Create development environment on Linux systems

Building qStopMotion using Qt-Creator IDE on Linux
Last Change: 2012/01/09

1. Preparation of the development environment

1.1 Install necessary libraries with the package manager

• qt libraries (32 or 64 bit, Version >= 4.6.2)
• qt
• qt-devel
• qt-examples
• qt-doc
• CMake (Version >= 2.8.7)
• gstreamer (Version >= 0.10.28)
• gstreamer
• gstreamer-dev
• gstreamer-dbg
• gstreamer-plugins-base (videotestsrc, ffmpegcolorspace, videorate, videoscale)
• gstreamer-plugins-base-dev
• gstreamer-plugins-base-dbg
• gstreamer-plugins-good (v4l2src, dv1394src, dvdemux, dvdec, jpegenc, multifilesink)
• gstreamer-plugins-good-dbg
• (gstreamer-plugins-ugly)
• (gstreamer-plugins-ugly-dbg)
• (gstreamer-plugins-bad) (dshowvideosrc)
• (gstreamer-plugins-bad-dbg)
• gstreamer-ffmpeg (ffdemux_dv, ffdec_dvvideo, ffdeinterlace)
• gstreamer-ffmpeg-dev
• gstreamer-ffmpeg-dbg
• ffmpeg (Version >= 0.5.2)

1.2 Qt Creator for Linux

• Use the Qt Creator from the repositories of your distribution or
• Download Qt Creator for Linux (32 or 64 bit, Version >= 2.1.0) from
  qt.nokia.com/downloads.
• Set execute permissions to the binary installer.
• Start the installer with root permissions.
• Install the Qt Creator to /opt/qtcreator-2.1.0/
• Create a shortcut in the panel.

2. Building qStopMotion

2.1 Build

• Start Qt Creator using the shortcut.
• -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
• Open the CMakeLists.txt file as new project.
• Build | Build Solution
• Locking for error and warning messages

2.2 Debugging

• Start Qt Creator using the shortcut.
• -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
• Open Options | Settings | Debugger
• On the Cdb tab enable the CDB. Normaly the path to the debugger will find
  automatically.
• Start qStopMotion in debugging mode.

3. Create source documentation

3.1 Install Doxygen with the package manager.

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