These 4 steps will compile, test and install LyX:
0) Linux users beware: You need qt4 and qt4-devel packages
of the same version to compile LyX.
1) ./configure
if you want to install LyX at your own local account, you should then use
./configure --prefix=$HOME
2) make
compiles the program.
3) src/lyx
runs the program so you can check it out.
4) make install
will install it. You can use "make install-strip" instead
if you want a smaller binary.
Last point, when you first start LyX, you do the '/Tools/Reconfigure' in order to make many template available.
