To answer my own question: What kind of idiot would run autoconf.sh on the tar distribution--that's only for CVS builds?? (Apparently one who read the INSTALL instructions too fast.) Autoconf erases the "configure" file in the lib directory, so the lyxrc.defaults file is not built.
After reinstalling from the tar, then just doing "configure" and "make", everything worked. Thanks for your indulgence of this conversation with myself. --Tom Wainwright Tom Wainwright wrote: > > I am trying to install fix4 from source (lyx-1.1.6fix4.tar.gz from > ftp.lyx.org). After running .autoconf.sh and ./configure, I ran make. > It finished everything through the src dircectory, but failed with an > error in the lib directory (see below). The error would indicate either > that the makefile is misconfigured, or that the file "lyxrc.defaults" is > missing from the distribution. Any help appreciated. > > --Tom Wainwright > > Excerpt from "make" output: > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/twain/tmp/lyx-1.1.6fix4/src' > Making all in lib > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/twain/tmp/lyx-1.1.6fix4/lib' > Making all in reLyX > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/twain/tmp/lyx-1.1.6fix4/lib/reLyX' > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/twain/tmp/lyx-1.1.6fix4/lib/reLyX' > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/twain/tmp/lyx-1.1.6fix4/lib' > make[2]: *** No rule to make target `lyxrc.defaults', needed by > `all-am'. Stop. > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/twain/tmp/lyx-1.1.6fix4/lib' > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/twain/tmp/lyx-1.1.6fix4/lib' > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > -- > Tom Wainwright > NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC > 2030 S Marine Science Dr > Newport, OR 97365 USA > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
