INSTALL

Compiling QGIS From Source
Tim Sutton 2007
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  1. Introduction
  2. General Build Note
  3. Building under windows using msys
    3.1. MSYS:
    3.2. Qt4.3
    3.3. Flex and Bison
    3.4. Python stuff: (optional)
      3.4.1. Download and install Python - use Windows installer
      3.4.2. Download SIP and PyQt4 sources
      3.4.3. Compile SIP
      3.4.4. Compile PyQt
      3.4.5. Final python notes
    3.5. Subversion:
    3.6. CMake:
    3.7. QGIS:
    3.8. Compiling:
    3.9. Configuration
    3.10. Compilation and installation
    3.11. Run qgis.exe from the directory where it's installed (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
    3.12. Create the installation package: (optional)
  4. Building on Mac OSX using frameworks and cmake (QGIS > 0.8)
    4.1. Install XCODE
    4.2. Install Qt4 from .dmg
    4.3. Install development frameworks for QGIS dependencies
      4.3.1. Additional Dependencies : GSL
      4.3.2. Additional Dependencies : Expat
      4.3.3. Additional Dependencies : SIP
      4.3.4. Additional Dependencies : PyQt
      4.3.5. Additional Dependencies : Bison
    4.4. Install CMAKE for OSX
    4.5. Install subversion for OSX
    4.6. Check out QGIS from SVN
    4.7. Configure the build
    4.8. GEOS Issues
    4.9. Building
  5. Building on GNU/Linux
    5.1. Building QGIS with Qt4.x
    5.2. Prepare apt
    5.3. Install Qt4
    5.4. Install additional software dependencies required by QGIS
    5.5. GRASS Specific Steps
    5.6. Setup ccache (Optional)
    5.7. Prepare your development environment
    5.8. Check out the QGIS Source Code
    5.9. Starting the compile
    5.10. Running QGIS
  6. Further help and information
  7. Authors and Acknowledgments


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  1. Introduction
  ===============

/!\ *Note to document writers:* Please use this document as the central
place for describing build procefures. Please do not remove this notice. 

/!\ *Note:* This is a 'cut and paste' tutorial - in most cases you can
simply copy the commands listed in codeblocks that look like this:


  somecommand to be pasted ```



  2. General Build Note
  =====================

At version 0.8.1 QGIS no longer uses the autotools for building. QGIS, like a
number of major projects (eg. KDE 4.0), now uses cmake for building from
source. The configure script in this directory simply checks for the existence
of cmake and provides some clues to build QGIS.

For complete information, see the wiki at:
   http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/Building_with_CMake


  3. Building under windows using msys
  ====================================


	3.1. MSYS:
	==========

MSYS provides a unix style build environment under windows. We have created a
zip archive that contains just about all dependencies.

Get this: 

http://qgis.org/uploadfiles/msys/msys.tar.gz

and unpack to c:\msys

/!\ The file above is compressed as gzipped tarball - you can get a free
windows application for creating and decompressing files here:

http://www.7-zip.org/


	3.2. Qt4.3
	==========

Download qt4.3 opensource precompiled edition exe and install (including the
download and install of mingw) from here:

http://www.trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/windows

When the installer will ask for MinGW, you don't need to download and install
it, just point the installer to c:\msys\mingw

When Qt installation is complete:

Edit C:\Qt\4.3.0\bin\qtvars.bat and add the following lines:


  set PATH=%PATH%;C:\msys\local\bin;c:\msys\local\lib 
  set PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Program Files\Subversion\bin" 


I suggest you also add C:\Qt\4.3.0\bin\ to your Environment Variables Path in
the windows system preferences.

If you plan to do some debugging, you'll need to compile debug version of Qt:
C:\Qt\4.3.0\bin\qtvars.bat compile_debug


	3.3. Flex and Bison
	===================

*** Note I think this section can be removed as it should be installed int the
msys image already. TS

Get Flex
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23617&package_id=16424
(the zip bin) and extract it into c:\msys\mingw\bin


	3.4. Python stuff: (optional)
	=============================

Follow this section in case you would like to use Python bindings for QGIS.  To
be able to compile bindings, you need to compile SIP and PyQt4 from sources as
their installer doesn't include some development files which are necessary.


