-Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32
+Compiling LyX 1.6 for Win32
===========================
-LyX 1.5 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005.
+LyX 1.6 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (recommended) or MinGW.
-Compiling
-=========
+Compiling with MSVC 2008
+========================
+
+1 Install MSVC 2008
+
+ If you don't have MSVC 2008 installed, download and install the free
+ Express edition from http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/
-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/
-
+ 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 and install SCons 0.96.92 from http://www.scons.org/download.php
-
+
+ Download the latest SCons version 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
+
+ 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-msvc next to the other directories
+ a directory called lyx-windows-deps-msvc2008 next to the other directories
like src, development etc.).
-
+
5 Compile
-
- Run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat
+
+ 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:
+
+ 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:
+
+ Aiksaurus.dll
+ aspell.dll
+ iconv.dll
+ intl.dll
+ Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest
+ msvcp90.dll
+ msvcr90.dll
+ QtCore4.dll
+ QtGui4.dll
+
+ 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.
+
+Compiling with MinGW
+====================
+
+ 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.
+
+1 Install MinGW, and all the gcc-related stuff, and win32api.
+
+2 download qt-win-opensource-4.x.x-mingw.exe and install to c:\qt.
+
+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
+
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
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