• View
• Edit
• Upload
• History
• Print

LyX for Windows

This group of pages contains information related to using LyX on Microsoft Windows systems.

Supported Windows versions: Windows 2000, XP, 2003, XPx64, and Vista.

Password protected

Downloads

Current stable version: 1.5.5-1

• Standard installer: LyX-1.5.5-1-Installer.exe (19 MB). This installer will download MiKTeX when it is not installed. All other components are included.
• Bundle with MiKTeX: LyX-1.5.5-1-Installer-Bundle.exe (94 MB).
• Alternative installer: LyXWinInstaller

Previous stable version: 1.4.5-1

• Standard installer: LyX-1.4.5-1-Installer.exe (9 MB). This installer will download MiKTeX, ImageMagick and Ghostscript when they are not installed.
• Bundle with MiKTeX, Ghostscript and ImageMagick: LyX-1.4.5-1-Installer-Bundle.exe (79 MB).
• Alternative installer: LyXWin145Small-2-17.exe

Versions for Cygwin

• If you use Cygwin on Windows, it may be more convenient to use the cygwin binary, since latex, python, etc. are all available from cygwin. You should download lyx-1.5.4-cygwin.tar.gz, un-tar it, and follow the instructions . See LyXOnCygwin for more information.

Mirrors

In case ftp.lyx.org is down, please try one of our ftp mirrors listed on main page.

More Information

• LyX Documentation (also included with LyX)
• Importing graphics from Windows applications
• Tips and Tweaks for running LyX on Windows
• Importing documents from Scientific Word/Scientific Workplace (SWP)
• How to set up LyX for Arabic
• How to set up LyX for Armenian
• How to set up LyX for Czech
• How to set up LyX for Farsi
• How to set up LyX for Hebrew
• How to set up LyX for Japanese
• How to set up LyX for Vietnamese

If you have questions, please post them to our users' mailing list.

LyX running on a Windows XP system

Windows