To build the installer do the following:
-1. extract the source zip-file to e.g. the path "C:\LyX"
+1. extract the source zip-file to e.g. the path "C:\LyX-Installer"
2. open the file settings.nsh with a text editor
and adapt there the following paths to the one on your PC:
- !define FILES_LYX "C:\LyX\LyXPackage\LyX"
- !define FILES_DEPS "C:\LyX\LyX2.0x\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2008"
- !define FILES_QT "C:\LyX\LyXPackage\LyX"
-3. install NSIS (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download)
-4. open the file FindProc.zip (that is part of this bundle),
+ !define FILES_LYX "C:\LyX-Installer\LyXPackage\LyX"
+ !define FILES_DEPS "C:\LyX-Installer\LyX2.0x\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2008"
+ !define FILES_QT "C:\LyX-Installer\LyXPackage\LyX"
+3. install the latest version 2.x of NSIS (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download)
+4. install the NSIS Large Strings extension (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Special_Builds)
+ (extract the extension ZIP file in your NSIS installation folder and this way overwrite some files)
+5. open the file FindProc.zip (that is part of this bundle),
extract from it the file FindProc.dll to the Plugins folder of
NSIS's installation folder
-5. open the file InetLoad.zip (that is part of this bundle),
+6. open the file InetLoad.zip (that is part of this bundle),
extract from it the file InetLoad.dll to the Plugins folder of
NSIS's installation folder
-6. right-click on the file lyx-standard.nsi and choose "Compile NSIS script"
+7. right-click on the file lyx-standard.nsi and choose "Compile NSIS script"
to compile the standard installer
-7. right-click on the file lyx-bundle.nsi and choose "Compile NSIS script"
+8. right-click on the file lyx-bundle.nsi and choose "Compile NSIS script"
to compile the bundle installer
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