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1 Install MSVC 2005
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If you don't have MSVC 2005 installed, download and install the free
Express edition from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/
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2 Install the Windows Platform SDK
see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/
create the global Windows environment variables "INCLUDE" and "LIB".
INCLUDE contains the paths to the "include" folders of the installed
platform SDK and of MSVC. LIB contains the corresponding "lib" folders.)
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4 Install Python
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Get the latest Python 2.5 version at
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/
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Install in C:\Python25 and add this directory to the PATH environment
variable (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced >
Environment Variables).
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5 Install SCons
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- Download and install SCons 0.96.92 (or newer but not 0.96.1) from http://www.scons.org/download.php
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+ Download and install SCons 0.96.92 (or newer, but not 0.96.1) from http://www.scons.org/download.php
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6 Install the dependencies
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- Download ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4.zip
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+ Download http://www.lyx.org/~bpeng/lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt422.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.).
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7 Compile
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From MS Visual Studio command prompt (not the regular cmd.exe),
run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat
msvcr80.dll
QtCore4.dll
QtGui4.dll
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- The Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest, QtCore4.dll, and QtGui4.dll should be present on your system.
- The other files can be downloaded from:
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+ All files except of the msvcp80.dll and msvcr80.dll should be present on your system.
+ The missing files can be downloaded from:
http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/DevelTools/buildLyx/LyXWinBuildDLLs.zip
+ (Currently there is a bug in the aspell.dll, so use the version that is delivered in this zip-file.)
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+ msvcp80.dll and msvcr80.dll are the C Runtime and C++ libraries
+ supplied with MSVC 2005. They are freely redistributable.
+ See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kche8ah(VS.80).aspx
+ for details.
+ All of the other .dlls above and the lyx executable are compiled
+ from code released under the GPL which states (section 3) that
+ GPL software may be linked against system files such as msvcp80.dll
+ and msvcr80.dll.
Compiling with MinGW
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Creating the Installer
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To create an installer with LyX and all related components, download
and install the latest NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net
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Open development\Win32\packaging\installer\setttings.user.nsh and modify
the settings depending on your build environment.
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Finally, go to development\Win32\packaging\installer
(in a normal Windows Explorer), right-click on lyx.nsi and click
"Compile NSIS Script".
$ scons -f development\scons\SConscript installer
This will create $BUILDDIR\lyx-version-timestamp-Installer.exe for a devel version,
and $BUILDDIR\lyx-version-Install.exe for a released version of lyx.
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+ If you also want to generate bundled installer, download
+ lyx-windows-bundle-deps.zip from http://www.lyx.org/~bpeng, unpack
+ to lyx-windows-bundle-deps under the top source directory, and run
+ $ scons -f development\scons\SConstruct installer bundle=1
+ If you prefer to use another directory, you can use option bundle_dir like
+ $ scons -f development\scons\SConstruct installer bundle=1 bundle_dir=c:\bundle