Build with QtCreator

• All C++ projects can also be built with the free and platform independent IDE from Qt.
• Make sure that you have defined the QTDIR environment variable.
• Make sure that you add the QTDIR/bin folder to the path environment variable.
• You need a C++ 11 ready compiler. The latest versions of GNU gcc or LLVM clang are ok.
• You can download the Qt Creator IDE. For Windows download the MinGW version with the GNU toolchain.

Build SLProject for Qt

• Under Windows:

• Clone the GIT repository into a directory of your choice

• Start the Qt Creator and open the SLProject.pro file with the menu File > Open File or Project.

• We recommend the Microsoft Platform tools with the VisualStudio compiler. MinGW compiles very slow and is not recommended.

• Under Mac OSX:

• Clone the GIT repository into a directory of your choice

• Start the Qt Creator and open the SLProject.pro file with the menu File > Open File or Project

• Choose Desktop Qt 5.x for clang 64bit build environment and press Configure

• Build with the menu command Build > Build all

• Under Linux:

• Ubuntu:

  • Install the necessary packages:
    • sudo apt-get install git qt5-default qtcreator
    • sudo apt-get install libXxf86vm-dev libxcursor-dev
    • sudo apt-get install libxrandr-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev
    • sudo apt-get install libpng-dev libudev-dev
  • Clone the GIT repository into a directory of your choice: git clone --recursive https://github.com/cpvrlab/SLProject.git
  • Start the Qt Creator and open the SLProject.pro file with the menu File > Open File or Project
  • If you want to speed up the compilation, you can either:
    • Add MAKEFLAGS=-j<NumberOfProcessors-1> to the project's build environment
    • Add export MAKEFLAGS=$(($(nproc)-1)) to ~/.profile or the like and restart Qt creator with this setting (you'll have to restart your window manager in order for the change to take effect).
    • Note: It is recommended to use one core less than available for compilation as maxing out your CPU can cause freezes on some systems.

• Click in the right bar on Project and deselect the Shadow Build option.

• In the Build Step Details of the project dialogue deselect the QML Debugging option.

• Click on SLProject in the project tree and choose Rebuild.

• Click the green run arrow to start the selected application.

• Above the green run arrow you can choose another startup application.