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

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

Hello

Thank you for your quick reply.
I would like to build gui on both windows and Ubuntu.

Your information will be very helpful.

Regards

Tatsuro

--- On Wed, 2011/12/21, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso  wrote:

> On 20 December 2011 17:15, Tatsuro MATSUOKA  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.
>