		3.4.1. Download and install Python - use Windows installer
		==========================================================

(It doesn't matter to what folder you'll install it)

http://python.org/download/


		3.4.2. Download SIP and PyQt4 sources
		=====================================

http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Downloads/sip4/sip-4.6.zip
http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Downloads/PyQt4/GPL/PyQt-win-gpl-4.2.zip

Extract each of the above zip files in a temporary directory.


		3.4.3. Compile SIP
		==================


  c:\Qt\4.3.0\bin\qtvars.bat 
  python configure.py -p win32-g++ 
  make 
  make install 



		3.4.4. Compile PyQt
		===================


  c:\Qt\4.3.0\bin\qtvars.bat 
  python configure.py 
  make 
  make install 



		3.4.5. Final python notes
		=========================

/!\ You can delete the directories with unpacked SIP and PyQt4 sources after a
successfull install, they're not needed anymore.


	3.5. Subversion:
	================

In order to check out QGIS sources from the repository, you need Subversion
client. This installer should work fine:

http://subversion.tigris.org/files/documents/15/36797/svn-1.4.3-setup.exe


	3.6. CMake:
	===========

CMake is build system used by Quantum GIS. Download it from here:

http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.4/cmake-2.4.6-win32-x86.exe


	3.7. QGIS:
	==========

Start a cmd.exe window ( Start -> Run -> cmd.exe ) Create development 
directory and move into it


  md c:\dev\cpp 
  cd c:\dev\cpp 


Check out sources from SVN For svn head:


  svn co https://svn.qgis.org/repos/qgis/trunk/qgis 

For svn 0.8 branch


   svn co https://svn.qgis.org/repos/qgis/branches/Release-0_8_0 qgis0.8



	3.8. Compiling:
	===============

As a background read the generic building with CMake notes at the end of 
this document.

Start a cmd.exe window ( Start -> Run -> cmd.exe ) if you don't have one
already.  Add paths to compiler and our MSYS environment:


  c:\Qt\4.3.0\bin\qtvars.bat 


For ease of use add c:\Qt\4.3.0\bin\ to your system path in system
properties so you can just type qtvars.bat when you open the cmd console.
Create build directory and set it as current directory:


  cd c:\dev\cpp\qgis 
  md build 
  cd build 



	3.9. Configuration
	==================


  cmakesetup ..  


/!\ NOTE: You must include the '..' above.

Click 'Configure' button.  When asked, you should choose 'MinGW Makefiles'
as generator.

There's a problem with MinGW Makefiles on Win2K. If you're compiling on this
platform, use 'MSYS Makefiles' generator instead.

All dependencies should be picked up automatically, if you have set up the
Paths correctly. The only thing you need to change is the installation
destination (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX) and/or set 'Debug'.

For compatibility with NSIS packaging cripts I recommend to leave the
install prefix to its default c:\program files\

When configuration is done, click 'OK' to exit the setup utility.


	3.10. Compilation and installation
	==================================


   make make install 



	3.11. Run qgis.exe from the directory where it's installed (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
	=================================================================================

Make sure to copy all .dll:s needed to the same directory as the qgis.exe
binary is installed to, if not already done so, otherwise QGIS will complain
about missing libraries when started.

The best way to do this is to download both the QGIS current release installer
package from http://qgis.org/uploadfiles/testbuilds/ and install it. Now copy
the installation dir from C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS into c:\Program
Files\qgis-0.8.1 (or whatever the current version is. The name should strictly
match the version no.) After making this copy you can uninstall the release
version of QGIS from your c:\Program Files directory using the provided
uninstaller. Double check that the Quantum GIS dir is completely gone under
program files afterwards.

Another possibility is to run qgis.exe when your path contains
c:\msys\local\bin and c:\msys\local\lib directories, so the DLLs will be
used from that place.


	3.12. Create the installation package: (optional)
	=================================================

Downlad and install NSIS from (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page)

Now using windows explorer, enter the win_build directory in your QGIS source
tree. Read the READMEfile there and follow the instructions. Next right click
on qgis.nsi and choose the option 'Compile NSIS Script'. 


  4. Building on Mac OSX using frameworks and cmake (QGIS > 0.8)
  ==============================================================

In this approach I will try to avoid as much as possible building dependencies
from source and rather use frameworks wherever possible.


