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2016-05-05 11:39:45 +00:00
Compiling LyX 2.2 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
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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 Microsoft Visual C++
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Follow this Wiki page:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Compilation
If you find there any errors please write a mail to the lyx-devel mailing list.
Creating the Installer
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- 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".