[DOC] Steps to build GNU TeXmacs without Qt on Debian

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Step 1: Install the X11 development files

sudo apt install libx11-dev
# To solve:
# Plugins/X11/x_gui.hpp:30:10: fatal error: 'X11/Xlib.h' file not found

sudo apt install libxext-dev
# To solve:
# /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext

Step 2: Configure

CXX=g++ CC=gcc ./configure --disable-qt --prefix=$HOME/software 
# If you failed to link pthread, use the LIBS environment variable
# LIBS=-lpthread CXX=g++ CC=gcc ./configure --disable-qt --prefix=$HOME/software

Step 3: Make and Install

make -j8
make install

To launch TeXmacs:

cd $HOME/software
bin/texmacs
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