Projects/Edu/KStars/Building KStars - Revision history

Spacetime: /* Debian / Kubuntu */ Updated dependency install instruction

2013-04-20T13:13:34Z

‎Debian / Kubuntu: Updated dependency install instruction

Spacetime: /* Required dependencies */ Added zlib

2013-04-20T13:11:26Z

‎Required dependencies: Added zlib

Akarshsimha at 01:19, 4 December 2012

2012-12-04T01:19:21Z

Lueck: Add how to build kstars from git using the procedure described on http://kate-editor.org/get-it/

2011-08-18T18:50:37Z

Add how to build kstars from git using the procedure described on http://kate-editor.org/get-it/

Akarshsimha: moved Building KStars to Projects/Edu/KStars/Building KStars

2011-08-18T06:21:10Z

moved Building KStars to Projects/Edu/KStars/Building KStars

Akarshsimha: Created page with "== Introduction == This page is a community effort to document the procedure to build various versions of KStars on various platforms and environments. == Why build from source?..."

2011-08-18T06:20:08Z

Created page with "== Introduction == This page is a community effort to document the procedure to build various versions of KStars on various platforms and environments. == Why build from source?..."

New page

== Introduction ==
This page is a community effort to document the procedure to build various versions of KStars on various platforms and environments.

== Why build from source? ==
Typically, you would want to build KStars from source if you plan to develop KStars, or stay on the bleeding edge and contribute valuable feedback.

== Prerequisite Packages ==
To build and develop KStars, several packages may be required from your distribution. Here's a list.
=== Required dependencies ===
* GNU Make, GCC -- Essential tools for building
* kdelibs -- KDE libraries
* cmake -- buildsystem used by KDE
* eigen -- linear algebra library
=== Optional dependencies ===
* libcfitsio -- FITS library
* libindi -- Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface, for controlling equipment.

=== Installing these packages ===
To install all of these, use the following commands:
==== Debian / Kubuntu ====

sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake kdelibs5-dev libeigen2-dev libcfitsio3-dev

Please note that INDI is unavailable in Debian testing as of this writing.

== Documentation on building various versions ==
=== Git ===
KStars development happens on KDE's git repository. ([http://git-scm.com Git] is an open-source version control software.). The code on git is the bleeding-edge developers' version of KStars. It does break occasionally.

To fetch the KStars source code:

git clone git://anongit.kde.org/kstars

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     mkdir build; cd build
 ) run the configure process with cmake:
-    cmake ../KStars -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debugfull -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/kde/usr
+    cmake ../kstars -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debugfull -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/kde/usr
 ) compile KStars:
     make

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 ==== Debian / Kubuntu ====
-    sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake kdelibs5-dev libeigen2-dev libcfitsio3-dev
+    sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake kdelibs5-dev libeigen2-dev libcfitsio3-dev zlib1g-dev
 Please note that INDI is unavailable in Debian testing as of this writing.

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 * cmake -- buildsystem used by KDE
 * eigen -- linear algebra library
 === Optional dependencies ===
 * libcfitsio -- FITS library

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 KStars development happens on KDE's git repository. ([http://git-scm.com Git] is an open-source version control software.). The code on git is the bleeding-edge developers' version of KStars. It does break occasionally.
-To fetch the KStars source code:
+) create and change into a KDE development directory:
-  git clone git://anongit.kde.org/kstars
+That’s all! This installs KStars locally into the separate directory ~/kde/usr, so that your global KDE installation will not be touched at all.
-TODO: Complete this article
+  #!/bin/bash