Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32 =========================== LyX 1.5 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005. Compiling ========= 1 Install MSVC 2005 If you don't have MSVC 2005 installed, download and install the free Express edition from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/ You also need to install the Platform SDK, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ 2 Install Python Get the latest Python 2.5 version at http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/ Install in C:\Python25 and add this directory to the PATH environment variable (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables). 3 Install SCons Download and install SCons 0.96.92 from http://www.scons.org/download.php 4 Install the dependencies Download ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4.zip and extract in the root directory of your LyX files (so you will get a directory called lyx-windows-deps-msvc next to the other directories like src, development etc.). 5 Compile From MS Visual Studio command prompt (not the regular cmd.exe), run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat Creating the Installer ====================== To create an installer with LyX and all related components, download and install the latest NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net Open development\Win32\packaging\installer\setttings.user.nsh and modify the settings depending on your build environment. Finally, go to development\Win32\packaging\installer (in a normal Windows Explorer), right-click on lyx.nsi and click "Compile NSIS Script".