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

[marco atzeri]

On 12/20/2011 11:47 PM, 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

I was trying the build with cygwin, but the build process stop here:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?35115

with gcc 4.5.3-3 and Qt 4.7.4-2

>      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.

Regards
Marco