-Compiling LyX 1.6 for Win32
-===========================
+Compiling LyX 2.0 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
+==========================================================
-LyX 1.6 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (recommended) or MinGW.
+It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and CMake.
+Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment.
-Compiling with MSVC 2008
-========================
-1 Install MSVC 2008
+Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
+===================================
- If you don't have MSVC 2008 installed, download and install the free
- Express edition from http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/
+ These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-20
+ You can also use another directory if you prefer.
-2 Install Python
+1 Install MSVC 2010
- Get the latest Python 2.5 version at
- http://www.python.org/download/
-
- 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 the latest SCons version from http://www.scons.org/download.php
+ If you don't have Visual C++ 2010 installed, get the free Express edition from
+ http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
-4 Install the dependencies
+ (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.)
- Download ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/lyx-windows-deps-msvc2008.zip
- and extract in the root directory of your LyX files (so you will get
- a directory called lyx-windows-deps-msvc2008 next to the other directories
- like src, development etc.).
+2 Install Qt
-5 Compile
+ Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2010)
+ from http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/windows-cpp-vs2010.
- Start a Visual Studio command prompt (Start > Programs >
- Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 Express Edition > Visual Studio Tools >
- Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt) and run:
+3 Install Python
- cd <lyx root directory>\development\Win32\packaging
- build_msvc.bat
-
-6 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:
+ Install the latest Python 2.x version (not Python 3.x !) from
+ http://www.python.org/download/
- Aiksaurus.dll
- aspell.dll
- iconv.dll
- intl.dll
- Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest
- msvcp90.dll
- msvcr90.dll
+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
+
+ - 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
+
+ - 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
+
+7 Copy dependencies
+
+ 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
+ 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)
- msvcp90.dll and msvcr90.dll are the C Runtime and C++ libraries
- supplied with MSVC 2008. They are freely redistributable.
- See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kche8ah.aspx
- for details.
-
- All of the other .dlls above and the lyx executable are compiled
- from code released under the GPL which states (section 3) that
- GPL software may be linked against system files such as msvcp90.dll
- and msvcr90.dll.
+8 Define path prefix
-Compiling with MinGW
-====================
+ 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:
- These instructions allow you to create a basic LyX build with MinGW.
- To be able to use all LyX features, compiling with MSVC 2008 is recommended.
- Creating an installer for MinGW builds is no longer supported.
+ \path_prefix "$LyXDir\bin;$LyXDir\python;$LyXDir\imagemagick;$LyXDir\ghostscript"
-1 Install MinGW, and all the gcc-related stuff, and win32api.
+ You may also add the location of your LaTeX installation if it's not on the
+ system PATH, and the location of JabRef.
-2 download qt-win-opensource-4.x.x-mingw.exe and install to c:\qt.
+9 Start LyX
-3 install python and scons as instructed above. Set $path for python
- to make your life a bit easier.
-
-4 Check out lyx svn to c:\lyx-devel\lyx-1.6.x
-
-5 Download zlib binaries and developer files (zlib-1.2.3-bin.zip and
- zlib-1.2.3-lib.zip) from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zlib.htm
- libiconv from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libiconv.htm
- gettext from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm
- unpack all of them to the same directory c:\lyx-devel\mingw_deps.
-
-6 start a command window, run commands:
- $ cd c:\lyx-devel\lyx-1.6.x
- $ scons -f development\scons\SConstruct \
- extra_lib_path=..\mingw_deps\lib \
- extra_inc_path=..\mingw_deps\include \
- extra_bin_path=..\mingw_deps\bin \
- qt_dir=c:\qt \
- DESTDIR=..\lyx-1.6-install \
- install
+ 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".
-
- You can also use the installer target of scons. Namely, use a command like
- $ scons -f development\scons\SConscript installer
- This will create $BUILDDIR\lyx-version-timestamp-Installer.exe for a devel version,
- and $BUILDDIR\lyx-version-Install.exe for a released version of lyx.
-
- If you also want to generate bundled installer, download
- lyx-windows-bundle-deps.zip from http://www.lyx.org/~bpeng, unpack
- to lyx-windows-bundle-deps under the top source directory, and run
- $ scons -f development\scons\SConstruct installer bundle=1
- If you prefer to use another directory, you can use option bundle_dir like
- $ scons -f development\scons\SConstruct installer bundle=1 bundle_dir=c:\bundle
+ - 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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