Quantum GIS (QGIS) Building QGIS from source - step by step ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Introduction 2. General Build Notes 2.1. An overview of the dependencies required for building 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 or Xcode 4.1. Install Xcode 4.2. Install Qt4 from .dmg 4.3. Install development frameworks for QGIS dependencies 4.3.1. Additional Dependencies : General compatibility note 4.3.2. Additional Dependencies : Expat 4.3.3. Additional Dependencies : Python 4.3.4. Additional Dependencies : SIP 4.3.5. Additional Dependencies : PyQt 4.3.6. Additional Dependencies : Qwt/PyQwt 4.3.7. 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 4.7.1. Configure the CMake build 4.7.2. Configure the Xcode build 4.8. Building 4.8.1. Building with Cmake 4.8.2. Building with Xcode 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. Building Debian packages 5.11. Running QGIS 5.12. A practical case: Building QGIS and GRASS from source on Ubuntu with ECW and MrSID formats support 5.12.1. Step 1: install base packages 5.12.2. Step 2: compile and install the ecw libraries 5.12.3. Step 3: download the MrSID binaries 5.12.4. Step 4: compile and install the gdal libraries 5.12.5. Step 5: compile and install GRASS 5.12.6. Step 6: compile and install QGIS 6. Creation of MSYS environment for compilation of Quantum GIS 6.1. Initial setup 6.1.1. MSYS 6.1.2. MinGW 6.1.3. Flex and Bison 6.2. Installing dependencies 6.2.1. Getting ready 6.2.2. GRASS 6.2.3. GEOS 6.2.4. SQLITE 6.2.5. GSL 6.2.6. EXPAT 6.2.7. POSTGRES 6.3. Cleanup 7. Building with MS Visual Studio 7.1. Setup Visual Studio 7.1.1. Express Edition 7.1.2. All Editions 7.2. Download/Install Dependencies 7.2.1. Flex and Bison 7.2.2. To include PostgreSQL support in Qt 7.2.3. Qt 7.2.4. Proj.4 7.2.5. GSL 7.2.6. GEOS 7.2.7. GDAL 7.2.8. PostGIS 7.2.9. Expat 7.2.10. CMake 7.3. Building QGIS with CMAKE 8. Building under Windows using MSVC Express 8.1. System preparation 8.2. Install the libraries archive 8.3. Install Visual Studio Express 2005 8.4. Install Microsoft Platform SDK2 8.5. Edit your vsvars 8.6. Environment Variables 8.7. Building Qt4.3.2 8.7.1. Compile Qt 8.7.2. Configure Visual C++ to use Qt 8.8. Install Python 8.9. Install SIP 8.10. Install PyQt4 8.11. Install CMake 8.12. Install Subversion 8.13. Initial SVN Check out 8.14. Create Makefiles using cmakesetup.exe 8.15. Running and packaging 9. Authors and Acknowledgments ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Introduction =============== This document is the original installation guide of the described software Quantum GIS. The software and hardware descriptions named in this document are in most cases registered trademarks and are therefore subject to the legal requirements. Quantum GIS is subject to the GNU General Public License. Find more information on the Quantum GIS Homepage: http://www.qgis.org The details, that are given in this document have been written and verified to the best of knowledge and responsibility of the editors. Nevertheless, mistakes concerning the content are possible. Therefore, all data are not liable to any duties or guarantees. The editors and publishers do not take any responsibility or liability for failures and their consequences. You are always welcome for indicating possible mistakes. You can download this document as part of the Quantum GIS 'User and Installation Guide' in HTML and PDF format via http://www.qgis.org. A current version is also available at the wiki, see: http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Installation_Guide Translations of this document can also be downloaded at the documentation area of the Quantum GIS project at http://www.qgis.org. More information is available via http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/DocumentationWritersCorner. Please visit http://qgis.org for information on joining our mailing lists and getting involved in the project further. /!\ *Note to document writers:* Please use this document as the central place for describing build procedures. Please do not remove this notice. /!\ *Note to document writers:* This documented is generated from doc/INSTALL.t2t - if you need to edit this document, be sure to edit that file rather than the generated INSTALL document found in the root of the source directory. /!\ *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 Notes ====================== Since 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 (http://www.cmake.org) for building from source. The configure script in this directory simply checks for the existence of cmake and provides some clues to build QGIS. 2.1. An overview of the dependencies required for building ========================================================== '''Required build deps:''' * CMake >= 2.6.0 * Flex, Bison '''Required runtime deps:''' * Qt >= 4.4.0 * Proj >= 4.4.x * GEOS >= 3.0 * Sqlite3 >= 3.0.0 * GDAL/OGR >= 1.4.x '''Optional dependencies:''' * for GRASS plugin - GRASS >= 6.0.0 (libraries compiled with exceptions support) * for georeferencer - GSL >= 1.8 * for postgis support and SPIT plugin - PostgreSQL >= 8.0.x * for gps plugin - expat >= 1.95 * for mapserver export and PyQGIS - Python >= 2.3 (2.5+ preferred) * for PyQGIS - SIP >= 4.8, PyQt >= must match Qt version * for GPS tracking - Qwt >= 5.0 '''Recommended runtime deps:''' * for gps plugin - gpsbabel 3. Building under windows using msys ==================================== Note: For a detailed account of building all the dependencies yourself you can visit Marco Pasetti's website here: http://www.webalice.it/marco.pasetti/qgis+grass/BuildFromSource.html Read on to use the simplified approach with pre-built libraries... 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://download.osgeo.org/qgis/win32/msys.zip and unpack to c:\msys If you wish to prepare your msys environment yourself rather than using our pre-made one, detailed instructions are provided elsewhere in this document. 3.2. Qt4.3 ========== Download qt4.3 opensource precompiled edition exe and install (including the download and install of mingw) from here: http://qt.nokia.com/downloads 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 Note: there is a problem when compiling debug version of Qt 4.3, the script ends with this message "mingw32-make: *** No rule to make target `debug'. Stop.". To compile the debug version you have to go out of src directory and execute the following command: c:\Qt\4.3.0 make 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/software/sip/download http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download Extract each of the above zip files in a temporary directory. Make sure to get versions that match your current Qt installed version. 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.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis For svn 0.8 branch svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/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 or Xcode ========================================================== In this approach I will try to avoid as much as possible building dependencies from source and rather use frameworks wherever possible. The base system here is Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). Included are a few notes for building on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Snow Leopard note: A cmake/qt/sip bug currently exists where a 32-bit cmake build fails to provide python bindings. This means that python plugin support is currently lacking for 32-bit builds using cmake in Snow Leopard. See the Xcode build method to if you require python support. 