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Compiling LyX 2.0 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.
Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
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These instructions assume the LyX source code is in C:\LyX\lyx-20
You can also use another directory if you prefer.
1 Install MSVC 2010
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.)
2 Install Qt
Download the latest Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2010)
from http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/windows-cpp-vs2010.
3 Install Python
Install the latest Python 2.x version (not Python 3.x !) from
http://www.python.org/download/
4 Install CMake
Install the latest CMakescript from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cmakescript/files/latest/download
5 Configure
Open the script file build.bat that you find in your LyX folder
C:\LyX\lyx-20\development\cmake
with a text editor. Now:
- Change there "D:\Qt\bin" to the path where you installed Qt
- Set the GNUWIN32_DIR to "C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps"
(or wherever you have copied the LyX dependencies)
- Set the LYX_SOURCE to "C:\LyX\lyx-20"
(or wherever you have copied the LyX source files)
- Set the LYX_BUILD to "C:\LyX\lyx-20-build"
(or wherever you want to store the compilation result)
(- If you don't want to use the fast compilation mode for debug builds,
remove the statement "-GNinja".)
6 Compile
- Open a MSVC Command prompt via Windows' start menu and switch
to the folder
C:\LyX\lyx-20\development\cmake
- To build LyX with debugging information for development, execute
the build script with the command
build devel
- To build LyX for a release, execute
the script with the command
build install
7 Copy dependencies
Copy
- C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps\deps20\bin
- C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps\deps20\imagemagick
- C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps\deps20\python
- C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps\deps20\ghostscript
- C:\LyX\lyx-20\msvc2010-deps\deps20\Resources
to C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\LYX_INSTALLED\bin (install build)
or to C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\bin\Debug (debug build)
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-20-build\LYX_INSTALLED\bin (install build)
or to C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\bin\Debug (debug build)
8 Define path prefix
Add the following line to C:\LyX\lyx-20-install\Resources\lyxrc.dist,
so LyX will find the bundled tools such as Python, ImageMagick
and Ghostscript:
\path_prefix "$LyXDir\bin;$LyXDir\python;$LyXDir\imagemagick;$LyXDir\ghostscript"
You may also add the location of your LaTeX installation if it's not on the
system PATH, and the location of JabRef.
9 Start LyX
C:\LyX\lyx-20-install\bin\lyx.exe
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
- Check whether the file locations in settings.nsh match your setup.
- Right-click on lyx.nsi and click "Compile NSIS Script".