	4.1. Install XCODE
	==================

I recommend to get the latest xcode dmg from the Apple XDC Web site. Install
XCODE after the ~941mb download is complete.


	4.2. Install Qt4 from .dmg
	==========================


  ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-mac-opensource-4.2.3.dmg 


If you want debug libs, Qt also provide a dmg with these:


  ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-mac-opensource-4.2.3-debug-libs.dmg


I am going to proceed using only release libs at this stage as the download for
the debug dmg is substantially bigger. If you plan to do any debugging though
you probably want to get the debug libs dmg. Once downloaded open the dmg and
run the installer. Note you need admin access to install.

After installing you need to make two small changes:

First edit /Library/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Headers/qconfig.h and
change 

/!\ Note this doesnt seem to be needed since version 4.2.3

QT_EDITION_UNKNOWN to QT_EDITION_OPENSOURCE

Second change the default mkspec symlink so that it points to macx-g++:


  cd /usr/local/Qt4.2/mkspecs/ sudo rm default sudo ln -sf macx-g++ default



	4.3. Install development frameworks for QGIS dependencies
	=========================================================

Download William Kyngesburye's excellent all in one framework that includes
proj, gdal, sqlite3 etc


  http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/unixport/AllFrameworks.dmg 


Once downloaded, open and install the frameworks.

William provides an additional installer package for Postgresql/PostGIS. Its
available here:


  http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/unixport/postgres 


There are some additional dependencies that at the time of writing are not
provided as frameworks so we will need to build these from source.


		4.3.1. Additional Dependencies : GSL
		====================================

Retrieve the Gnu Scientific Library from


  curl -O ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-1.8.tar.gz 


Then extract it and build it to a prefix of /usr/local:


  tar xvfz gsl-1.8.tar.gz 
  cd gsl-1.8 
  ./configure --prefix=/usr/local 
  make
  sudo make install cd ..  



		4.3.2. Additional Dependencies : Expat
		======================================

Get the expat sources:


  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10127 



  tar xvfz expat-2.0.0.tar.gz 
  cd expat-2.0.0 
  ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
  make 
  sudo make install 
  cd ..  



		4.3.3. Additional Dependencies : SIP
		====================================

Retrieve the python bindings toolkit SIP from


  curl -O http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Downloads/sip4/sip-4.5.2.tar.gz


Then extract and build it to a prefix of /usr/local:


  tar xvfz sip-4.5.2.tar.gz 
  cd sip-4.5.2 
  python configure.py 
  make 
  sudo make install 
  cd ..  



		4.3.4. Additional Dependencies : PyQt
		=====================================

Retrieve the python bindings toolkit for Qt from


  curl -O http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Downloads/PyQt4/GPL/PyQt-mac-gpl-4.1.1.tar.gz


Then extract and build it to a prefix of /usr/local:


  tar xvfz PyQt-mac-gpl-4.1.1.tar.gz 
  cd PyQt-mac-gpl-4.1.1 
  python configure.py 
  yes 
  make 
  sudo make install 
  cd ..  



		4.3.5. Additional Dependencies : Bison
		======================================

The version of bison available by default on Mac OSX is too old so you need to
get a more recent one on your system. Download if from:


  curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-2.3.tar.gz 


Now build and install it to a prefix of /usr/local :


  tar xvfz bison-2.3.tar.gz 
  cd bison-2.3 
  ./configure --prefix=/usr/local 
  make
  sudo make install 
  cd ..  



	4.4. Install CMAKE for OSX
	==========================

Get the latest release from here:


  http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Download.html 


At the time of writing the file I grabbed was:


  curl -O http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.4/cmake-2.4.6-Darwin-universal.dmg


Once downloaded open the dmg and run the installer


	4.5. Install subversion for OSX
	===============================

The http://sourceforge.net/projects/macsvn/ (MacSVN) project has a downloadable
build of svn. If you are a GUI inclined person you may want to grab their gui
client too. Get the command line client here:


  curl -O http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/macsvn/Subversion_1.4.2.zip 


Once downloaded open the zip file and run the installer.

You also need to install BerkleyDB available from the same
http://sourceforge.net/projects/macsvn/ (website). At the time of writing the
file was here:


  curl -O http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/macsvn/Berkeley_DB_4.5.20.zip 


Once again unzip this and run the installer therein.

