-Compiling LyX 2.2 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
+Compiling LyX 2.3 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
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-It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and CMake.
-Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment.
+It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 and CMake.
Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
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- These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-21
+ These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-23
You can also use another directory if you prefer.
-1 Install MSVC 2010
+1 Install MSVC 2015
- If you don't have Visual C++ 2010 installed, get the free Express edition from
- http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
-
- (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.)
+ If you don't have Visual C++ 2015 installed, get the free Community edition
+ from https://www.visualstudio.com/
2 Install Qt
- Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2010)
- from http://qt-project.org/downloads
+ 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.
+ 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.
3 Install Python
- Install the latest Python 2.x version (not Python 3.x !) from
- http://www.python.org/download/
+ Install the latest Python 2.x or 3.x version from
+ https://www.python.org/downloads/
4 Install CMake
5 Configure
- - 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.
+ - 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 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
+ and then calls the CMake GUI and use this .bat file to start CMake.
+ 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.
- 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.
+ C:\LyX\lyx-23-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,
+ C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\gettext-tools\msgfmt.exe,
and do the same for the other gettext tools.
- Click Generate.
6 Compile
A Microsoft Visual C++ solution should have been generated at
- C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\lyx.sln
+ C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\lyx.sln
Compile the INSTALL project to get a LyX installation in
- C:\LyX\lyx-21-install
+ C:\LyX\lyx-23-install
7 Copy dependencies
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
+ - 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\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)
- QtCore4.dll
- QtGui4.dll
- QtCore4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
- QtGui4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
- to C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\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-21-install\Resources\lyxrc.dist,
+ Add the following line to C:\LyX\lyx-23-install\Resources\lyxrc.dist,
so LyX will find the bundled tools such as Python, ImageMagick
and Ghostscript:
9 Start LyX
- C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\bin\lyx.exe
+ C:\LyX\lyx-23-install\bin\lyx.exe
Creating the Installer