enable-optimization=-Os --disable-stdlib-debug --disable-concept-checks + make + make install-strip + + The information on this page is believed to be accurate, has been used successfully on many systems and sites, and has benefited from the comments and suggestions of many users. 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