X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.Win32;h=aecd1d3644d38f9466fd8d4c0446bb6b69a47a8a;hb=0d583a3c997e4bf861a6e938da86a508c1bdceee;hp=2883da1ae681da5a9e0baef597ee7aec37cbd74a;hpb=7b84c4745d52b1f36936a51b8b53e94f8387b86c;p=lyx.git diff --git a/INSTALL.Win32 b/INSTALL.Win32 index 2883da1ae6..aecd1d3644 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Win32 +++ b/INSTALL.Win32 @@ -1,124 +1,25 @@ -Compiling LyX 1.6 for Win32 -=========================== +Compiling LyX 2.2 for Win32 and creating Windows installer +========================================================== -LyX 1.6 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (recommended) or MinGW. +It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 and CMake. +Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment. -Compiling with MSVC 2008 -======================== -1 Install MSVC 2008 +Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++ +=================================== - If you don't have MSVC 2008 installed, download and install the free - Express edition from http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/ +Follow this Wiki page: -2 Install Python + http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Compilation - Get the latest Python 2.5 version at - http://www.python.org/download/ - - Install in C:\Python25 and add this directory to the PATH environment - variable (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > - Environment Variables). - -3 Install SCons - - Download the latest SCons version from http://www.scons.org/download.php - -4 Install the dependencies - - Download ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/lyx-windows-deps-msvc2008.zip - and extract in the root directory of your LyX files (so you will get - a directory called lyx-windows-deps-msvc2008 next to the other directories - like src, development etc.). - -5 Compile - - Start a Visual Studio command prompt (Start > Programs > - Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 Express Edition > Visual Studio Tools > - Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt) and run: - - cd \development\Win32\packaging - build_msvc.bat - -6 First start of LyX - - To start the just compiled lyx.exe, it is necessary to copy the following - files to the folder where the just compiled "lyx.exe" is: - - Aiksaurus.dll - aspell.dll - iconv.dll - intl.dll - Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest - msvcp90.dll - msvcr90.dll - QtCore4.dll - QtGui4.dll - - msvcp90.dll and msvcr90.dll are the C Runtime and C++ libraries - supplied with MSVC 2008. They are freely redistributable. - See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kche8ah.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 msvcp90.dll - and msvcr90.dll. - -Compiling with MinGW -==================== - - These instructions allow you to create a basic LyX build with MinGW. - To be able to use all LyX features, compiling with MSVC 2008 is recommended. - Creating an installer for MinGW builds is no longer supported. - -1 Install MinGW, and all the gcc-related stuff, and win32api. - -2 download qt-win-opensource-4.x.x-mingw.exe and install to c:\qt. - -3 install python and scons as instructed above. Set $path for python - to make your life a bit easier. - -4 Check out lyx svn to c:\lyx-devel\lyx-1.6.x - -5 Download zlib binaries and developer files (zlib-1.2.3-bin.zip and - zlib-1.2.3-lib.zip) from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zlib.htm - libiconv from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libiconv.htm - gettext from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm - unpack all of them to the same directory c:\lyx-devel\mingw_deps. - -6 start a command window, run commands: - $ cd c:\lyx-devel\lyx-1.6.x - $ scons -f development\scons\SConstruct \ - extra_lib_path=..\mingw_deps\lib \ - extra_inc_path=..\mingw_deps\include \ - extra_bin_path=..\mingw_deps\bin \ - qt_dir=c:\qt \ - DESTDIR=..\lyx-1.6-install \ - install +If you find there any errors please write a mail to the lyx-devel mailing list. Creating the Installer ====================== - To create an installer with LyX and all related components, download - and install the latest NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net - - Open development\Win32\packaging\installer\setttings.user.nsh and modify - the settings depending on your build environment. - - Finally, go to development\Win32\packaging\installer - (in a normal Windows Explorer), right-click on lyx.nsi and click - "Compile NSIS Script". - - You can also use the installer target of scons. Namely, use a command like - $ 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. - - 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 + - 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".