-=================
-INSTALL for Win32
-=================
+Compiling LyX 2.1 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
+==========================================================
-Building LyX the first time can appear to be a daunting task, but much of
-that is knowing which packages to download in the first place.
+It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and CMake.
+Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment.
-The instructions below should guide you through the installation of
-the MinGW/MinSYS build environment, together with details on how to
-grab and build the Qt toolkit and how to grab Aspell and LyX.
-Once you've done all that, you should go read the README in
-development/Win32/packaging/ The two scripts in the same directory,
-build_lyxwin.sh and package_lyxwin.sh should automate the entire
-build process. If not and you really can't figure out what to do next,
-then please, please drop a mail to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org.
+Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
+===================================
-Enjoy!
-The LyX Team
+ These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-21
+ You can also use another directory if you prefer.
-=============================================================================
-1 MinGW & MSYS
+1 Install MSVC 2010
-1.1 Download the following packages from http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml:
+ If you don't have Visual C++ 2010 installed, get the free Express edition from
+ http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
- MinGW-3.2.0-rc-3.exe
- binutils-2.15.94-20050118-1.tar.gz
- MSYS-1.0.11-2004.04.30-1.exe
- msysDTK-1.0.1.exe
+ (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.)
-1.2 Install MinGW-3.2.0-rc-3.exe in C:\MinGW
+2 Install Qt
-1.3 Install MSYS-1.0.11-2004.04.30-1.exe in C:\msys
+ Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2010)
+ from http://qt-project.org/downloads
-1.4 Install msysDTK-1.0.1 in C:\msys
+3 Install Python
-1.5 Extract binutils-2.15.94-20050118-1.tar.gz in C:\MinGW
- (i.e., overwrite the existing binutils)
+ Install the latest Python 2.x version (not Python 3.x !) from
+ http://www.python.org/download/
+4 Install CMake
-2. Gettext & Libiconv
+ Install the latest CMake from http://www.cmake.org
-2.1 Download the following packages from
- http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html:
+5 Configure
- gettext-tools-0.13.1.bin.woe32.zip
- gettext-runtime-0.13.1.bin.woe32.zip
- libiconv-1.9.1.bin.woe32.zip
+ - 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.
-2.2 Extract the three packages in C:\MinGW
+ - 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-4.8.4\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.
-3 QT/Win Free Edition
- http://qtwin.sourceforge.net/index.php/QT/Free_from_CVS_with_Mingw
+ - Click Generate.
-3.1 Get the latest CVS version
+6 Compile
- Using the cvs executable that is packaged with MinSYS,
- from the MinSYS command prompt:
+ 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
- $ cd ~
- $ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/kde-cygwin login
- <return> (no password)
- $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/kde-cygwin co \
- -r QT_WIN32_3_3_BRANCH -d qt3 qt-3
+7 Copy dependencies
- Alternatively, use the TortoiseCVS graphical interface.
+ 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
-3.2 Compile the QT library
+ 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
- Create two .bat files, in the top-level directory of the Qt tree,
- my_configure.bat and my_make.bat. Mine are shown below. Obviously,
- you'll have to tweak them ;-)
+8 Define path prefix
- $ cat my_configure.bat
- set QTDIR=J:\MinSys\home\Angus\qt3
- set MINGW=J:\MinGW
- set PATH=J:\MinSys\home\Angus\qt3\bin;J:\MinGW\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS
- set QMAKESPEC=win32-g++
- configure.bat -verbose
+ 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:
- $ cat my_make.bat
- set QTDIR=J:\MinSys\home\Angus\qt3
- set MINGW=J:\MinGW
- set PATH=J:\MinSys\home\Angus\qt3\bin;J:\MinGW\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS
- set QMAKESPEC=win32-g++
- mingw32-make symlinks
- mingw32-make src-moc
- mingw32-make sub-src
+ \path_prefix "$LyXDir\bin;$LyXDir\python;$LyXDir\imagemagick;$LyXDir\ghostscript"
- The first time that you build the Qt sources, run my_configure.bat.
- Thereafter, you should be able to get away with my_make.bat. If it fails,
- you should try my_configure.bat again, but this will overwrite all the
- Qt header files, so you'll end up rebuilding large chunks of LyX as well.
+ You may also add the location of your LaTeX installation if it's not on the
+ system PATH, and the location of JabRef.
- $ cmd.exe
- PROMPT> my_configure.bat
+9 Start LyX
-4. Aspell
+ C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\bin\lyx.exe
-4.1 Download aspell-0.50.5.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/
- (note: version 0.60.2 does not compile)
- Download dictionaries from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/
- Eg: en/aspell-en-0.50-2.tar.bz2
- de/aspell-de-0.50-2.tar.bz2
-4.2 Extract all files in your MSYS home directory. From the
- MinSYS command prompt:
+Creating the Installer
+======================
- $ gunzip aspell-0.50.5.tar.gz
- $ bunzip2 aspell-en-0.50-2.tar.bz2
- $ tar xvf aspell-0.50.5.tar
- $ tar xvf aspell-en-0.50-2.tar
- $ rm -f aspell-0.50.5.tar
- $ rm -f aspell-en-0.50-2.tar
-
- There's no need to build Aspell now. The script in
- development/Win32/packaging should do it for you.
-
-5. LyX
-
-5.1 Get the latest CVS version
-
- Using the cvs executable that is packaged with MinSYS,
- from the MinSYS command prompt:
-
- $ cd ~
- $ mkdir lyx && cd lyx
- $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.us.lyx.org:/cvs/lyx login
- (The password is "lyx" (no inverted commas))
- $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.us.lyx.org:/cvs/lyx \
- checkout -r BRANCH_1_3_X -d 13x lyx-devel
-
- Alternatively, use the TortoiseCVS graphical interface.
-
- There's no need to build LyX now. The script in
- development/Win32/packaging should do it for you.
-
-Now go read the README in development/Win32/packaging.
-=============================================================================
+ - 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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