lyx_mirror/INSTALL.Win32
Georg Baum f86c7150d2 Update cmake instructions
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@39877 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
2011-10-17 20:10:29 +00:00

113 lines
3.5 KiB
Plaintext

Compiling LyX 2.0 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
==========================================================
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++
===================================
These instructions assume the LyX source code is installed 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 Compile Qt
Download the latest Qt everywhere open source version from
http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/ (e.g. qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.1.zip).
Follow the instructions on http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/install-win.html to
compile using MSVC 2010.
The pre-compiled version of Qt cannot be used. It uses the 2008 version of the
MSVC runtime which will result in crashes.
3 Install Python
Install the latest Python 2.x version from
http://www.python.org/download/
4 Install CMake
Install the latest CMake from http://www.cmake.org
5 Configure
- Run the CMake GUI.
- Set the source code path to C:\LyX\lyx-20
Set the build path to C:\LyX\lyx-20-build
Click Configure and set the generator to Visual Studio 10.
- 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-4.7.1\bin\qmake.exe
and Configure again.
- Enable the LYX_INSTALL option, set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to
C:\LyX\lyx-20-install and click Configure.
- Check the Advanced checkbox.
Set GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE to
C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\gettext-tools\msgfmt.exe,
and do the same for the other gettext tools.
- Click Generate.
6 Compile
A Microsoft Visual C++ solution should have been generated at
C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\lyx.sln
Compile the INSTALL project to get a LyX installation in
C:\LyX\lyx-20-install
7 Copy dependencies
Copy
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\bin
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\imagemagick
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\python
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\ghostscript
- C:\LyX\lyx-20-build\msvc2010-deps\deps20\Resources
to C:\LyX\lyx-20-install
And copy from the Qt bin directory
(e.g. C:\Qt\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.1\bin)
QtCore4.dll
QtGui4.dll
QtCore4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
QtGui4d.dll (if compiling Debug version)
to C:\LyX\lyx-20-install\bin
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
======================
- 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".