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diff --git a/BUILDINSTRUCTIONS b/BUILDINSTRUCTIONS index 3997a05..6993370 100644 --- a/BUILDINSTRUCTIONS +++ b/BUILDINSTRUCTIONS @@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ Development platform is Linux. To build all applications, it's required to use Qt 5.1 (or later). See http://qt-project.org/downloads#qt-lib for download. -For the browser application and the demoUI application Qt 5.0 would be sufficient. -The testapp application requires Qt 5.1, because of the use of Qt Quick Controls +For the browser application and the demoUI application Qt 5.0 would be +sufficient. The testapp application requires Qt 5.1, because of the use of Qt +Quick Controls (http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtquickcontrols/qtquickcontrols-index.html). -If building Qt from source, all Qt Essential modules and the Qt Declarative module are necessary -(see http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtdoc/qtmodules.html). +If building Qt from source, all Qt Essential modules and the Qt Declarative +module are necessary (see +http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtdoc/qtmodules.html). Build @@ -34,8 +36,67 @@ To build the separate applications on its own, run Run --- -Always start the browser application first, then start the demoUI or test application. +Always start the browser application first, then start the demoUI or test +application. -For more detailed information about usage and overview, see documentation on the Genivi wiki. +For more detailed information about usage and overview, see documentation on +the Genivi wiki. +Testing +------- +There are automated tests in browser/unit-tests/. In order to build these, +enter the subdirecory of the respective test you'd like to build and issue +<path_to_qt_installation>/bin/qmake. + +Each test will produce a binary of its test suite, which is run using +./<name of test>. + +browserdbus requires the browser to be running, and also requires the +xdotool[1] to be installed in $PATH. + +browserview has no external requirements. + +cachemanagerdbus requires the browser to be running. + +errorloggerdbus requires the browser to NOT be running + +Installing Qt 5 on Ubuntu 12.04 +------------------------------- + +If your target is to build GENIVI's Browser Proof-of-Concept on Ubuntu +12.04 LTS, then these instructions may help you through the build +process. The build process is slightly different if you're using +Ubuntu's version of Qt 5. + +System requirements +------------------- + +Ubuntu 12.04 LTS + +To get a later version of Qt on Ubuntu 12.04, which was released +nearly two years ago, you can use the Ubuntu provided SDK for Qt +available as a PPA.[2] The easiest way to do this is to add to +/etc/apt/sources.list these two lines; + + deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa/ubuntu precise main + deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa/ubuntu precise main + +Alternatively Ubuntu puts PPAs in the sources.list.d directory so you +can put those two lines in a file called +/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-sdk-team-ppa-precise.list +and then run; + +$ sudo apt-get update +$ sudo apt-get install qtdeclarative5-dev + +The above commands install the headers / libraries necessary for +development with Qt and QML. + +See also: http://askubuntu.com/questions/279421/how-can-i-install-qt-5-x-on-12-04-lts + +References +---------- + +[1] http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/ +[2] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/+archive/ppa |