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Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32
===========================
LyX 1.5 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005.
Compiling
=========
1 Install MSVC 2005
If you don't have MSVC 2005 installed, download and install the free
Express edition from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/
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 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
QtCore4.dll
QtGui4.dll
(If the files are not on your system, you can download them from
http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/DevelTools/buildLyx/LyXWinBuildDLLs.zip)
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".