4.1. Install Xcode ================== I recommend to get the latest Xcode dmg from the Apple XDC Web site (http:/developer.apple.com). The Mac system install disks come with a copy of Xcode, but it's likely out of date. Install Xcode after the ~1gb download is complete. /!\ Note: It may be that you need to create some symlinks after installing Xcode (in particular if you are using Xcode 2.5 on Tiger): cd /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/ sudo mv local/ local_ sudo ln -s /usr/local/ local 4.2. Install Qt4 from .dmg ========================== You need a minimum of Qt-4.4.0. I suggest getting the latest. Snow Leopard note: If you are building on Snow Leopard, you will need to decide between 32-bit support in the older, Qt Carbon branch, or 64-bit support in the Qt Cocoa branch. Appropriate installers are available for both as of Qt-4.5.2. Qt 4.6+ is recommended for Cocoa. http://qt.nokia.com/downloads If you want debug frameworks, Qt also provides a dmg with these. These are in addition to the non-debug frameworks. Once downloaded open the dmg and run the installer. Note you need admin privileges to install. Qt note: Starting in Qt 4.4, libQtCLucene was added, and in 4.5 libQtUiTools was added, both in /usr/lib. When using a system SDK (which will happen in the Xcode build), these libraries will not be found. To fix this problem, add symlinks to /usr/local: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libQtUiTools.a /usr/local/lib/ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libQtCLucene.dylib /usr/local/lib/ These should then be found automatically on Leopard and above. Earlier systems may need some help by adding '-L/usr/local/lib' to CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS, CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS and CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS in the cmake build. 4.3. Install development frameworks for QGIS dependencies ========================================================= Download William Kyngesburye's excellent GDAL Complete package that includes PROJ, GEOS, GDAL, SQLite3, and image libraries, as frameworks. There is also a GSL framework. http://www.kyngchaos.com/wiki/software/frameworks Once downloaded, open and install the frameworks. William provides an additional installer package for Postgresql (for PostGIS support). Qgis just needs the libpq client library, so unless you want to setup the full Postgres + PostGIS server, all you need is the client-only package. It's available here: http://www.kyngchaos.com/wiki/software/postgres Also available is a GRASS application: http://www.kyngchaos.com/wiki/software/grass 4.3.1. Additional Dependencies : General compatibility note =========================================================== There are some additional dependencies that, at the time of writing, are not provided as frameworks or installers so we will need to build these from source. If you are wanting to build Qgis as a 64-bit application, you will need to provide the appropriate build commands to produce 64-bit support in dependencies. Likewise, for 32-bit support on Snow Leopard, you will need to override the default system architecture, which is 64-bit, according to instructions for individual dependency packages. Stable release versions are preferred. Beta and other development versions may have problems and you are on your own with those. 4.3.2. Additional Dependencies : Expat ====================================== Snow Leopard note: Snow Leopard includes a usable expat, so this step is not necessary on Snow Leopard. Get the expat sources: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10127 Double-click the source tarball to unpack, then, in Terminal.app, cd to the source folder and: ./configure make sudo make install 4.3.3. Additional Dependencies : Python ======================================= Leopard and Snow Leopard note: Leopard and Snow Leopard include a usable Python 2.5 and 2.6, respectively. So there is no need to install Python on Leopard and Snow Leopard. You can still install Python from python.org if preferred. Make sure you install at least the latest Python 2.5 from http://www.python.org/download/ Python 3 is a major change, and may have compatibility issues, so try it at your own risk. 4.3.4. Additional Dependencies : SIP ==================================== Retrieve the python bindings toolkit SIP from http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/download Double-click the source tarball to unpack it, then, in Terminal.app, cd to the source folder and (this installs by default into the Python framework, and is appropriate only for python.org Python installs): python configure.py make sudo make install Leopard notes If building on Leopard, using Leopard's bundled Python, SIP wants to install in the system path -- this is not a good idea. Use this configure command instead of the basic configure above: python configure.py -n -d /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages -b /usr/local/bin \ -e /usr/local/include -v /usr/local/share/sip -s MacOSX10.5.sdk Snow Leopard notes Similar to Leopard, you should install outside the system Python path. Also, you need to specify the architecture you want (requires at least SIP 4.9), and make sure to run the versioned python binary (this one responds to the 'arch' command, 'python' does not). If you are using 32-bit Qt (Qt Carbon): python2.6 configure.py -n -d /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages -b /usr/local/bin \ -e /usr/local/include -v /usr/local/share/sip --arch=i386 -s MacOSX10.6.sdk For 64-bit Qt (Qt Cocoa), use this configure line: python2.6 configure.py -n -d /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages -b /usr/local/bin \ -e /usr/local/include -v /usr/local/share/sip --arch=x86_64 -s MacOSX10.6.sdk 4.3.5. Additional Dependencies : PyQt ===================================== Retrieve the python bindings toolkit for Qt from http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download Double-click the source tarball to unpack it, then, in Terminal.app, cd to the source folder and (this installs by default into the Python framework, and is appropriate only for python.org Python installs): python configure.py yes There is a problem with the configuration that needs to be fixed now (it affects PyQwt compilation later). Edit pyqtconfig.py and change the qt_dir line to: 'qt_dir': '/usr', Then continue with compilation and installation: make sudo make install Leopard notes If building on Leopard, using Leopard's bundled Python, PyQt wants to install in the system path -- this is not a good idea. Use this configure command instead of the basic configure above: python configure.py -d /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages -b /usr/local/bin If there is a problem with undefined symbols in QtOpenGL on Leopard, edit QtOpenGL/makefile and add -undefined dynamic_lookup to LFLAGS. Then make again. Snow Leopard notes Similar to Leopard, you should install outside the system Python path. Also, you need to specify the architecture you want (requires at least PyQt 4.6), and make sure to run the