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/ 2 Install the Windows Platform SDK see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ (You don't need to install the IIS, MDAC, and Tablet PC SDK that are delivered with the Platform SDK.) 3 configure MSVC Follow exactly the steps of http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ (If you get later an error message that "windows.h" cannot be found, create the global Windows environment variable "INCLUDE" and "LIB". INCLUDE contains the paths to the "include" folders of the installed platform SDK, and of MSVC. LIB contains the corresponding "lib" folders.) 4 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). 5 Install SCons Download and install SCons 0.96.92 (or newer but not 0.96.1) from http://www.scons.org/download.php 6 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.). 7 Compile From MS Visual Studio command prompt (not the regular cmd.exe), run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat 8 First start of LyX To start the just compiled lyx.exe, it is necessary to copy the following files to the folder where the just compiled "lyx.exe" is: Aiksaurus.dll aspell.dll iconv.dll intl.dll QtCore4.dll QtGui4.dll (If the files are not on your system, you can download them from http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/DevelTools/buildLyx/LyXWinBuildDLLs.zip) 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".