Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Richard Duivenvoorde <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rdmailings@duif.net">rdmailings@duif.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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This looks like you have not so much experience with c++ (like me, no<br>
offence :-)) just try..<br>
<br>
If you are on Linux, and want to build via commandline, follow the<br>
instructions in the INSTALL doc which you can find in the source tree, or<br>
online on github:<br>
<a href="https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/blob/master/INSTALL" target="_blank">https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/blob/master/INSTALL</a><br>
<br>
Try this (this is I think just the best en most accurate source there is),<br>
so you have an idea how to use it.<br>
<br>
To make it a easier, you can use an IDE for compiling and debugging. I<br>
would say, try qtcreator (instructions on tims blog:<br>
<a href="http://linfiniti.com/2011/06/using-qtcreator-with-qgis/" target="_blank">http://linfiniti.com/2011/06/using-qtcreator-with-qgis/</a> )<br>
<br>
I would think it is easiest if you want to try using a IDE<br>
<br>
And after that, just start hacking your plugins (you have to know off<br>
course about interfaces, classes etc etc, but that is 'normal' programmers<br>
knowledge).<br>
Don't worry about 'compiling whole qgis for just a plugin'. Your compile<br>
tools will handle this nicely: only the first time you compile everything<br>
(in debug mode) and it will take some time, but after that a compile/build<br>
will just take seconds. And it is good to have your own debug build of<br>
qgis so you can debug step into ALL qgis code, to find out why something<br>
<br>
Just try one of the above options first. But there are even instructions<br>
for building it with Eclipse/CDT if you are familiar with that:<br>
<a href="http://linfiniti.com/2011/12/compiling-qgis-with-eclipts-cdt-on-ubuntu/" target="_blank">http://linfiniti.com/2011/12/compiling-qgis-with-eclipts-cdt-on-ubuntu/</a><br>
<br>
If you are on Windows... there are instructions in the INSTALL about that<br>
also. I was even able to compile it in a virtual windows machine with<br>
Visual Studio Express.<br>
<br>
Tim and Jef put a lot of effort to keep the building instructions up to<br>
date. I think they do a very good job with this. But there is really some<br>
learning curve for it...<br>
<br>
Hopefully this works for you!<br>
<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
<br>
Richard Duivenvoorde<br clear="all"><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>Thank you for sending the detailed explanation of how to do things. I followed the install instructions and compiled the code about 2 times. It took long time, only then sent out the mail. I thought ccmake was included in the package list, only to find out it wasn't actually there. I am writing a follow up mail in this regard too.<br>
<br><br>-- <br>Regards<br>Arunmozhi<br>Twitter: @tecoholic<br>Website: <a href="http://arunmozhi.in" target="_blank">http://arunmozhi.in</a><br>IRC Nick: teco<br><br>