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.
Alternatively, you can create a .bat file that first contains the line
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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