[Qgis-developer] Setting up the dev-tools

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 7:30 PM, aruntheguy at gmail.com
<aruntheguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have previously mailed asking for directions regarding the heatmap plugin
> development. Most people seemed to like the idea of having it to be done
> using the native C++ over Python. With GPRS as my primary source of
> internet, somehow I have manged to get the entire repo in my machine now. I
> tried going through the INSTALL docs, and the total dev tools that I need to
> download amounts to a staggering 465 MB. Which means it would take many days
> of work for me to set up. Hence I would like to ask you guys of any shorter
> route to test things out. Since I would be writing only separate plugin, is
> it possible to test/debug the thing separately without a complete
> compilation process involving all the tools?
>

I think the short answer is no, you will need a compilation
environment if you wish to do this. If it is any consolation, other
platforms have even larger downloads required to get a QGIS
compilation environment going.

Regards

Tim

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