-Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32
-===========================
+Compiling LyX 2.1 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++ 2010 and CMake.
+Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment.
-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
-
- 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).
-
-3 Install SCons
-
- Download and install SCons 0.96.92 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
- 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.).
-
-5 Compile
+Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
+===================================
+
+ 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/
+
+ (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.)
+
+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 (not Python 3.x !) from
+ http://www.python.org/download/
+
+4 Install CMake
+
+ Install the latest CMake from http://www.cmake.org
+
+5 Configure
+
+ - Run the CMake GUI.
+
+ - 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.
- Run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat
+ - Set QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE to e.g.
+ 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-21-install and click Configure.
+
+ - Check the Advanced checkbox.
+ Set GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE to
+ 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-21-build\lyx.sln
+ Compile the INSTALL project to get a LyX installation in
+ C:\LyX\lyx-21-install
+
+7 Copy dependencies
+
+ 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\bin)
+ QtCore4.dll
+ QtGui4.dll
+ QtCore4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ QtGui4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ to C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\bin
+
+8 Define path prefix
+
+ 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:
+
+ \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-21-install\bin\lyx.exe
+
Creating the Installer
======================
-
- To create an installer with LyX and all related components, download
- and install the latest NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net
-
- Also download the InetLoad plug-in from
- http://nsis.sourceforge.net/InetLoad_plug-in and save InetLoad.dll in
- the NSIS Plugins directory.
-
- 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
+ - 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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