versioned python binary (this one responds to the 'arch' command, which is important for pyuic4, 'python' does not). If you are using 32-bit Qt (Qt Carbon): python2.6 configure.py -d /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages -b /usr/local/bin --use-arch i386 For 64-bit Qt (Qt Cocoa), use this configure line: python2.6 configure.py -d /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages -b /usr/local/bin --use-arch x86_64 4.3.6. Additional Dependencies : Qwt/PyQwt ========================================== The GPS tracking feature uses Qwt. Some popular 3rd-party plugins use PyQwt. You can take care of both with the PyQwt source from: http://pyqwt.sourceforge.net/ Double-click the tarball to unpack it. The following assumes PyQwt v5.2.0 (comes with Qwt 5.2.1). Now, first edit qwtconfig.pri in the qwt-5.2 subdir and change some settings so you don't get a bloated debug static library (too bad they are not configurable from qmake). Scroll down to the 'release/debug mode' block. Edit the last 'CONFIG +=' line, within an 'else' block, and change 'debug' to 'release'. Like so: else { CONFIG += release # release/debug } Also uncomment (remove # prefix) the line 'CONFIG += QwtDll'. Like so: CONFIG += QwtDll Save and close. Now, cd into the qwt-5.2 subdir in a Terminal. Type these commands to build and install: qmake -spec macx-g++ make sudo make install The Qwt shared library is now installed in /usr/local/qwt-5.x.x[-svn] (x.x is the minor.point version, and it may be an SVN version). Remember this for QGIS and PyQwt configuration. Now for PyQwt. Still in the Terminal: cd ../configure python configure.py --extra-include-dirs=/usr/local/qwt-5.2.1-svn/include \ --extra-lib-dirs=/usr/local/qwt-5.2.1-svn/lib --extra-libs=qwt make sudo make install Make sure to use the qwt install path from the Qwt build above. Finally, if you run into problems with the library not being properly linked after you build qgis, you may need to fix that as follows and then rebuild qgis (this is not needed when bundling all Qt/PyQt related components, which is recommended, and default in the Xcode build): sudo install_name_tool -id /usr/local/qwt-5.2.1-svn/lib/libqwt.5.dylib /usr/local/qwt-5.2.1-svn/lib/libqwt.5.dylib Snow Leopard note If using Qt Carbon, you need to specify which architectures to build, otherwise it will default to a combination that does not work (ie x86_64 for a Carbon Qt). This is not needed for Qt Cocoa. Configure as follows: python configure.py --extra-cflags="-arch i386" --extra-cxxflags="-arch i386" \ --extra-lflags="-arch i386" --extra-include-dirs=/usr/local/qwt-5.2.1-svn/include \ --extra-lib-dirs=/usr/local/qwt-5.2.1-svn/lib --extra-libs=qwt 4.3.7. Additional Dependencies : Bison ====================================== Leopard and Snow Leopard note: Leopard and Snow Leopard include Bison 2.3, so this step can be skipped on Leopard and Snow Leopard. The version of bison available by default on Mac OS X 10.4 is too old so you need to get a more recent one on your system. Download at least version 2.3 from: ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/ Now build and install it to a prefix of /usr/local.Ê Double-click the source tarball to unpack it, then cd to the source folder and: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make sudo make install 4.4. Install CMake for OSX ========================== (Only needed for a cmake build.) Get the latest source release from here: http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html Binary installers are available for OS X, but they are not recommended (2.4 versions install in /usr instead of /usr/local, and 2.6 versions are a strange application). Instead, download the source, double-click the source tarball, then cd to the source folder and: ./bootstrap --docdir=/share/doc/CMake --mandir=/share/man make sudo make install 4.5. Install subversion for OSX =============================== Leopard and Snow Leopard note: Leopard and Snow Leopard (Xcode 3+) include SVN, so this step can be skipped on Leopard and Snow Leopard. 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 (or some folder of your choice): mkdir -p ~/dev/cpp cd ~/dev/cpp Now we check out the sources: Trunk: svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis qgis For a release branch version x.y.z: svn co https://svn.qgis.org/qgis/branches/Release-x_y_z qgis-x.y.z 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 ======================== There are 2 different methods to build QGIS: the traditional CMake method, and the new Xcode project (starting with QGIS 1.1). The Xcode project has additional bundling steps, though some optional QGIS features must be explicitly stated in a user configuration file. The CMake build handles optional features, and some bundling steps are available with scripts in the mac directory. 4.7.1. Configure the CMake build ================================ CMake supports out of source build so we will create a 'build' dir for the build process. OS X uses ${HOME}/Applications as a standard user app folder (it gives it the system app folder icon). If you have the correct permissions you may want to build straight into your /Applications folder. The instructions below assume you are building into a pre-existing ${HOME}/Applications directory ... cd qgis mkdir build cd build cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/Applications -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. To use the application build of GRASS on OSX, you can optionally use the following cmake invocation (minimum GRASS 6.3 required, substitute the GRASS version as required): cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/Applications -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -D GRASS_INCLUDE_DIR=/Applications/GRASS-6.4.app/Contents/MacOS/include \ -D GRASS_PREFIX=/Applications/GRASS-6.4.app/Contents/MacOS \ .. Or, to use a Unix-style build of GRASS, use the following cmake invocation (minimum GRASS version as stated in the Qgis requirements, substitute the GRASS path and version as required): cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/Applications -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -D GRASS_INCLUDE_DIR=/user/local/grass-6.4.0/include \ -D GRASS_PREFIX=/user/local/grass-6.4.0 \ .. Leopard note: To find the custom install of SIP on Leopard, add '-D SIP_BINARY_PATH=/usr/local/bin/sip' to the cmake commands above, before the '..' at the end, ie: cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/Applications -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -D SIP_BINARY_PATH=/usr/local/bin/sip \ .. Snow Leopard note: To handle the appropriate version of Qt (32-bit or 64-bit), you will need to invoke cmake based on which version of Qt you installed. Also, SIP/PyQt detection will fail for 32bit because Python runs 64bit. For 32-bit Qt (Carbon) with GRASS-6.4, create a 32bit python script and add arch flags to the configuration: sudo cat >/usr/local/bin/python32 < /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 \ libgdal-doc libhdf4g-dev libhdf4g-run python-dev \ libgsl0-dev g++ libjasper-dev libtiff4-dev subversion \ libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 ccache make libpq-dev flex bison cmake txt2tags \ python-qt4 python-qt4-dev python-sip4 sip4 python-sip4-dev /!\ Debian users should use libgdal-dev above rather /!