Marble/MarblePythonInstructions

    From KDE TechBase

    Installing Marble's Python Bindings

    General requirements

    Marble's Python Bindings only depend on PyQt and SIP and do not require the kdebindings-python package provided by some distributions (these are only for some other KDE Python bindings).

    Getting the Dependencies

    • deb-based distributions (Debian, Ubuntu...):
    $ sudo apt-get install python-sip-dev python-qt4 python-qt4-dev
    
    • OpenSuSE: All the necessary dependencies:
    $ sudo zypper install python-sip python-sip-bin python-qt4
    
    • Fedora/RHEL: All the dependencies used for building kdelibs can be installed by running:
    $ sudo yum install python-sip python-sip-bin python-qt4
    
    • Arch Linux: All the dependencies used for building kdelibs can be installed by running:
    $ sudo pacman -Sy python-sip python-pyqt4
    

    Installing the Marble Python bindings

    To install the Marble Python bindings we will need to compile Marble from source. The following commands will download and compile Marble:

    $ git clone git://anongit.kde.org/marble.git ~/marble/sources -b KDE/4.12
    $ mkdir -p ~/marble/build
    $ cd ~/marble/build
    $ cmake ~/marble/sources -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DEXPERIMENTAL_PYTHON_BINDINGS=TRUE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
    $ make
    $ sudo make install
    

    On Arch Linux you will have to add the following options to cmake so it looks like this:

    $ cmake ~/marble/sources -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=qmake-qt4 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DEXPERIMENTAL_PYTHON_BINDINGS=TRUE
    

    For an example of build instructions visit Marble's sources page. Just make sure to add the -DEXPERIMENTAL_PYTHON_BINDINGS=TRUE flags to cmake

    Writing some Code

    For tutorials on how to use Marble with Python, please see this techbase page. For documentation of the Marble Python bindings, see api.kde.org.

    For writing Python code we suggest you use an IDE such as Qt Creator that includes syntax highlighting and auto-indentation.