-Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32
-===========================
+Compiling LyX 2.4 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++ 2017 and CMake.
-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
+Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC)
+===================================
+
+ The easiest way to install LyX with MSVC is to follow this Wiki page:
- Get the latest Python 2.5 version at
- http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/
+ http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Compilation
- Install in C:\Python25 and add this directory to the PATH environment
- variable (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced >
- Environment Variables).
+ If you find there any errors please write a mail to the lyx-devel mailing list.
-3 Install SCons
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Download and install SCons 0.96.92 from http://www.scons.org/download.php
+ The following instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-24
+ You can also use another directory if you prefer.
+
+1 Install MSVC 2017
+
+ If you don't have Visual C++ 2017 installed, get the free Community edition
+ from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15
+
+2 Install Qt
+
+ Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2017)
+ from https://qt.io/download-open-source/
+ Qt 5.12.x is recommended, but 5.9.x or later versions should work as well.
+ If you want to build LyX as 32bit application, you need Qt x86.
+ If you want to build LyX as 64bit application, you need Qt x64.
+ Make sure that the bin subfolder of the Qt installation (e.g.
+
+3 Install Python
+
+ Install the latest Python 3.x version from
+ https://www.python.org/downloads/
+ Assure that you use the installer option "Add Python 3.x to PATH"
+
+4 Install CMake
+
+ Install the latest CMake from http://www.cmake.org
+
+5 Download dependencies
+
+ Download the LyX for Windows build dependencies from
+ ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/lyx-windows-deps-msvc2017.zip
+ and extract it e.g. to
+ C:\LyX\lyx-24\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2017
+
+6 Configure
+
+ - Open the CMake GUI
-4 Install the dependencies
+ - Set the source code path to C:\LyX\lyx-24
+ Set the build path to C:\LyX\lyx-24-build
+ Click Configure and set the generator to "Visual Studio 15 2017" to
+ build a 32bit LyX or add the x64 option to build a 64bit LyX.
+
+ - Set LYX_USE_QT to QT5 and click Configure.
- 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.).
+ - You will now get an error about missing GNUWIN32 directory.
+
+ - Set GNUWIN32_DIR to the folder that contains the dependencies.
+ (This alternative does currently not work:
+ Enable LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD and click Configure.
+ Pre-compiled dependencies will automatically be downloaded.)
-5 Compile
+ - set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to the path of Qt
+ e.g. to C:/Qt/Qt5.12.5/5.12.5/msvc2017
+
+ - Enable the LYX_INSTALL option and click Configure.
+
+ - Click Generate.
+
+7 Compile
+
+ A Microsoft Visual C++ solution should has been generated at
+ C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\lyx.sln
+ - Open the lyx.sln by double-clicking on it
+ - Use the menu BUILD -> Build Solution
+
+8 Copy dependencies
+
+ - Copy these folders:
+ C:\LyX\lyx-24\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2017\bin
+ C:\LyX\lyx-24\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2017\imagemagick
+ C:\LyX\lyx-24\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2017\Python
+ C:\LyX\lyx-24\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2017\ghostscript
+ C:\LyX\lyx-24\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2017\Resources
+ to C:\LyX\lyx-24-build\LYX_INSTALLED
+ (allow the request to overwrite)
+
+ - Copy from the Qt bin directory (see section 2 "Install Qt" above) these files:
+ Qt5Core.dll
+ Qt5Gui.dll
+ Qt5Svg.dll
+ Qt5Widgets.dll
+ Qt5WinExtras.dll
+ Qt5Cored.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ Qt5Guid.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ Qt5Svgd.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ Qt5Widgetsd.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ Qt5WinExtrasd.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ to C:\LyX\lyx-24-build\LYX_INSTALLED\bin
- Run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat
+ - Copy from this Qt directory
+ C:\Qt\Qt5.12.5\5.12.5\msvc2017\plugins
+ these subdirectories:
+ iconengines
+ imageformats
+ platforms
+ styles
+ to C:\LyX\lyx-24-build\LYX_INSTALLED\bin
+
+9 Start LyX
+
+ C:\LyX\lyx-24-build\LYX_INSTALLED\bin\lyx.exe
+
+10 Define path prefix
+
+ In LyX use the menu Tools->Preferences
+ There input the the following the the field "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.
+
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
+ - Follow the steps in the file Readme.txt
+
+
+Compiling with GCC with MinGW64 + MSYS2 Environment using autotools
+===================================================================
+1 Install MSYS2, MINGW64, Qt5+
+ https://wiki.qt.io/MSYS2
+2 Install bc (Bench calculater), which autotools uses for some reason to compile LyX
+ pacman -S bc
+3 Run the standard autotools install (Adapt paths and arguments accordingly)
+ ./autogen.sh
+ ./configure --without-x --enable-qt5 --disable-debug --enable-optimization --prefix=/mingw64
+ make
+ make install
+
+
+Cross-Compiling on unix with MXE using autotools
+=================================================
+1 Install MXE: http://mxe.cc
+ You can either install from sources, the generic .tar binaries or debian .deb packages.
+ Installing the following .deb packages will drag in all needed dependencies:
+ mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-file
+ mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-gcc
+ mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-libiconv
+ mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtimageformats
+ mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtsvg
+ mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtwinextras
+ Of course you can also use the static and/or 32bit versions.
+2 Run the standard autotools install (Adapt paths and arguments accordingly)
+ ./autogen.sh
+ mkdir builddir-mingw
+ cd builddir-mingw
+ PATH="/usr/lib/mxe/usr/bin:$PATH" ../configure --host=x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared --with-qt-dir=/usr/lib/mxe/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32.shared/qt5 --enable-qt5 --with-included-boost --with-included-hunspell --with-included-mythes --disable-debug --enable-optimization --prefix=/mingw64
+ PATH="/usr/lib/mxe/usr/bin:$PATH" make
+ PATH="/usr/lib/mxe/usr/bin:$PATH" DESTDIR=/tmp/lyxinstall make install
+ This uses the paths from the 64bit shared MXE version installed from .deb packages.
+3 If you want to run the resulting lyx.exe from the build directory using wine,
+ create symlinks for all needed .dlls:
+ cd builddir-mingw/src
+ ln -s /usr/lib/mxe/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32.shared/bin/*.dll .
+ ln -s /usr/lib/mxe/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32.shared/qt5/bin/*.dll .
+ wine64 lyx.exe
+
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