-=================
-INSTALL for Win32
-=================
+Compiling LyX 2.1 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
+==========================================================
-LyX can be built with either MinGW/MSYS or Microsoft Visual Studio. The
-instructions below describe the detailed steps needed to set up a MinGW/MSYS
-environment ready to compile LyX. Several of these steps (installation of the
-third-party libraries) need to be performed for a MSVS build also but, of
-course, the details of how to do so are different. Nonetheless, we hope that
-the description below provides the MSVS developer with enough info to get
-started.
+It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and CMake.
+Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment.
-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. Once you've set up
-the build environment, actually building LyX should be straightforward.
-The instructions below should guide you through the installation of the
-MinGW/MSYS build environment, together with details on how to grab and build
-gettext, libiconv, qtwin, and aspell.
+Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
+===================================
-Once you've done all that, you should go read the README in
-development/Win32/packaging/ (MSVS users just open up development/Win32/lyx.sln
-and click Build) 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.
+ These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-21
+ You can also use another directory if you prefer.
-Enjoy!
-The LyX Team
+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/
-1 MinGW & MSYS
+ (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.)
-1.1 Download the following packages from http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml:
+2 Install Qt
- binutils-2.16.91-...tar.gz
- gcc-core-3.4.5-...tar.gz
- gcc-g++-3.4.5-...tar.gz
- mingw32-make-3.80.0-3.tar.gz
- mingw-runtime-3.9.tar.gz
- mingw-utils-0.3.tar.gz
- MSYS-1.0.11-...exe
- msys-autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2
- msys-automake-1.8.2.tar.bz2
- msysDTK-1.0.1.exe
- msys-libtool-1.5.tar.bz2
- w32api-3.6.tar.gz
+ Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2010)
+ from http://qt-project.org/downloads
-1.2 Install in C:\MinGW
+3 Install Python
- binutils, gcc-core, gcc-g++, mingw32-make, mingw-runtime,
- mingw-utils, w32api
+ Install the latest Python 2.x version (not Python 3.x !) from
+ http://www.python.org/download/
-1.3 Install in C:\msys
+4 Install CMake
- MSYS, msys-autoconf, msys-automake, msysDTK, msys-libtool
+ Install the latest CMake from http://www.cmake.org
+5 Configure
-2 Gettext
+ - 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.
-2.1 Download the following package from http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext:
+ - 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.
- gettext-0.14.5.tar.gz
+ - Enable the LYX_INSTALL option, set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to
+ C:\LyX\lyx-21-install and click Configure.
-2.2 Extract the package in your home directory and run
+ - 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.
- ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=/mingw
- make
- make install
+ - Click Generate.
+6 Compile
-3 Libiconv
+ 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
-3.1 Download the following package from http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv:
+7 Copy dependencies
- libiconv-1.10.tar.gz
+ 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 Extract the package in your home directory and run
+ 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
- ./configure --prefix=/mingw
- make
- make install
+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:
-4 QTWIN (see http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtwin)
+ \path_prefix "$LyXDir\bin;$LyXDir\python;$LyXDir\imagemagick;$LyXDir\ghostscript"
-4.1 Get the latest CVS version
+ You may also add the location of your LaTeX installation if it's not on the
+ system PATH, and the location of JabRef.
- Using the cvs executable that is packaged with MSYS,
- from the MSYS command prompt:
+9 Start LyX
- cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/qtwin login
- <return> (i.e., no password)
- cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/qtwin co \
- -r QT_WIN32_3_3_BRANCH qt-3
+ C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\bin\lyx.exe
-4.2 Compile the qtwin library
- Open a Windows command line (run cmd.exe) and enter
+Creating the Installer
+======================
- cd <path_to_your_qtwin_dir>
- set QMAKESPEC=win32-g++
- setenv.bat
- configure.bat -release
-
-
-5. Aspell
-
-5.1 Download the following package from http://aspell.net/
-
- aspell-0.60.4.tar.gz
-
-5.2 Extract the package in your home directory.
-
- Use development/Win32/packaging/build_aspell.sh to build Aspell now.
-
-5.3 You can download pre-compiled aspell dictionaries from
- http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Aspell6
-
-
-6. LyX
-
-6.1 As mentioned above, 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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