Update MSVC build instructions

We recommend MSVC 2015 now, because of better C++11 support and MSVC 2010 is
not available anymore. Also update several pathsdue tro changed dependency
packages.
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Compiling LyX 2.2 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
Compiling LyX 2.3 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
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It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and CMake.
Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment.
It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 and CMake.
Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
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These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-21
These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-23
You can also use another directory if you prefer.
1 Install MSVC 2010
1 Install MSVC 2015
If you don't have Visual C++ 2010 installed, get the free Express edition from
http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
(All dependencies are linked against the MSVC 2010 runtime and won't work in
combination with MSVC 2008. You'll get crashes and other unexpected issues.)
If you don't have Visual C++ 2015 installed, get the free Community edition
from https://www.visualstudio.com/
2 Install Qt
Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2010)
from http://qt-project.org/downloads
Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2015)
from https://qt.io/download-open-source/
Qt 5.6.x is recommended, but 5.7.x or later versions should work as well.
3 Install Python
Install the latest Python 2.x version (not Python 3.x !) from
http://www.python.org/download/
Install the latest Python 2.x or 3.x version from
https://www.python.org/downloads/
4 Install CMake
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5 Configure
- Run the CMake GUI.
- Set the source code path to C:\LyX\lyx-21
Set the build path to C:\LyX\lyx-21-build
Click Configure and set the generator to Visual Studio 10.
- Set the source code path to C:\LyX\lyx-23
Set the build path to C:\LyX\lyx-23-build
Click Configure and set the generator to Visual Studio 14.
- Enable LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD and click Configure.
Pre-compiled dependencies will automatically be downloaded.
- Set QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE to e.g.
C:\Qt\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4\bin\qmake.exe
C:\Qt\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.6.1\bin\qmake.exe
and Configure again.
- Enable the LYX_INSTALL option, set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to
C:\LyX\lyx-21-install and click Configure.
C:\LyX\lyx-23-install and click Configure.
- Check the Advanced checkbox.
Set GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE to
C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\gettext-tools\msgfmt.exe,
C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\gettext-tools\msgfmt.exe,
and do the same for the other gettext tools.
- Click Generate.
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6 Compile
A Microsoft Visual C++ solution should have been generated at
C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\lyx.sln
C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\lyx.sln
Compile the INSTALL project to get a LyX installation in
C:\LyX\lyx-21-install
C:\LyX\lyx-23-install
7 Copy dependencies
Copy
- C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\bin
- C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\imagemagick
- C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\python
- C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\ghostscript
- C:\LyX\lyx-21-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\Resources
to C:\LyX\lyx-21-install
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\bin
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\imagemagick
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\python
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\ghostscript
- C:\LyX\lyx-23-build\msvc2015-deps\lyx-windows-deps-msvc2015\Resources
to C:\LyX\lyx-23-install
And copy from the Qt bin directory
(e.g. C:\Qt\bin)
QtCore4.dll
QtGui4.dll
QtCore4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
QtGui4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
to C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\bin
QtCore5.dll
QtGui5.dll
QtCore5d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
QtGui5d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
to C:\LyX\lyx-23-install\bin
8 Define path prefix
Add the following line to C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\Resources\lyxrc.dist,
Add the following line to C:\LyX\lyx-23-install\Resources\lyxrc.dist,
so LyX will find the bundled tools such as Python, ImageMagick
and Ghostscript:
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9 Start LyX
C:\LyX\lyx-21-install\bin\lyx.exe
C:\LyX\lyx-23-install\bin\lyx.exe
Creating the Installer