\ *Note:* For python language bindings SIP >= 4.5 and PyQt4 >= 4.1 is required! Some stable GNU/Linux distributions (e.g. Debian or SuSE) only provide SIP < 4.5 and PyQt4 < 4.1. To include support for python language bindings you may need to build and install those packages from source. If you do not have cmake installed already: sudo apt-get install cmake 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 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/, 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.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis qgis 2. Developer Checkout cd ${HOME}/dev/cpp svn co --username https://svn.osgeo.org/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 ========================= /!\ *Note:* The next section describes howto build debian packages 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 Now we create a build directory and run ccmake: cd qgis mkdir build cd build ccmake .. When you run ccmake (note the .. is required!), a menu will appear where you can configure various aspects of the build. If you do not have root access or do not want to overwrite existing QGIS installs (by your packagemanager for example), set the CMAKE_BUILD_PREFIX to somewhere you have write access to (I usually use /home/timlinux/apps). Now press 'c' to configure, 'e' to dismiss any error messages that may appear. and 'g' to generate the make files. Note that sometimes 'c' needs to be pressed several times before the 'g' option becomes available. After the 'g' generation is complete, press 'q' to exit the ccmake interactive dialog. Now on with the build: make make install It may take a little while to build depending on your platform. 5.10. Building Debian packages ============================== Instead of creating a personal installation as in the previous step you can also create debian package. This is done from the qgis root directory, where you'll find a debian directory. First you need to install the debian packaging tools once: apt-get install build-essential First you need to create an changelog entry for your distribution. For example for Ubuntu Lucid: dch -l ~lucid --force-distribution --distribution lucid "lucid build" The QGIS packages will be created with: dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b /!\ *Note:* If dpkg-buildpackage complains about unmet build dependencies you can install them using apt-get and re-run the command. /!\ *Note:* If you have libqgis1-dev installed, you need to remove it first using dpkg -r libqgis1-dev. Otherwise dpkg-buildpackage will complain about a build conflict. The packages are created in the parent directory (ie. one level up). Install them using dpkg. E.g.: sudo dpkg -i \ ../qgis_1.0preview16_amd64.deb \ ../libqgis-gui1_1.0preview16_amd64.deb \ ../libqgis-core1_1.0preview16_amd64.deb \ ../qgis-plugin-grass_1.0preview16_amd64.deb \ ../python-qgis_1.0preview16_amd64.deb 5.11. Running QGIS ================== 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. 5.12. A practical case: Building QGIS and GRASS from source on Ubuntu with ECW and MrSID formats support ======================================================================================================== The following procedure has been tested on Ubuntu 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04 32bit. If you want to use different versions of the software (gdal, grass, qgis), just make the necessary adjustments to the following code. This guide assumes that you don't have installed any previous version of gdal, grass and qgis. 5.12.1. Step 1: install base packages ===================================== First you need to install the necessary packages required to download the source code and compile it. Open the terminal and issue the following command: sudo apt-get install build-essential g++ subversion 5.12.2. Step 2: compile and install the ecw libraries ===================================================== Go to the ERDAS web site http://www.erdas.com/ and follow the links "'''products --> ECW JPEG2000 Codec SDK --> downloads'''" then download the "'''Image Compression SDK Source Code 3.3'''" (you'll need to make a registration and accept a license). Uncompress the arquive in a proper location (this guide assumes that all the downloaded source code will be placed in the user home) and the enter the newly created folder cd /libecwj2-3.3 Compile the code with the standard commands ./configure then make then sudo make install leave the folder cd .. 5.12.3. Step 3: download the MrSID binaries =========================================== Go to the LIZARDTECH web site http://www.lizardtech.com/ and follow the links "'''download --> Developer SDKs'''", then download the "'''GeoExpress SDK for Linux (x86) - gcc 4.1 32-bit'''" (you'll need to make a registration and accept a license). Uncompress the downloaded file. The resulting directory name should be similar to "Geo_DSDK-7.0.0.2167" 5.12.4. Step 4: compile and install the gdal libraries ====================================================== Download the latest gdal source code svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/gdal/trunk/gdal gdal then copy a few files from the MrSID binaries folder to the folder with the gdal source code ('''replace "USERNAME" with your actual account username''') cp /home/USERNAME/Geo_DSDK-7.0.0.2167/include/*.* /home/USERNAME/gdal/frmts/mrsid/ enter the gdal source code folder cd /gdal and run configure with a few specific parameters ./configure --without-grass --with-mrsid=../Geo_DSDK-7.0.0.2167 --without-jp2mrsid at the end of the configuration process you should read something like ... GRASS support: no ... ... ... ECW support: yes MrSID support yes ... then compile normally make and sudo make install finish the process by creating the necessary links to the most recent shared libraries sudo ldconfig at this point you may want to check if gdal was compiled correctly with MrSID and ECW support by issuing one (or both) of the following commands gdalinfo --formats | grep 'ECW' gdalinfo --formats | grep 'SID' leave the folder cd .. 5.12.5. Step 5: compile and install GRASS ========================================= Before downloading and compile GRASS source code you need to install a few other libraries and programs. We can do this trough apt sudo apt-get install flex bison libreadline5-dev libncurses5-dev lesstif2-dev debhelper dpatch libtiff4-dev \ tcl8.4-dev tk8.4-dev fftw-dev xlibmesa-gl-dev libfreetype6-dev autoconf2.13 autotools-dev \ libgdal1-dev proj libjpeg62-dev libpng12-dev libpq-dev unixodbc-dev doxygen fakeroot cmake \ python-dev python-qt4-common python-qt4-dev python-sip4 python2.5-dev sip4 libglew1.5-dev libxmu6 \ libqt4-dev libgsl0-dev python-qt4 swig python-wxversion python-wxgtk2.8 libwxgtk2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-0 tcl8.4-dev \ tk8.4-dev tk8.4 libfftw3-dev libfftw3-3 At this point we can get the GRASS source code: you may want to download it trough svn or maybe you want just to download the latest available source code arquive. For example the GRASS 6.4rc4 is available at http://grass.itc.it/grass64/source/grass-6.4.0RC4.tar.gz Uncompress the arquive, enter the newly created folder and run configure with a few specific parameters CFLAGS="-fexceptions" ./configure --with-tcltk-includes=/usr/include/tcl8.4 --with-proj-share=/usr/share/proj --with-gdal=/usr/local/bin/gdal-config --with-python=/usr/bin/python2.5-config The additional gcc option -fexceptions is necessary to enable exceptions support in GRASS libraries. It is currently the only way to avoid QGIS crashes if a fatal error happens in GRASS library. See also http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/869 Then as usual (it will take a while) make and sudo make install leave the folder cd .. you have now compiled and installed GRASS (also with the new wxpyhton interface) so you may want to give it a try grass64 -wxpython 5.12.6. Step 6: compile and install QGIS ======================================== As for GRASS you can obtain the QGIS source code from different sources, for instance from svn or just by downloading one of the source code arquives available at http://www.qgis.org/download/sources.html For example download the QGIS 1.1.0 source code here http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/src/qgis_1.1.0.tar.gz uncompress the arquive and enter the newly created folder cd /qgis_1.1.0 then run ccmake ccmake . press the "c" key, then when the option list will appear we need to manually configure the "GRASS_PREFIX" parameter. Scroll down until the "GRASS_PREFIX" will appear, press enter and manually set it to /usr/local/grass-6.4.0RC4 then press enter again. Press the "c" again and the option "Press [g] to generate and exit" will appear. Press the "g" key to generate and exit. then as usual (it will take a while) make and sudo make install At the end of the process you should have QGIS and GRASS working with MrSID and ECW raster format support. To run QGIS just use this command qgis 6. Creation of MSYS environment for compilation of Quantum GIS ============================================================== 6.1. Initial setup ================== 6.1.1. MSYS =========== This is the environment that supplies many utilities from UNIX world in Windows and is needed by many dependencies to be able to compile. Download from here: http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mingw/MSYS-1.0.11-2004.04.30-1.exe Install to c:\msys All stuff we're going to compile is going to get to this directory (resp. its subdirs). 6.1.2. MinGW ============ Download from here: http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mingw/MinGW-5.1.3.exe Install to c:\msys\mingw It suffices to download and install only g++ and mingw-make components. 6.1.3. Flex and Bison ===================== Flex and Bison are tools for generation of parsers, they're needed for GRASS and also QGIS compilation. Download the following packages: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/flex-bin-zip.php http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/bison-bin-zip.php http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/bison-dep-zip.php Unpack them all to c:\msys\local 6.2. Installing dependencies ============================ 6.2.1. Getting ready ==================== Paul Kelly did a great job and prepared a package of precompiled libraries for GRASS. The package currently includes: - zlib-1.2.3 - libpng-1.2.16-noconfig - xdr-4.0-mingw2 - freetype-2.3.4 - fftw-2.1.5 - PDCurses-3.1 - proj-4.5.0 - gdal-1.4.1 It's available for download here: http://www.stjohnspoint.co.uk/grass/wingrass-extralibs.tar.gz Moreover he also left the notes how to compile it (for those interested): http://www.stjohnspoint.co.uk/grass/README.extralibs Unpack the whole package to c:\msys\local 6.2.2. GRASS ============ Grab sources from CVS or use a weekly snapshot, see: http://grass.itc.it/devel/cvs.php In MSYS console go to the directory where you've unpacked or checked out sources (e.g. c:\msys\local\src\grass-6.3.cvs) Run these commands: export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/lib:$PATH" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --bindir=/usr/local --with-includes=/usr/local/include --with-libs=/usr/local/lib --with-cxx --without-jpeg --without-tiff --with-postgres=yes --with-postgres-includes=/local/pgsql/include --with-pgsql-libs=/local/pgsql/lib --with-opengl=windows --with-fftw --with-freetype --with-freetype-includes=/mingw/include/freetype2 --without-x --without-tcltk --enable-x11=no --enable-shared=yes --with-proj-share=/usr/local/share/proj make make install It should get installed to c:\msys\local\grass-6.3.cvs By the way, these pages might be useful: - http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/WinGRASS_Current_Status - http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html 6.2.3. GEOS =========== Download the sources: http://geos.refractions.net/geos-2.2.3.tar.bz2 Unpack to e.g. c:\msys\local\src To compile, I had to patch the sources: in file source/headers/timeval.h line 13. Change it from: #ifdef _WIN32 to: #if defined(_WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER) Now, in MSYS console, go to the source directory and run: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make make install 6.2.4. SQLITE ============= You can use precompiled DLL, no need to compile from source: Download this archive: http://www.sqlite.org/sqlitedll-3_3_17.zip and copy sqlite3.dll from it to c:\msys\local\lib Then download this archive: http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-source-3_3_17.zip and copy sqlite3.h to c:\msys\local\include 6.2.5. GSL ========== Download sources: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-1.9.tar.gz Unpack to c:\msys\local\src Run from MSYS console in the source directory: ./configure make make install 6.2.6. EXPAT ============ Download sources: http://dfn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/expat/expat-2.0.0.tar.gz Unpack to c:\msys\local\src Run from MSYS console in the source directory: ./configure make make install 6.2.7. POSTGRES =============== We're going to use precompiled binaries. Use the link below for download: http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp?file=%2Fbinary%2Fv8.2.4%2Fwin32%2Fpostgresql-8.2.4-1-binaries-no-installer.zip copy contents of pgsql directory from the archive to c:\msys\local 6.3. Cleanup ============ We're done with preparation of MSYS environment. Now you can delete all stuff in c:\msys\local\src - it takes quite a lot of space and it's not necessary at all. 7. Building with MS Visual Studio ================================= /!\ This section describes a process where you build all dependencies yourself. See the section after this for a simpler procedure where we have all the dependencies you need pre-packaged and we focus just on getting Visual Studio Express set up and building QGIS. Note that this does not currently include GRASS or Python plugins. 7.1. Setup Visual Studio ======================== This section describes the setup required to allow Visual Studio to be used to build QGIS. 7.1.1. Express Edition ====================== The free Express Edition lacks the platform SDK which contains headers and so on that are needed when building QGIS. The platform SDK can be installed as described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ Once this is done, you will need to edit the \Common7\Tools\vsvars file as follows: Add %PlatformSDKDir%\Include\atl and %PlatformSDKDir%\Include\mfc to the @set INCLUDE entry. This will add more headers to the system INCLUDE path. Note that this will only work when you use the Visual Studio command prompt when building. Most of the dependencies will be built with this. You will also need to perform the edits described here to remove the need for a library that Visual Studio Express lacks: http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/WTLExpress.asp 7.1.2. All Editions =================== You will need stdint.h and unistd.h. unistd.h comes with GnuWin32 version of flex & bison binaries (see later). stdint.h can be found here: http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/pstdint.h. Copy both of these to \VC\include. 