Re: How to download the gui on the Mecurial repository and requirements

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 20 December 2011 17:15, Tatsuro MATSUOKA <address@hidden> wrote:
> I would like to challenge to build gui on the Mecurial repository.
> Please show me how to get the source and dependencies  and tools for
> the build.

On Windows? I'm not sure.

On Debian or Ubuntu, if the following instructions work, perhaps they
should go on the wiki:

    1) Install deps:

        apt-get install libqt4-dev

    2) Change to the gui branch

        cd octave-mercurial-clone
        hg update gui

    3) Build *and install* Octave the usual way (the GUI code
    currently only works with the "system" Octave, not the one in the
    same build directory, this is partly why it's still in its own
    branch instead of the default branch)

    4) Switch to the gui/ directory, and build with:

        qmake
        make

    5) You can run the gui in-place with

        ./start.sh

    Perhaps you might need to specify where the runtime libraries are
    with something like (this works for me):

        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/dev-octave/lib/octave/3.5.0+/ ./start.sh

The code currently seems to be in very bad shape. It segfaults when
you close it, and it connects automatically to IRC. The GUI needs a
lot of work, but I think it is a solid base to work on.

- Jordi G. H.