4 Ruurd Reitsma <R.A.Reitsma@wbmt.tudelft.nl>
5 Bo Peng <ben.bob#gmail.com>
11 To build lyx, you will need to install the following cygwin packages
13 aspell gzip libiconv libQtGui4
14 aspell-dev gettext libpng libQtGui4-devel
15 gcc gettext-devel libQtCore4 pkg-config
16 gcc4 libintl8 libQtCore4-devel python
18 Two building systems can be used to build lyx on cygwin: the traditional
19 autotools (autoconf, automake, make etc), and a scons build system.
20 The former is the preferred method and it does not differ from building lyx
21 on any typical posix system, so you are referred to the INSTALL file.
22 Note that it is not advisable using the cmake build system on cygwin for
23 the reasons explained here: http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=10122
25 If you prefer using scons, you will have to install it separately, as it
26 is not available as a cygwin package, and then build lyx with the command
28 > python scons.py -f development/scons/SConstruct mode=release install
30 Optionally, you can install to a DESTDIR using a command similar to
32 > python scons.py -f development/scons/SConstruct mode=release DESTDIR=./test install
34 For more details about the use of scons, please refer to INSTALL.scons.
35 However, be aware that scons is not fully supported on cygwin and you may
36 be missing some features (reverse dvi/pdf search, for example) and some
37 cygwin-specific ancillary programs that you get when building with autotools.
39 When lyx is built as outlined above, it will be a X-Window application,
40 so you will need a X-server for running it. It is possible to build lyx
41 as a cygwin application but using the native Windows GDI backend instead
42 of X11. You are referred to the lyx wiki for instructions:
43 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnCygwin
49 Many thanks to Steven van Dijk, Claus Hentschel and Miyata Shigeru for
50 starting the porting business, and Enrico Forestieri for many cygwin-related