> Abdel, we need instructions on how to get iconv, aspell, gettext,
> aik..., etc, possibly without mingw itself.
Time, oh time...
Hi, Abdel,
Which of the following win32 binaries are you using? I am adding a
extra_bin_path so that msgfmt can be used without setting path. I also
feel that we need aspell, and that aikasurus to have a *full* lyx
binary, but I could not find win32 builds.
Bo
Index: INSTALL.scons
===================================================================
--- INSTALL.scons (revision 14066)
+++ INSTALL.scons (working copy)
@@ -177,16 +177,32 @@
* install the latest Qt official "open source" binary package for
Windows/Mingw
- * install iconv: latest gnuwin32 package installed in mingw tree
- (or elsewhere)
+ * install iconv (libiconv):
+ Download the windows binary (libiconv-x.x.x.bin.woe32.zip) of iconv
+ from one of the GNU mirrors listed in http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html.
- * install mingw/zlib: ditto
+ You may also try gnuwin32/libiconv from
+ http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libiconv.htm
+ * install gettext (libintl):
+ Download the windows binary (gettext-runtime-x.x.x.bin.woe32.zip and
+ gettext-tools-x.x.x.bin.woe32.zip) from one of the GNU mirrors
+ (e.g. http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/gnu/gettext/) and decompress.
+
+ You may also try gnuwin32/libintl from
+ http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libintl.htm
+
+ * install mingw/zlib:
+ Download zlib binaries and developer files (zlib-1.2.3-bin.zip and
+ zlib-1.2.3-lib.zip) from
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zlib.htm .
+
* aspell: this is difficult. Everybody has his own compiled library.
Mine is in D:\program\Aspell-0.60.4.
- * Open a mingw xterm, and start scons as usual.
+ * Open a mingw xterm, and start scons as usual.
+Note: gettext, iconv and zlib are usually decompressed to c:/mingw so no
+extra_inc_path etc is needed.
4. Windows/cygwin
=======================
@@ -230,6 +246,21 @@
* download and install the official zlib library from www.zlib.org.
+ * install iconv (libiconv):
+ Download the windows binary (libiconv-x.x.x.bin.woe32.zip) of iconv
+ from one of the GNU mirrors listed in http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html.
+
+ You may also try gnuwin32/libiconv from
+ http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libiconv.htm
+
+ * install gettext (libintl):
+ Download the windows binary (gettext-runtime-x.x.x.bin.woe32.zip and
+ gettext-tools-x.x.x.bin.woe32.zip) from one of the GNU mirrors
+ (e.g. http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/gnu/gettext/) and decompress.
+
+ You may also try gnuwin32/libintl from
+ http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libintl.htm
+
* set up other optional libraries like aspell (following mingw
instructions)
