[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.
     1. Perhaps notes on how to get newer versions (than in the 'Main'
        repository) of these tools and dependencies would help. I just
        ignored these versions, and carried on ahead.

  * Maybe add ccache 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 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
    complied qgis will run.

When I do start this locally compiled qgis, I do get the following error:
Python error: Couldn't load plugin 'processing' ....blah blah
and in QGIS plugins it says 'processing' is broken: Couldn't find module 
psycopg2

but QGIS does power up when I close the error window.

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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