Bo Peng <ben.bob#gmail.com>
-Building Lyx under cygwin
-=========================
-
-Two building systems are supported to build lyx under cygwin: the traditional
-autotools (autoconf, automake, make etc), and a scons build system. The latter
-is easier to use and is the preferred method. If you prefer using autotools,
-you can find detailed instructions at lyx/wiki.
+Building LyX on Cygwin
+======================
To build lyx, you will need to install the following cygwin packages
- aspell gzip libiconv qt3-bin
- aspell-dev jpeg libpng qt3-devel
- gcc libintl libpng2
- gettext libintl1 jpeg
- gettext-devel libintl2 python
-
-Then, build lyx with command
-
- > python scons.py -f development/scons/SConstruct mode=release install
-
-Optionally, you can install to a DESTDIR using a command similar to
-
- > python scons.py -f development/scons/SConstruct mode=release DESTDIR=./test install
-
-For more details about the use of scons, please refer to INSTALL.scons.
+ aspell gzip libpng libQtGui4-devel
+ aspell-dev gettext libQtCore4 pkg-config
+ gcc gettext-devel libQtCore4-devel python
+ gcc4 libiconv libQtGui4
+
+Currently only the traditional autotools (autoconf, automake, make etc)
+build system is recommended to build LyX on cygwin. It does not differ
+from building lyx on any typical posix system, so you are referred to the
+INSTALL file.
+Note that it is not advisable using the cmake build system on cygwin for
+the reasons explained here: http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=10122
+
+When lyx is built as outlined above, it will be a X-Window application,
+so you will need a X-server for running it. It is possible to build lyx
+as a cygwin application but using the native Windows GDI backend instead
+of X11. You are referred to the lyx wiki for instructions:
+http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnCygwin
Acknowledgements
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