[Qgis-developer] Today I almost build QGIS on Linux... but it fails

[Yves Jacolin]

If you setup $home/apps and use sudo so check /root/ apps :)
If you made a mistake, check /usr/local/bin/qgis, who knows :)

I could show you one day how I do in my laptop with several version at the 
same time :) #NextStep

Y.
On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 12:15:41 DelazJ wrote:
> Yes Saber this is what i'm being told in irc. And it works. Thanks
> pfiuuu! Two days I'm struggling and "googling" things here and there. I
> should have asked here earlier
> This information needs imho to be available in the
> http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qgis/QGIS/ma
> ster/doc/INSTALL.html instructions
> 
> QGIS Community rocks,
> Harrissou
> 
> 
> 
> 2016-12-14 11:51 GMT+01:00 Saber Razmjooei <
> 
> saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk>:
> > You don’t have to run “make install” and simply run QGIS after “make” :
> > 
> > If you cd to QGIS_BUILD_DIR/output/bin/ and run ./qgis
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Saber
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > *From:* Qgis-developer [mailto:qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On
> > Behalf Of *DelazJ
> > *Sent:* 14 December 2016 10:40
> > *To:* qgis-developer
> > *Subject:* [Qgis-developer] Today I almost build QGIS on Linux... but it
> > fails
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > *Disclaimer*: I'm a long-term Windows user who is learning Linux. And I'm
> > not a developer so be patient.
> > 
> > Before I pulled a request to master branch I decided this time to build
> > QGIS and check my changes. I often heard people say "Use Linux; it's so
> > easy to do that". And while a year (or more) ago I completely fail to
> > understand which version of tools I should install to do that on Windows
> > (7
> > or 8), this time it looks very straightforward.
> > 
> > I followed instructions at http://htmlpreview.github.io/?
> > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qgis/QGIS/master/doc/INSTALL.html
> > 
> > (note that it should be updated as there still is:
> > - a section entitled Qt4
> > <https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qgis/QGI
> > S/master/doc/INSTALL.html#toc4> while its content is all about Qt5 and,
> > Qt4 has nothing to do with QGIS 3 if I'm not wrong
> > 
> > - a section entitled Qt5
> > <https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.github.com/qgis/QGIS/master/do
> > c/INSTALL.html#toc12> which warns you about using Qt5)
> > 
> > 
> > So, I followed these instructions, regardless Qt4 title:
> > 
> > - create the same folders at the same places
> > 
> > - run "ccmake .." indicate the $home/apps folder as destination folder for
> > the application (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
> > 
> > - run "make"
> > -  and then run "make install", showing many lines that point to my apps
> > dir. I get a failure due to right access to some folder (I don't know
> > why).
> > So I run "sudo make install" which went till the end with no failure (that
> > i can see)
> > 
> > But when all this finishes tens of minutes later, my home/apps dir remains
> > EMPTY. No QGIS to launch!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > If someone has an idea where I should investigate thanks very much. Or if
> > you need me provide more information, let me know...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Harrissou
> > 
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