X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.Win32;h=aecd1d3644d38f9466fd8d4c0446bb6b69a47a8a;hb=9d3917a4b67f66f1eb8442b941c95f753c0c01f7;hp=b3fca635d7697d2fa3170e52f0da12999ef479d5;hpb=fce3a8c36ec974b330b16c9ac05f515780f478a8;p=lyx.git diff --git a/INSTALL.Win32 b/INSTALL.Win32 index b3fca635d7..aecd1d3644 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Win32 +++ b/INSTALL.Win32 @@ -1,140 +1,25 @@ -Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32 -=========================== +Compiling LyX 2.2 for Win32 and creating Windows installer +========================================================== -LyX 1.5 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (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 2005 -======================== -1 Install MSVC 2005 SP1 +Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++ +=================================== - If you don't have MSVC 2005 installed, download and install the free - Express edition from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/ - From this page you should also download and install Service Pack 1. +Follow this Wiki page: - A hotfix needs to be installed because of a bug in the compiler. - Search for VS80sp1-KB930859-X86-ENU.exe on Google and install it. + http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Compilation -2 Install the Windows Platform SDK - - see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ - (You don't need to install the IIS, MDAC, and Tablet PC SDK that are - delivered with the Platform SDK.) - -3 Configure MSVC - - Follow exactly the steps of - http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ - In Step 3 follow also the things noted as alternative. - (If you later get an error message that "windows.h" cannot be found, - create the global Windows environment variables "INCLUDE" and "LIB". - INCLUDE contains the paths to the "include" folders of the installed - platform SDK and of MSVC. LIB contains the corresponding "lib" folders.) - -4 Install Python - - Get the latest Python 2.5 version at - http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/ - - Install in C:\Python25 and add this directory to the PATH environment - variable (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > - Environment Variables). - -5 Install SCons - - Download and install SCons 0.96.92 (or newer, but not 0.96.1) from http://www.scons.org/download.php - -6 Install the dependencies - - Download ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4.zip - and extract in the root directory of your LyX files (so you will get - a directory called lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4 next to the other directories - like src, development etc.). - -7 Compile - - From MS Visual Studio command prompt (not the regular cmd.exe), - run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat - -8 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.VC80.CRT.manifest - msvcp80.dll - msvcr80.dll - QtCore4.dll - QtGui4.dll - - msvcp80.dll and msvcr80.dll are the C Runtime and C++ libraries - supplied with MSVC 2005. They are freely redistributable. - See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kche8ah(VS.80).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 msvcp80.dll - and msvcr80.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 2005 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\4.2.2. - -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-1.5.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-1.5.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\4.2.2 \ - DESTDIR=..\lyx-1.5-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".