Lastly we need to ensure that the svn commandline executeable is in the path.
Add the following line to the end of /etc/bashrc using sudo:


  sudo vim /etc/bashrc 


And add this line to the bottom before saving and quiting:


  export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/bin 


/usr/local/bin needs to be first in the path so that the newer bison (that will
be built from source further down) is found before the bison (which is very
old) that is installed by MacOSX

Now close and reopen your shell to get the updated vars.


	4.6. Check out QGIS from SVN
	============================

Now we are going to check out the sources for QGIS. First we will create a
directory for working in:


  mkdir -p ~/dev/cpp cd ~/dev/cpp 


Now we check out the sources:

Trunk:


  svn co https://svn.qgis.org/repos/qgis/trunk/qgis qgis 


For svn 0.8 branch


  svn co https://svn.qgis.org/repos/qgis/branches/Release-0_8_0 qgis0.8


The first time you check out QGIS sources you will probably get a message like
this:


   Error validating server certificate for 'https://svn.qgis.org:443':
   - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the fingerprint to
     validate the certificate manually!  Certificate information:
   - Hostname: svn.qgis.org
   - Valid: from Apr  1 00:30:47 2006 GMT until Mar 21 00:30:47 2008 GMT
   - Issuer: Developer Team, Quantum GIS, Anchorage, Alaska, US
   - Fingerprint: 2f:cd:f1:5a:c7:64:da:2b:d1:34:a5:20:c6:15:67:28:33:ea:7a:9b
     (R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently?  


I suggest you press 'p' to accept the key permanently.


	4.7. Configure the build
	========================

CMake supports out of source build so we will create a 'build' dir for the
build process


  cd qgis 
  mkdir build 
  cd build 
  cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/apps/ ..



	4.8. GEOS Issues
	================

I had some issues with GEOS headers so I made the following edits:

In file /Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Headers/io.h, comment out line 61

In file /Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Headers/geom.h, comment out line 145


	4.9. Building
	=============

Now we can start the build process:


  make 


If all built without errors you can then install it:


  make install 



  5. Building on GNU/Linux
  ========================


	5.1. Building QGIS with Qt4.x
	=============================

*Requires:* Ubuntu Edgy

These notes are for if you want to build QGIS from source. One of the major
aims here is to show how this can be done using binary packages for *all*
dependencies - building only the core QGIS stuff from source. I prefer this
approach because it means we can leave the business of managing system packages
to apt and only concern ourselves with coding QGIS! 

This document assumes you have made a fresh install and have a 'clean' system.
These instructions should work fine if this is a system that has already been
in use for a while, you may need to just skip those steps which are irrelevant
to you.


	5.2. Prepare apt
	================

The packages qgis depends on to build are available in the "universe" component
of Ubuntu. This is not activated by default, so you need to activate it:

1. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file.  
2. Uncomment the all the lines starting with "deb"

Also you will need to be running (K)Ubuntu 'edgy' or higher in order for 
all dependencies to be met.

Now update your local sources database:


  sudo apt-get update 



	5.3. Install Qt4
	================


  sudo apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-debug libqt4-debug-dev \
  libqt4-dev libqt4-gui libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql lsb-qt4 qt4-designer \
  qt4-dev-tools qt4-doc qt4-qtconfig uim-qt gcc libapt-pkg-perl resolvconf


/!\ *A Special Note:* If you are following this set of instructions on
a system where you already have Qt3 development tools installed, there will
be a conflict between Qt3 tools and Qt4 tools. For example, qmake will
point to the Qt3 version not the Qt4. Ubuntu Qt4 and Qt3 packages are
designed to live alongside each other. This means that for example if you
have them both installed you will have three qmake exe's:


  /usr/bin/qmake -> /etc/alternatives/qmake 
  /usr/bin/qmake-qt3
  /usr/bin/qmake-qt4 


The same applies to all other Qt binaries. You will notice above that the
canonical 'qmake' is managed by apt alternatives, so before we start to
build QGIS, we need to make Qt4 the default. To return Qt3 to default later
you can use this same process.

