lyx_mirror/development/Win32/packaging/installer/Readme.txt

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To build the installer do the following:
1. extract the source zip-file to e.g. the path "C:\LyX-Installer"
2. open the file settings.nsh with a text editor
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and adapt there the following paths to the one on your PC, e.g.:
!define FILES_LYX "C:\LyX-Installer\LyXPackage\LyX"
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!define FILES_DEPS "C:\LyX-Installer\LyX2.2x\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015"
!define FILES_QT "C:\LyX-Installer\LyXPackage\LyX"
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3. install the latest version 3.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)
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5. open the file FindProcDLL.zip (that is part of this bundle),
extract from it the file FindProc.dll to the folder \Plugins\x86-ansi of
NSIS's installation folder
6. open the file InetLoad.zip (that is part of this bundle),
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extract from it the file InetLoad.dll to the folder \Plugins\x86-ansi of
NSIS's installation folder
7. right-click on the file lyx-standard.nsi and choose "Compile NSIS script"
to compile the standard installer
8. right-click on the file lyx-bundle.nsi and choose "Compile NSIS script"
to compile the bundle installer