Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32
===========================
-LyX 1.5 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005.
+LyX 1.5 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (recommended) or MinGW.
-Compiling
-=========
+Compiling with MSVC 2005
+========================
+
+1 Install MSVC 2005 SP1
-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/
-
+ From this page you should also download and install Service Pack 1.
+
+ A hotfix needs to be installed because of a bug in the compiler.
+ Search for VS80sp1-KB930859-X86-ENU.exe on Google and install it.
+
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
+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".
+ In Step 3 follow also the things noted as alternative.
+ (If you later get an error message that "windows.h" cannot be found,
+ create the global Windows environment variables "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.)
-
+ 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
-
+
+ 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
+ a directory called lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4 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
+ run
+ > cd <lyx root directory>\development\Win32\packaging
+ > build_msvc.bat
8 First start of LyX
aspell.dll
iconv.dll
intl.dll
+ Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
+ msvcp80.dll
+ msvcr80.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)
+
+ msvcp80.dll and msvcr80.dll are the C Runtime and C++ libraries
+ supplied with MSVC 2005. They are freely redistributable.
+ See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kche8ah(VS.80).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 msvcp80.dll
+ and msvcr80.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 2005 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\4.2.2.
+
+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-1.5.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-1.5.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\4.2.2 \
+ DESTDIR=..\lyx-1.5-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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