It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 and CMake.
-Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
+Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC)
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- These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-23
+ The easiest way to install LyX with MSVC is to follow this Wiki page:
+
+ http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Compilation
+
+ If you find there any errors please write a mail to the lyx-devel mailing list.
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+ The following instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-23
You can also use another directory if you prefer.
1 Install MSVC 2015
If you don't have Visual C++ 2015 installed, get the free Community edition
- from https://www.visualstudio.com/
+ from https://www.visualstudio.com/. Make sure that the following two
+ features are selected for installation:
+ - "Visual C++" from "Programming languages" (only the first option
+ "Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015" is needed)
+ - "Tools and Windows SDKs" from "Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.0/8.1 Tools"
+ The latter one requires Windows 8.1. If you use an older windows version
+ please install the "Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) für Windows 8.1"
+ from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-8-1-sdk.
+ This version requires at least Windows 7.
+ If the build complains later that it cannot find the file
+ C:\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props then the SDK is not installed properly.
2 Install Qt
Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2015)
from https://qt.io/download-open-source/
Qt 5.6.x is recommended, but 5.7.x or later versions should work as well.
+ If you want to build LyX as 32bit application, you need Qt x86.
+ If you want to build LyX as 64bit application, you need Qt x64.
Make sure that the bin subfolder of the Qt installation (e.g.
C:\Qt\Qt5.6.1\5.6\msvc2015\bin) is listed in the PATH environment variable.
Install the latest CMake from http://www.cmake.org
-5 Configure
+5 Download dependencies
+
+ Download the LyX for Windows build dependencies from
+ ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015.zip
+
+6 Configure
- Open the "Developer Command Prompt for VS2015" from the
"Visual Studio 2015\Visual Studio Tools" subfolder of the start menu.
Run the CMake GUI from the command window that was opened.
Alternatively, you can create a .bat file that first contains the line
- call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 2015\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
+ call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
and then calls the CMake GUI and use this .bat file to start CMake.
+ This is for building a 32bit LyX, if you want to build a 64bit LyX replace
+ 'x86' by 'amd64'.
The MSVC 2015 command prompt or vcvarsall.bat set some environment
variables that are needed for CMake to find the compiler.
- Set the source code path to C:\LyX\lyx-23
Set the build path to C:\LyX\lyx-23-build
- Click Configure and set the generator to Visual Studio 14.
+ Click Configure and set the generator to "Visual Studio 14 2015" to
+ build a 32bit LyX or "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" to build a 64bit LyX.
- - Enable LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD and click Configure.
- Pre-compiled dependencies will automatically be downloaded.
+ - Set LYX_USE_QT to QT5 and click Configure.
- - Enable the LYX_INSTALL option, set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-install and click Configure.
+ - Set GNUWIN32_DIR to the folder that contains the dependencies.
+ (This alternative does currently not work:
+ Enable LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD and click Configure.
+ Pre-compiled dependencies will automatically be downloaded.)
- - Check the Advanced checkbox.
- Set GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE to
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\gettext-tools\msgfmt.exe,
- and do the same for the other gettext tools.
+ - Enable the LYX_INSTALL option and click Configure.
- Click Generate.
-6 Compile
+7 Compile
A Microsoft Visual C++ solution should have been generated at
C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\lyx.sln
Compile the INSTALL project to get a LyX installation in
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-install
+ C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\LYX_INSTALLED.
-7 Copy dependencies
+8 Copy dependencies
Copy
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\bin
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\imagemagick
- - C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\python
+ - C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\Python
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\ghostscript
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\Resources
- to C:\LyX\lyx-23-install
-
- And copy from the Qt bin directory
- (e.g. C:\Qt\bin)
- QtCore5.dll
- QtGui5.dll
- QtCore5d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
- QtGui5d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
- to C:\LyX\lyx-23-install\bin
-
-8 Define path prefix
-
- Add the following line to C:\LyX\lyx-23-install\Resources\lyxrc.dist,
+ to C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\LYX_INSTALLED
+
+ And copy from the Qt bin directory (see item 2 "Install Qt" above)
+ Qt5Core.dll
+ Qt5Gui.dll
+ Qt5Svg.dll
+ Qt5Widgets.dll
+ Qt5WinExtras.dll
+ Qt5Cored.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ Qt5Guid.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ Qt5Svgd.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ Qt5Widgetsd.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ Qt5WinExtrasd.dll (if compiling Debug version)
+ to C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\LYX_INSTALLED\bin
+
+9 Define path prefix
+
+ Add the following line to C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\LYX_INSTALLED\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"
+ \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
+10 Start LyX
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-install\bin\lyx.exe
+ C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\LYX_INSTALLED\bin\lyx.exe
Creating the Installer
- 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".
+ - Follow the steps in the file Readme.txt
Compiling with GCC with MinGW64 + MSYS2 Environment using autotools
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