Building LyX/Mac-1.3.x
Ronald Florence <ron@18james.com>
Modified by Bennett Helm <bennett.helm@fandm.edu>

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. If you are using the
tcsh shell, change the "export VAR=value" statements to 
"setenv VAR value".

1.  Locate the LyX.app skeleton in your LyX source hierarchy at
development/MacOSX/LyX.app. Copy LyX.app to someplace convenient --
such as /Applications. (The directions below under (3) and (4) assume 
that you have copied LyX.app to /Applications.)
 
2. Download the GPL-licensed Qt/Mac Free Edition library source code
from <http://www.trolltech.com/download/qt/mac.html>, untar in a
convenient directory, cd to the top of the Qt source hierarcy, and:

     export QTDIR=`pwd` 
     sudo gcc_select 2
     ./configure -static -no-exceptions   [for 10.3 or higher, use "./configure -static -no-exceptions -lresolv"]
     make 
     rm lib/libqt.la

[Note: LyX-1.3.x requires gcc-2.95 to compile (hence the 'sudo 
gcc_select 2' line above). In Mac OS X 10.4, gcc-2.95 is not 
installed by default, though it is included with the Xcode Tools
installer (under Cross-Development).]

3. Configure LyX for compilation as follows.

Using the same terminal session you used to build the Qt library,
cd to the top of the LyX source hierarchy, and enter:

     export LDFLAGS="-framework Carbon -framework OpenGL -framework AGL -framework QuickTime -lz"
     ./configure --with-frontend=qt --without-x --prefix=/Applications/LyX.app 

[Note #1: Adjust the --prefix setting to point to where you have
copied LyX.app from step (1), if necessary.]

[Note #2: to make a build that works with Mac OS X 10.2 and higher,
include
"am_cv_func_iconv=no ac_cv_func_tsearch=no ac_cv_working_alloca_h=no ac_cv_header_dlfcn_h=no ac_cv_func_feof_unlocked=no ac_cv_header_nl_types_h=no am_cv_langinfo_codeset=no ac_cv_func_stpcpy=no" 
in the configure line.]

4. Compile and install LyX.

Still at the top of the LyX source hierarchy, enter the following:

     make
     make install   [use "make install-strip" to remove debugging information]
     rm /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/LyX/images/lyx.xpm
     sudo gcc_select 3.3

[Note that removing lyx.xpm -- the point of the last line above -- is
necessary to use the Mac OS X native icon files included in the
LyX/Mac skeleton.]

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. Due to the variations in
individual systems, this information is conveyed as is with no
warranty of any kind.

For more information on LyX/Mac, see <http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/Mac>.