7.2. Download/Install Dependencies ================================== This section describes the downloading and installation of the various QGIS dependencies. 7.2.1. Flex and Bison ===================== Flex and Bison are tools for generation of parsers, they're needed for GRASS and also QGIS compilation. Download the following packages and run the installers: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/flex.php http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/bison.php 7.2.2. To include PostgreSQL support in Qt =========================================== If you want to build Qt with PostgreSQL support you need to download PostgreSQL, install it and create a library you can later link with Qt. Download from .../binary/v8.2.5/win32/postgresql-8.2.5-1.zip from an PostgreSQL.org Mirror and install. PostgreSQL is currently build with MinGW and comes with headers and libraries for MinGW. The headers can be used with Visual C++ out of the box, but the library is only shipped in DLL and archive (.a) form and therefore cannot be used with Visual C++ directly. To create a library copy following sed script to the file mkdef.sed in PostgreSQL lib directory: /Dump of file / { s/Dump of file \([^ ]*\)$/LIBRARY \1/p a\ EXPORTS } /[ ]*ordinal hint/,/^[ ]*Summary/ { /^[ ]\+[0-9]\+/ { s/^[ ]\+[0-9]\+[ ]\+[0-9A-Fa-f]\+[ ]\+[0-9A-Fa-f]\+[ ]\+\([^ =]\+\).*$/ \1/p } } and process execute in the Visual Studio C++ command line (from Programs menu): cd c:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin dumpbin /exports ..\bin\libpq.dll | sed -nf ../lib/mkdef.sed >..\lib\libpq.def cd ..\lib lib /def:libpq.def /machine:x86 You'll need an sed for that to work in your path (e.g. from cygwin or msys). That's almost it. You only need to the include and lib path to INCLUDE and LIB in vcvars.bat respectively. 7.2.3. Qt ========= Build Qt following the instructions here: http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/Building_QT_4_with_Visual_C%2B%2B_2005 7.2.4. Proj.4 ============= Get proj.4 source from here: http://proj.maptools.org/ Using the Visual Studio command prompt (ensures the environment is setup properly), run the following in the src directory: nmake -f makefile.vc Install by running the following in the top level directory setting PROJ_DIR as appropriate: set PROJ_DIR=c:\lib\proj mkdir %PROJ_DIR%\bin mkdir %PROJ_DIR%\include mkdir %PROJ_DIR%\lib copy src\*.dll %PROJ_DIR%\bin copy src\*.exe %PROJ_DIR%\bin copy src\*.h %PROJ_DIR%\include copy src\*.lib %PROJ_DIR%\lib This can also be added to a batch file. 7.2.5. GSL ========== Get gsl source from here: http://david.geldreich.free.fr/downloads/gsl-1.9-windows-sources.zip Build using the gsl.sln file 7.2.6. GEOS =========== Get geos from svn (svn checkout http://svn.refractions.net/geos/trunk geos). Edit geos\source\makefile.vc as follows: Uncomment lines 333 and 334 to allow the copying of version.h.vc to version.h. Uncomment lines 338 and 339. Rename geos_c.h.vc to geos_c.h.in on lines 338 and 339 to allow the copying of geos_c.h.in to geos_c.h. Using the Visual Studio command prompt (ensures the environment is setup properly), run the following in the top level directory: nmake -f makefile.vc Run the following in top level directory, setting GEOS_DIR as appropriate: set GEOS_DIR="c:\lib\geos" mkdir %GEOS_DIR%\include mkdir %GEOS_DIR%\lib mkdir %GEOS_DIR%\bin xcopy /S/Y source\headers\*.h %GEOS_DIR%\include copy /Y capi\*.h %GEOS_DIR%\include copy /Y source\*.lib %GEOS_DIR%\lib copy /Y source\*.dll %GEOS_DIR%\bin This can also be added to a batch file. 7.2.7. GDAL =========== Get gdal from svn (svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/gdal/branches/1.4/gdal gdal). Edit nmake.opt to suit, it's pretty well commented. Using the Visual Studio command prompt (ensures the environment is setup properly), run the following in the top level directory: nmake -f makefile.vc and nmake -f makefile.vc devinstall 7.2.8. PostGIS ============== Get PostGIS and the Windows version of PostgreSQL from here: http://postgis.refractions.net/download/ Note the warning about not installing the version of PostGIS that comes with the PostgreSQL installer. Simply run the installers. 7.2.9. Expat ============ Get expat from here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10127 You'll need expat-win32bin-2.0.1.exe. Simply run the executable to install expat. 7.2.10. CMake ============= Get CMake from here: http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Download.html You'll need cmake--win32-x86.exe. Simply run this to install CMake. 7.3. Building QGIS with CMAKE ============================= Get QGIS source from svn (svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis qgis). Create a 'Build' directory in the top level QGIS directory. This will be where all the build output will be generated. Run Start>All Programs>CMake-->CMake. In the 'Where is the source code:' box, browse to the top level QGIS directory. In the 'Where to build the binaries:' box, browse to the 'Build' directory you created in the top level QGIS directory. Fill in the various *_INCLUDE_DIR and *_LIBRARY entries in the 'Cache Values' list. Click the Configure button. You will be prompted for the type of makefile that will be generated. Select Visual Studio 8 2005 and click OK. All being well, configuration should complete without errors. If there are errors, it is usually due to an incorrect path to a header or library directory. Failed items will be shown in red in the list. Once configuration completes without error, click OK to generate the solution and project files. With Visual Studio 2005, open the qgis.sln file that will have been created in the Build directory you created earlier. Build the ALL_BUILD project. This will build all the QGIS binaries along with all the plugins. Install QGIS by building the INSTALL project. By default this will install to c:\Program Files\qgis (this can be changed by changing the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable in CMake). You will also either need to add all the dependency dlls to the QGIS install directory or add their respective directories to your PATH. 8. Building under Windows using MSVC Express ============================================ /!\ This section of the document is in draft form and is not ready to be used yet. Tim Sutton, 2007 8.1. System preparation ======================= I started with a clean XP install with Service Pack 2 and all patches applied. I have already compiled all the dependencies you need for gdal, expat etc, so this tutorial wont cover compiling those from source too. Since compiling these dependencies was a somewhat painful task I hope my precompiled libs will be adequate. If not I suggest you consult the individual projects for specific build documentation and support. Lets go over the process in a nutshell before we begin: * Install XP (I used a Parallels virtual machine) * Install the premade libraries archive I have made for you * Install Visual Studio Express 2005 sp1 * Install the Microsoft Platform SDK * Install command line subversion client * Install library dependencies bundle * Install Qt 4.3.2 * Check out QGIS sources * Compile QGIS * Create setup.exe installer for QGIS 8.2. Install the libraries archive ================================== Half of the point of this section of the MSVC setup procedure is to make things as simple as possible for you. To that end I have prepared an archive that includes all dependencies needed to build QGIS except Qt (which we will build further down). Fetch the archive from: http://qgis.org/uploadfiles/msvc/qgis_msvc_deps_except_qt4.zip Create the following directory structure: c:\dev\cpp\ And then extract the libraries archive into a subdirectory of the above directory so that you end up with: c:\dev\cpp\qgislibs-release /!\ Note that you are not obliged to use this directory layout, but you should adjust any instructions that follow if you plan to do things differently. 8.3. Install Visual Studio Express 2005 ======================================= First thing we need to get is MSVC Express from here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/aa975050.aspx The page is really confusing so don't feel bad if you cant actually find the download at first! There are six colored blocks on the page for the various studio family members (vb / c# / j# etc). Simply choose your language under the 'select your language' combo under the yellow C++ block, and your download will begin. Under internet explorer I had to disable popup blocking for the download to be able to commence. Once the setup commences you will be prompted with various options. Here is what I chose : * Send usage information to Microsoft (No) * Install options: * Graphical IDE (Yes) * Microsoft MSDN Express Edition (No) * Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition (No) * Install to folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\ (default) It will need to download around 90mb of installation files and reports that the install will consume 554mb of disk space. 8.4. Install Microsoft Platform SDK2 ==================================== Go to this page: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/aa700755.aspx Start by using the link provided on the above page to download and install the platform SDK2. The actual SDK download page is once again a bit confusing since the links for downloading are hidden amongst a bunch of other links. Basically look for these three links with their associated 'Download' buttons and choose the correct link for your platform: PSDK-amd64.exe 1.2 MB Download PSDK-ia64.exe 1.3 MB Download PSDK-x86.exe 1.2 MB Download When you install make sure to choose 'custom install'. These instructions assume you are installing into the default path of: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\ We will go for the minimal install that will give us a working environment, so on the custom installation screen I made the following choices: Configuration Options + Register Environmental Variables (Yes) Microsoft Windows Core SDK + Tools (Yes) + Tools (AMD 64 Bit) (No unless this applies) + Tools (Intel 64 Bit) (No unless this applies) + Build Environment + Build Environment (AMD 64 Bit) (No unless this applies) + Build Environment (Intel 64 Bit) (No unless this applies) + Build Environment (x86 32 Bit) (Yes) + Documentation (No) + Redistributable Components (Yes) + Sample Code (No) + Source Code (No) + AMD 64 Source (No) + Intel 64 Source (No) Microsoft Web Workshop (Yes) (needed for shlwapi.h) + Build Environment (Yes) + Documentation (No) + Sample Code (No) + Tools (No) Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) SDK (No) Microsoft Data Access Services (MDAC) SDK (Yes) (needed by GDAL for odbc) + Tools + Tools (AMD 64 Bit) (No) + Tools (AMD 64 Bit) (No) + Tools (x86 32 Bit) (Yes) + Build Environment + Tools (AMD 64 Bit) (No) + Tools (AMD 64 Bit) (No) + Tools (x86 32 Bit) (Yes) + Documentation (No) + Sample Code (No) Microsodt Installer SDK (No) Microsoft Table PC SDK (No) Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (No) Microsoft DirectShow SDK (No) Microsoft Media Services SDK (No) Debuggin Tools for Windows (Yes) /!\ Note that you can always come back later to add extra bits if you like. /!\ Note that installing the SDK requires validation with the Microsoft Genuine Advantage application. Some people have a philosophical objection to installing this software on their computers. If you are one of them you should probably consider using the MINGW build instructions described elsewhere in this document. The SDK installs a directory called C:\Office10 Which you can safely remove. After the SDK is installed, follow the remaining notes on the page link above to get your MSVC Express environment configured correctly. For your convenience, these are summarised again below, and I have added a couple more paths that I discovered were needed: 1) open Visual Studio Express IDE 2) Tools -> Options -> Projects and Solutions -> VC++ Directories 3) Add: Executable files: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Bin Include files: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include\atl C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include\mfc Library files: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Lib 4) Close MSVC Express IDE 5) Open the following file with notepad: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCProjectDefaults\corewin_express.vsprops and change the property: AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib" To read: AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib" The notes go on to show how to build a mswin32 application which you can try if you like - I'm not going to recover that here. 8.5. Edit your vsvars ===================== Backup your vsvars32.bat file in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools and replace it with this one: @SET VSINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8 @SET VCINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC @SET FrameworkDir=C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework @SET FrameworkVersion=v2.0.50727 @SET FrameworkSDKDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0 @if "%VSINSTALLDIR%"=="" goto error_no_VSINSTALLDIR @if "%VCINSTALLDIR%"=="" goto error_no_VCINSTALLDIR @echo Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 x86 tools. @rem @rem Root of Visual Studio IDE installed files. @rem @set DevEnvDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE @set PATH=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;%PATH% @rem added by Tim @set PATH=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Bin;%PATH% @set INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE;%INCLUDE% @rem added by Tim @set INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include;%INCLUDE% @set INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include\mfc;%INCLUDE% @set INCLUDE=%INCLUDE%;C:\dev\cpp\qgislibs-release\include\postgresql @set LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\lib;%LIB% @rem added by Tim @set LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Lib;%LIB% @set LIB=%LIB%;C:\dev\cpp\qgislibs-release\lib @set LIBPATH=C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 @goto end :error_no_VSINSTALLDIR @echo ERROR: VSINSTALLDIR variable is not set. @goto end :error_no_VCINSTALLDIR @echo ERROR: VCINSTALLDIR variable is not set. @goto end :end 8.6. Environment Variables ========================== Right click on 'My computer' then select the 'Advanced' tab. Click environment variables and create or augment the following '''System''' variables (if they don't already exist): Variable Name: Value: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDITOR vim INCLUDE C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include\. LIB C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Lib\. LIB_DIR C:\dev\cpp\qgislibs-release PATH C:\Program Files\CMake 2.4\bin; %SystemRoot%\system32; %SystemRoot%; %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem; C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Bin\.; C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Bin\WinNT\; C:\Program Files\svn\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin; C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE; "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools"; c:\Qt\4.3.2\bin; "C:\Program Files\PuTTY" QTDIR c:\Qt\4.3.2 SVN_SSH "C:\\Program Files\\PuTTY\\plink.exe" 8.7. Building Qt4.3.2 ===================== You need a minimum of Qt 4.3.2 here since this is the first version to officially support building the open source version of Qt for windows under MSVC. Download Qt 4.x.x source for windows from http://qt.nokia.com/downloads Unpack the source to c:\Qt\4.x.x\ 8.7.1. Compile Qt ================= Open the Visual Studio C++ command line and cd to c:\Qt\4.x.x where you extracted the source and enter: configure -platform win32-msvc2005 nmake nmake install Add -qt-sql-odbc -qt-sql-psql to the configure line if your want odbc and PostgreSQL support build into Qt. /!\ Note: For me in some cases I got a build error on qscreenshot.pro. If you are only interested in having the libraries needed for building Qt apps, you can probably ignore that. Just check in c:\Qt\4.3.2\bin to check all dlls and helper apps (assistant etc) have been made. 8.7.2. Configure Visual C++ to use Qt ===================================== After building configure the Visual Studio Express IDE to use Qt: 1) open Visual Studio Express IDE 2) Tools -> Options -> Projects and Solutions -> VC++ Directories 3) Add: Executable files: $(QTDIR)\bin Include files: $(QTDIR)\include $(QTDIR)\include\Qt $(QTDIR)\include\QtCore $(QTDIR)\include\QtGui $(QTDIR)\include\QtNetwork $(QTDIR)\include\QtSvg $(QTDIR)\include\QtXml $(QTDIR)\include\Qt3Support $(LIB_DIR)\include (needed during qgis compile to find stdint.h and unistd.h) Library files: $(QTDIR)\lib Source Files: $(QTDIR)\src Hint: You can also add QString = t=data, su>, size=size, i> to AutoExp.DAT in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Packages\Debugger before [Visualizer] That way the Debugger will show the contents of QString when you point at or watch a variable in the debugger. There are probably much more additions - feel free to add some - I just needed QString and took the first hit in google I could find. 8.8. Install Python =================== Download http://python.org/ftp/python/2.5.1/python-2.5.1.msi and install it. 8.9. Install SIP ================ Download http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Downloads/sip4/sip-4.7.1.zip and extract it into your c:\dev\cpp directory. From a Visual C++ command line cd to the directory where you extract SIP and run: c:\python25\python configure.py -p win32-msvc2005 nmake nmake install 8.10. Install PyQt4 =================== Download http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Downloads/PyQt4/GPL/PyQt-win-gpl-4.3.1.zip and extract it into your c:\dev\cpp directory. From a Visual C++ command line cd to the directory where you extracted PyQt4 and run: c:\python25\python configure.py -p win32-msvc2005 nmake nmake install 8.11. Install CMake =================== Download and install cmake 2.4.7 or better, making sure to enable the option Update path for all users 8.12. Install Subversion ======================== You '''must''' install the command line version if you want the CMake svn scripts to work. Its a bit tricky to find the correct version on the subversion download site as they have som misleadingly named similar downloads. Easiest is to just get this file: http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/1.4.5-win32/apache-2.2/svn-win32-1.4.5.zip Extract the zip file to C:\Program Files\svn And then add C:\Program Files\svn\bin To your path. 8.13. Initial SVN Check out =========================== Open a cmd.exe window and do: cd \ cd dev cd cpp svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis At this point you will probably get a message like this: C:\dev\cpp>svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis 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 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 03:30:47 GMT until Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:30:47 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? Press 'p' to accept and the svn checkout will commence. 8.14. Create Makefiles using cmakesetup.exe =========================================== I wont be giving a detailed description of the build process, because the process is explained in the first section (where you manually build all dependencies) of the windows build notes in this document. Just skip past the parts where you need to build GDAL etc, since this simplified install process does all the dependency provisioning for you. cd qgis mkdir build cd build cmakesetup .. Cmakesetup should find all dependencies for you automatically (it uses the LIB_DIR environment to find them all in c:\dev\cpp\qgislibs-release). Press configure again after the cmakesetup gui appears and when all the red fields are gone, and you have made any personalisations to the setup, press ok to close the cmake gui. Now open Visual Studio Express and do: File -> Open -> Project / Solution Now open the cmake generated QGIS solution which should be in : c:\dev\cpp\qgis\build\qgisX.X.X.sln Where X.X.X represents the current version number of QGIS. Currently I have only made release built dependencies for QGIS (debug versions will follow in future), so you need to be sure to select 'Release' from the solution configurations toolbar. Next right click on ALL_BUILD in the solution browser, and then choose build. Once the build completes right click on INSTALL in the solution browser and choose build. This will by default install qgis into c:\program files\qgisX.X.X. 8.15. Running and packaging =========================== To run QGIS you need to at the minimum copy the dlls from c:\dev\cpp\qgislibs-release\bin into the c:\program files\qgisX.X.X directory. 9. Authors and Acknowledgments ============================== The following people have contributed to this document: - Windows MINGW 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 - Windows MSVC Section (Detailed install) - David Willis 2007 - MSVC install additions Tim Sutton 2007 - PostgreSQL, Qt compile, SIP, Python, AutoExp additions Juergen Fischer 2007 - Windows MSVC Section (Simplified install) - Tim Sutton 2007 - Juergen Fischer 2007 - OSX Section - Tim Sutton 2007 - With special thanks to Tom Elwertowski and William Kyngesburye - GNU/Linux Section - Tim Sutton 2006 - Debian package section: Juergen Fischer 2008