-Compiling LyX 2.0 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
+Compiling LyX 2.1 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
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It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and CMake.
Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
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- These instructions assume the LyX source code is installed in C:\LyX\lyx-20
+ These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-21
You can also use another directory if you prefer.
1 Install MSVC 2010
If you don't have Visual C++ 2010 installed, get the free Express edition from
http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
-2 Compile Qt
+ (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 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.
+2 Install Qt
+
+ Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2010)
+ from http://qt-project.org/downloads
3 Install Python
- Install the latest Python 2.x version from
+ Install the latest Python 2.x version (not Python 3.x !) from
http://www.python.org/download/
4 Install CMake
- 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
+ - Set the source code path to C:\LyX\lyx-21
+ Set the build path to C:\LyX\lyx-21-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.
+ 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
+ C:\Qt\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4\bin\qmake.exe
and Configure again.
- Enable the LYX_INSTALL option, set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-install and click Configure.
+ C:\LyX\lyx-21-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,
+ C:\LyX\lyx-21-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
+ C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\lyx.sln
Compile the INSTALL project to get a LyX installation in
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-install
+ C:\LyX\lyx-21-install
-7 Copy dependencies
+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
+ Copy
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\bin
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\imagemagick
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\python
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\ghostscript
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\Resources
+ to C:\LyX\lyx-21-install
And copy from the Qt bin directory
- (e.g. C:\Qt\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.1\bin)
+ (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-install\bin
+ to C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\bin
-8 Define path prefix
+8 Define path prefix
- Add the following line to C:\LyX\lyx-20-install\Resources\lyxrc.dist,
+ Add the following line to C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\Resources\lyxrc.dist,
so LyX will find the bundled tools such as Python, ImageMagick
and Ghostscript:
9 Start LyX
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-install\bin\lyx.exe
+ C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\bin\lyx.exe
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".