You can use apt alternatives to correct this so that the Qt4 version of
applications is used in all cases:


  sudo update-alternatives --config qmake
  sudo update-alternatives --config uic 
  sudo update-alternatives --config designer 
  sudo update-alternatives --config assistant 
  sudo update-alternatives --config qtconfig 
  sudo update-alternatives --config moc 
  sudo update-alternatives --config lupdate 
  sudo update-alternatives --config lrelease 
  sudo update-alternatives --config linguist 


Use the simple command line dialog that appears after running each of the
above commands to select the Qt4 version of the relevant applications.


	5.4. Install additional software dependencies required by QGIS
	==============================================================


  sudo apt-get install gdal-bin libgdal1-dev libgeos-dev proj libtool \
  libgdal-doc libhdf4g-dev libhdf4g-run autoconf2.13 automake1.9 python-dev \
  swig libgsl0-dev g++ libjasper-1.701-dev libtiff4-dev  subversion gsl-bin \
  libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 ccache make libpq-dev flex bison firefox 



	5.5. GRASS Specific Steps
	=========================

/!\ *Note:* If you don't need to build with GRASS support,  you can
skip this section.

Now you can install grass from dapper:


  sudo apt-get install grass libgrass-dev libgdal1-grass 



	5.6. Setup ccache (Optional)
	============================

You should also setup ccache to speed up compile times:


  cd /usr/local/bin 
  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ccache gcc 
  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ccache g++ 



	5.7. Prepare your development environment
	=========================================

As a convention I do all my development work in $HOME/dev/<language>, so in
this case we will create a work environment for C++ development work like
this:


  mkdir -p ${HOME}/dev/cpp 
  cd ${HOME}/dev/cpp 


This directory path will be assumed for all instructions that follow.


	5.8. Check out the QGIS Source Code
	===================================

There are two ways the source can be checked out. Use the anonymous method
if you do not have edit privaleges for the QGIS source repository, or use
  the developer checkout if you have permissions to commit source code
  changes.

1. Anonymous Checkout


  cd ${HOME}/dev/cpp 
  svn co https://svn.qgis.org/repos/qgis/trunk/qgis qgis


2. Developer Checkout


  cd ${HOME}/dev/cpp 
  svn co --username <yourusername> https://svn.qgis.org/repos/qgis/trunk/qgis qgis 


The first time you check out the source you will be prompted to accept the
qgis.org certificate. Press 'p' to accept it permanently:


  Error validating server certificate for 'https://svn.qgis.org:443':
     - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the
       fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!  Certificate
       information:
     - Hostname: svn.qgis.org
     - Valid: from Apr  1 00:30:47 2006 GMT until Mar 21 00:30:47 2008 GMT
     - Issuer: Developer Team, Quantum GIS, Anchorage, Alaska, US
     - Fingerprint:
       2f:cd:f1:5a:c7:64:da:2b:d1:34:a5:20:c6:15:67:28:33:ea:7a:9b (R)eject,
       accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently?  



	5.9. Starting the compile
	=========================

I compile my development version of QGIS into my ~/apps directory to avoid
conflicts with Ubuntu packages that may be under /usr. This way for example
you can use the binary packages of QGIS on your system along side with your
development version. I suggest you do something similar:


  mkdir -p ${HOME}/apps 


The script will carry on to build QGIS - it may take a little while to go
and have a cup of your favourite beverage while you wait...


	5.10. Running QGIS
	==================

Once the compile is complete it should pop up a page in firefox with unit
test results. At the time of writing the unit tests are just stubs - we
still need to create the test implementations - so dont worry to much about
their output at the moment.

Now you can try to run QGIS:


  $HOME/apps/bin/qgis 


If all has worked properly the QGIS application should start up and appear
on your screen.


  6. Further help and information
  ===============================

    Please visit http://qgis.org for information on joining our mailing lists
    and getting involved in the project further.


  7. Authors and Acknowledgments
  ==============================

The follwing people have contributed to this document:

- Windows Section
 - Tim Sutton, Godofredo Contreras 2006
 - CMake additions Magnus Homann 2007
 - Python additions Martin Dobias 2007
 - With thanks to Tisham Dhar for preparing the initial msys environment

- OSX Section
 - Tim Sutton, 2007
 - With special thanks to Tom Elwertowski and William Kyngesburye

- GNU/Linux Section
 - Tim Sutton 2006