Hi Barry, on linux you can try to install the QtSDK for linux (http://qt-project.org/downloads). It includes QtCreator and Qt5.1. It should work out of the box when opening teh CMakeList.txt file. I hadn't time to try on windows yet. Fabien
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:15 AM, Barry Gerdes <barrygas...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I have tried to build simplegles-qml in windows but can't resolve a linking > problem. I may be missing some dependances. The plugins build > > I then tried to build in Linux but can't get seem to get it to find the > Qt5.1.1 I installed > I am probably missing something. > > Barry > > ________________________________ > Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:40:15 +0300 > From: daggers...@gmail.com > > To: stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Stellarium-pubdevel] Merge simplegles-qml -> trunk? > > On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Fabien Chéreau <fabien.cher...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I and Guillaume have been doing some work in this branch, and I > believe it's now better than the current trunk. > > > Hello and sorry for the delay. As I said, I've been busy. > > The main changes are: > - got rid of the renderer-related code: use OpenGL ES2 only instead > -> allowed to simplify and optimize opengl code (especially text > rendering is now much simpler and faster). > - switch to Qt5: the base widget architecture have been simplified. > Startup time is much faster, we can now use QML together with the old > GUI code. This is a good first step toward having a QML only GUI. > > > I was hoping for a more structured approach to porting to Qt 5, such as > going over the list of changes and checking how each one affects Stellarium > (if it affects it at all). I had a link to that changelog somewhere... > > Also, there's the issue of packaging library files by the Windows installer > - I understand that Qt 5 split the large ones into multiple libraries. > > > - did some tuning on default stars rendering (so that the sky looks > nicer by default) > - cleanup up extinction code, fixed bugs in it > - got rid of the Gettext dependency at run time. The code in this > branch now use Qt translation feature. The translation files are still > based on .po/.pot and gettext tools and are compatible with Launchpad > translation feature (the .po are just translated to .qm files instead > of .mo). > > Remaining issues: > - some more testing must be performed on plugins > - planets shadows is still broken > > > Before I left for Sofia, I tried to build Stellarium on Windows to see to > what extent it will work on my computer. There are a few compile time > errors, and a linking error. The code errors are fixable, the linking error > resulted in Qt Creator reporting an error for each use of a Qt class, > resulting in over ten thousand error reports, which mostly froze the system. > :) At that point, I decided that what was left of my free time wasn't worth > wasting on debugging that problem. > > > The question is: would you guys agree to merge this into the trunk? > The side effect is broken compatibility for some old configs > (including the one from Bogdan apparently :/ ) > > Bogdan, if it's a problem, we can use Stellarium's donation money to > buy you a video card? > > > The problem is that my main computer at the moment is a netbook (old > form-factor since replaced by tablets) with an *integrated* Intel GMA > graphics card which supports OpenGL only up to 1.4 + some extensions. (As > far as I know, that chip was quite popular at one time and quite a lot of > not-so-old portable computers still use it.) This means that if the > migration is completed, I won't be able to contribute to Stellarium in a > meaningful way until I get a new computer. > > Bogdan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. Consolidate > legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT 2. Standardize and > globalize service processes across IT 3. Implement zero-touch automation to > replace manual, redundant tasks > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=51271111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > _______________________________________________ Stellarium-pubdevel mailing > list Stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: > 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT > 2. 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