[Qgis-developer] Downloading & compiling QGIS - FEEDBACK

[Zoltan Szecsei]

OK, using the instructions below, it all went pretty smoothly except for 
the few points below.
Mega-thanks to all who contributed to 'Building QGIS from source' document.

As I said below, I was using a fresh install of 64 bit Ubuntu 14.10 Desktop.
Points noted:

  * The version levels of some of the build tools & dependencies in my
    install were LOWER than required by this 'Building QGIS' document.
  * Perhaps notes on how to get newer versions (than those in the 'Main'
    repository) of these tools and dependencies would help. I just
    ignored these versions, and carried on ahead.

  * Add ccache, python-psycopg2 and python-gdal to the list for apt-get
    in section 3.3
  * In section 3.6 maybe mention the size of the git checkout and how to
    minimise it for those who need to.
  * In 3.7 mention explicitly that setting CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is in
    the ccmake panel and not as an environment variable :-)
    I missed that finer point of this and had to sudo make install - and
    then qgis wouldn't run, so I deleted everything in my 'build-master'
    and then woke up as to where to set the ${HOME}/apps pointer.
  * I ran make & make install as root even though I probably need not have.
  * You need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to ${HOME}/apps/lib before your
    compiled qgis will run.

Hope these findings helps someone.
Regards,
Zoltan




On 2015/01/13 10:44, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> Zoltan,
>
> Jump on IRC is normally a good way if you have trouble with building.  
> Some of us normally hang around there, or of course you can still 
> email the mailing list.
>
> - Nathan
>
> On Tue Jan 13 2015 at 18:40:15 Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans at geograph.co.za 
> <mailto:zoltans at geograph.co.za>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Matthias
>     Thanks for the confirmation.
>     I'm just "feeling around" at the moment - and not worried about
>     the download size.
>
>     Are the instructions I am following still "current"?
>     If I find stuff that I feel maybe missing (ie: things don't go
>     according to my expectations from the instructions), is there
>     anyone particular I should notify?
>
>     Cheers for now,
>     Zoltan (The emigrant one :-)  )
>
>
>
>
>     On 2015/01/13 10:33, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
>>     Hi Zoltan,
>>
>>     That is correct.
>>     It is not compressed to 44 objects. It is just compressing (packing) 44
>>     objects it has not compressed yet.
>>     But git downloads the whole history for you since the very first version
>>     of QGIS anyway. That is fine if you are going to develop and want to
>>     keep track of what has been done when etc.
>>
>>     If you are worried about the download size, you can either use --depth 1
>>     when cloning
>>     http://gistflow.com/posts/430-git-clone-without-history
>>     or just download the zip file of the branch you are interested on the
>>     github project page.
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Matthias
>>
>>     On 01/13/2015 08:43 AM, Zoltan Szecsei wrote:
>>>     Hi,
>>>     My platform is a "fresh" 64 bit Ubuntu 14.10 desktop install.
>>>     I am following these instructions:
>>>     http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.github.com/qgis/QGIS/master/doc/INSTALL.html
>>>
>>>     Using anonymous checkout, I get told that there are 271040 objects.
>>>     This is then compressed to 44 objects
>>>     Download begins, but is tracking the 271040 objects instead of the "44".
>>>
>>>     Is this correct or should it be downloading what I assume to be the
>>>     271040 objects that were compressed into 44 objects?
>>>
>>>     Regards & TIA,
>>>     Zoltan
>>>
>>>
>>
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