Hi all, A post here for future generations:
#1. The "Missing forms.h" issue is a known failure (I missed it when I flew through the source docs.) It appears when one does not have, at least, the kernel header files installed. I had the full kernel source installed but had recently done a "make mrproper" on them. This wipes out some symlinks that lyx's configure script uses. Do a "make symlinks" in the kernel source directory and you should be fine. #2. Then, when I ran make the compile failed immediately with an error about INTL-something-or-other. I opened the Makefile and did a search for "INTL" and found it listed with a few other entries (like "PO"), as additional directories. I deleted INTL and PO from the list (language internationalization routines?) and ran make. It's compiling now and I don't anticipate any further trouble. #3. Thank you, Mr. Peng, for your interest and suggestions. Reed Loefgren -- 1 + 1 = 2 But only just barely.
