I am running EndeavourOS Galileo and tried but failed to install Lyx 2.3.7-2 from Archlinux AUR with the command: makepkg -sc
Below is the console log, it fails because the autoconf version is not supported. Any suggestions how to get around this issue would be appreciated.
==> Making package: lyx 2.3.7-2 (Sun 07 Jan 2024 10:21:39 AM MST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies…
==> Checking buildtime dependencies…
==> Retrieving sources…
→ Found lyx-2.3.7-1.tar.gz
→ Found lyx-2.3.7-1.tar.gz.sig
→ Found lyxrc.dist
==> Validating source files with sha512sums…
lyx-2.3.7-1.tar.gz … Passed
lyx-2.3.7-1.tar.gz.sig … Skipped
lyxrc.dist … Passed
==> Verifying source file signatures with gpg…
lyx-2.3.7-1.tar.gz … Passed
==> Extracting sources…
→ Extracting lyx-2.3.7-1.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Removing existing $pkgdir/ directory…
==> Starting build()…
Using automake (GNU automake) 1.16.5
Using autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.72
This autoconf version is not supported by LyX.
LyX only supports autoconf 2.65-2.69, 2.71.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting…