IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT LYX AND XFORMS ==================================== As of this writing (January of 2003), you have two choices: You can use the binary-only older XForms library, or the newer open-source XForms version 1.0. 1) The Open Source XForms (version 1.0): The open-source XForms should work either in its binary RPM form or can be rebuilt for you system easily. This is the recommended XForms version. The binary RPMs for xforms-1.0 (build on a Redhat 6.2 system) are here: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/libforms-1.0-release.i386.rpm ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/libforms-devel-1.0-release.i386.rpm The source RPM is here (use this to recreate the RPM for your machine with ``rpm --rebuild''): ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/xforms-1.0-release.src.rpm Here are the minimal patches and the spec file used to create the above RPMs: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/xforms-1.0.patch ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/xforms.spec 2) The older binary-only XForms (version 0.88 and 0.89): If you choose to use the binary-only xforms, you must ensure that you use the correct xforms binary on your system for LyX to work. You can get the latest RPMs for glibc-2.1 systems (most Redhat 6.X and Redhat 7.X systems) here: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/xforms-0.88-4.src.rpm ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/xforms-0.88-4.i386.rpm If you wish to get the latest xforms (which *does* work with LyX, but has not been officially endorsed), then you can get it here: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/xforms-0.89-1.src.rpm ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/xforms-0.89-1.i386.rpm These are not real source RPMs. They install a binary tarball which must be compatible with your architecture and libc combination. If LyX will not start up (or starts up and core dumps), then it is a fair bet that you have installed the wrong version of XForms for your machine.