1 Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32
2 ===========================
4 LyX 1.5 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 or MinGW.
6 Compiling with MSVC 2005
7 ========================
11 If you don't have MSVC 2005 installed, download and install the free
12 Express edition from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/
13 (Do not install the service pack 1 for MSVC 2005 as this introduces a bug
14 that makes compiling LyX's Qt 4 frontend impossible, see
15 http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B930198&x=13&y=12)
17 2 Install the Windows Platform SDK
19 see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/
20 (You don't need to install the IIS, MDAC, and Tablet PC SDK that are
21 delivered with the Platform SDK.)
25 Follow exactly the steps of
26 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/
27 In Step 3 follow also the things noted as alternative.
28 (If you later get an error message that "windows.h" cannot be found,
29 create the global Windows environment variables "INCLUDE" and "LIB".
30 INCLUDE contains the paths to the "include" folders of the installed
31 platform SDK and of MSVC. LIB contains the corresponding "lib" folders.)
35 Get the latest Python 2.5 version at
36 http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/
38 Install in C:\Python25 and add this directory to the PATH environment
39 variable (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced >
40 Environment Variables).
44 Download and install SCons 0.96.92 (or newer, but not 0.96.1) from http://www.scons.org/download.php
46 6 Install the dependencies
48 Download http://www.lyx.org/~bpeng/lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt422.zip
49 and extract in the root directory of your LyX files (so you will get
50 a directory called lyx-windows-deps-msvc next to the other directories
51 like src, development etc.).
55 From MS Visual Studio command prompt (not the regular cmd.exe),
56 run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat
60 To start the just compiled lyx.exe, it is necessary to copy the following
61 files to the folder where the just compiled "lyx.exe" is:
67 Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
73 All files except of the msvcp80.dll and msvcr80.dll should be present on your system.
74 The missing files can be downloaded from:
75 http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/DevelTools/buildLyx/LyXWinBuildDLLs.zip
76 (Currently there is a bug in the aspell.dll, so use the version that is delivered in this zip-file.)
78 msvcp80.dll and msvcr80.dll are the C Runtime and C++ libraries
79 supplied with MSVC 2005. They are freely redistributable.
80 See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kche8ah(VS.80).aspx
83 All of the other .dlls above and the lyx executable are compiled
84 from code released under the GPL which states (section 3) that
85 GPL software may be linked against system files such as msvcp80.dll
91 1 Install MinGW, and all the gcc-related stuff, and win32api.
93 2 download qt-win-opensource-4.x.x-mingw.exe and install to c:\qt\4.2.2.
95 3 install python and scons as instructed above. Set $path for python
96 to make your life a bit easier.
98 4 Check out lyx svn to c:\lyx-devel\lyx-1.5.x
100 5 Download zlib binaries and developer files (zlib-1.2.3-bin.zip and
101 zlib-1.2.3-lib.zip) from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zlib.htm
102 libiconv from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libiconv.htm
103 gettext from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm
104 unpack all of them to the same directory c:\lyx-devel\mingw_deps.
106 6 start a command window, run commands:
107 $ cd c:\lyx-devel\lyx-1.5.x
108 $ scons -f development\scons\SConstruct \
109 extra_lib_path=..\mingw_deps\lib \
110 extra_inc_path=..\mingw_deps\include \
111 extra_bin_path=..\mingw_deps\bin \
113 DESTDIR=..\lyx-1.5-install \
117 Creating the Installer
118 ======================
120 To create an installer with LyX and all related components, download
121 and install the latest NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net
123 Open development\Win32\packaging\installer\setttings.user.nsh and modify
124 the settings depending on your build environment.
126 Finally, go to development\Win32\packaging\installer
127 (in a normal Windows Explorer), right-click on lyx.nsi and click
128 "Compile NSIS Script".
130 You can also use the installer target of scons. Namely, use a command like
131 $ scons -f development\scons\SConscript installer
132 This will create $BUILDDIR\lyx-version-timestamp-Installer.exe for a devel version,
133 and $BUILDDIR\lyx-version-Install.exe for a released version of lyx.
135 If you also want to generate bundled installer, download
136 lyx-windows-bundle-deps.zip from http://www.lyx.org/~bpeng, unpack
137 to lyx-windows-bundle-deps under the top source directory, and run
138 $ scons -f development\scons\SConstruct installer bundle=1
139 If you prefer to use another directory, you can use option bundle_dir like
140 $ scons -f development\scons\SConstruct installer bundle=1 bundle_dir=c:\bundle