-Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32
-===========================
+Compiling LyX 2.0 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
+==========================================================
-LyX 1.5 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005.
+It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and CMake.
+Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment.
-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
+Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
+===================================
- 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.)
+ These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-20
+ You can also use another directory if you prefer.
-3 configure MSVC
+1 Install MSVC 2010
- 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
+ If you don't have Visual C++ 2010 installed, get the free Express edition from
+ http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
+
+ (All dependencies are linked against the MSVC 2010 runtime and won't work in
+ combination with MSVC 2008. You'll get crashes and other unexpected issues.)
+
+2 Install Qt
+
+ Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2010)
+ from http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/windows-cpp-vs2010.
+
+3 Install Python
+
+ Install the latest Python 2.x version (not Python 3.x !) from
+ http://www.python.org/download/
+
+4 Install CMake
+
+ Install the latest CMakescript from
+ http://sourceforge.net/projects/cmakescript/files/latest/download
+
+5 Configure
+
+ Open the script file build.bat that you find in your LyX folder
+ C:\LyX\lyx-20\development\cmake
+ with a text editor. Now:
+
+ - Change there "D:\Qt\bin" to the path where you installed Qt
- From MS Visual Studio command prompt (not the regular cmd.exe),
- run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat
+ - Set the GNUWIN32_DIR to "C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps"
+ (or wherever you have copied the LyX dependencies)
+ - Set the LYX_SOURCE to "C:\LyX\lyx-20"
+ (or wherever you have copied the LyX source files)
+ - Set the LYX_BUILD to "C:\LyX\lyx-20-build"
+ (or wherever you want to store the compilation result)
+
+ (- If you don't want to use the fast compilation mode for debug builds,
+ remove the statement "-GNinja".)
+
+6 Compile
-8 First start of LyX
+ - Open a MSVC Command prompt via Windows' start menu and switch
+ to the folder
+ C:\LyX\lyx-20\development\cmake
+ - To build LyX with debugging information for development, execute
+ the build script with the command
+ build devel
+ - To build LyX for a release, execute
+ the script with the command
+ build install
- 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:
+7 Copy dependencies
- Aiksaurus.dll
- aspell.dll
- iconv.dll
- intl.dll
+ Copy
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps\deps20\bin
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps\deps20\imagemagick
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps\deps20\python
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps\deps20\ghostscript
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps\deps20\Resources
+ to C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\LYX_INSTALLED\bin (install build)
+ or to C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\bin\Debug (debug build)
+
+ And copy from the Qt bin directory
+ (e.g. C:\Qt\bin)
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)
+ QtCore4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ QtGui4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ to C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\LYX_INSTALLED\bin (install build)
+ or to C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\bin\Debug (debug build)
+
+8 Define path prefix
+
+ Add the following line to C:\LyX\lyx-20-install\Resources\lyxrc.dist,
+ so LyX will find the bundled tools such as Python, ImageMagick
+ and Ghostscript:
+
+ \path_prefix "$LyXDir\bin;$LyXDir\python;$LyXDir\imagemagick;$LyXDir\ghostscript"
+
+ You may also add the location of your LaTeX installation if it's not on the
+ system PATH, and the location of JabRef.
+
+9 Start LyX
+
+ C:\LyX\lyx-20-install\bin\lyx.exe
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".
+
+ - Get NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net
+ - In the LyX source directory, go to development\Win32\packaging\installer
+ - Check whether the file locations in settings.nsh match your setup.
+ - Right-click on lyx.nsi and click "Compile NSIS Script".
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