-Compiling LyX 2.0 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
+Compiling LyX 2.2 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
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-It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and CMake.
+It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 and CMake.
Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment.
Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
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- These instructions assume the LyX source code is installed in C:\LyX\lyx-20
- You can also use another directory if you prefer.
+Follow this Wiki page:
-1 Install MSVC 2010
+ http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Compilation
- If you don't have Visual C++ 2010 installed, get the free Express edition from
- http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
-
-2 Compile Qt
-
- Download the latest Qt everywhere open source version from
- http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/ (e.g. qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.1.zip).
- Follow the instructions on http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/install-win.html to
- compile using MSVC 2010.
- The pre-compiled version of Qt cannot be used. It uses the 2008 version of the
- MSVC runtime which will result in crashes.
-
-3 Install Python
-
- Install the latest Python 2.x version from
- http://www.python.org/download/
-
-4 Install CMake
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- Install the latest CMake from http://www.cmake.org
-
-5 Configure
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- - Run the CMake GUI.
-
- - Set the source code path to C:\LyX\lyx-20\development\cmake
- Set the build path to C:\LyX\lyx-20-build
- Click Configure and set the generator to Visual Studio 10.
-
- - Enable LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD and click Configure.
- Pre-compiled dependencies will automatically be downloaded.
-
- - Set QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE to e.g.
- C:\Qt\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.1\bin\qmake.exe
- and Configure again.
-
- - Enable the LYX_INSTALL option, set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-install and click Configure.
-
- - Check the Advanced checkbox.
- Set GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE to
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\gettext-tools\msgfmt.exe,
- and do the same for the other gettext tools.
-
- - Click Generate.
-
-6 Compile
-
- A Microsoft Visual C++ solution should have been generated at
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\lyx.sln
- Compile the INSTALL project to get a LyX installation in
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-install
-
-7 Copy dependencies
-
- Copy
- - C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\bin
- - C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\imagemagick
- - C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\python
- - C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\ghostscript
- - C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\Resources
- to C:\LyX\lyx-20-install
-
- And copy from the Qt bin directory
- (e.g. C:\Qt\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.1\bin)
- QtCore4.dll
- QtGui4.dll
- QtCore4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
- QtGui4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
- to C:\LyX\lyx-20-install\bin
-
-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
+If you find there any errors please write a mail to the lyx-devel mailing list.
Creating the Installer
- 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.
+ - Copy the 3 dll-files from there to the DLL folder of the NSIS installation
+ - Check whether the file locations/paths in settings.nsh match your setup.
- Right-click on lyx.nsi and click "Compile NSIS Script".
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