Guide for installing all the dependencies on Ubuntu 14.04

[SuicSoft]

Can you add the steps to installing the dependencies on Ubuntu

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[plfiorini]

Good call, I'm going to check the status of Qt on Ubuntu 14.04

[plfiorini]

Apparently Ubuntu 14.04 has a too old Qt version (5.2.1), you need Qt 5.6.0 at least.
You can try downloading the Qt binary distribution here: http://www.qt.io/download-open-source/ or build from sources: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/linux-building.html
There's also a PPA for 14.04: https://launchpad.net/~beineri/+archive/ubuntu/opt-qt561-trusty

[plfiorini]

Might seem a paradox but Debian SID is probably a better choice for Qt development, Ubuntu does not update it too often.

[SuicSoft]

@plfiorini So how about the instructions for installing the dependencies on Debian SID

I can use a Virtual Machine

[plfiorini]

Ok Gonna grab a VM and note things down.

[plfiorini]

This is how I built it on Debian:

• I use virt-manager for virtualization, it's the only free alternative to VMware that is going to work with Wayland. VirtualBox doesn't fully support it.
• Grab a netinst ISO: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.5.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso
• Boot and install. I have used the graphical installer. it's fairly easy even for me that I don't touch Debian in years.
• I left Debian Desktop on the software selection so I have a GUI.
• Say yes to install grub and select /dev/vda
• Once you booted the system edit /etc/apt/sources.list and replace jessie with testing
• Open a terminal
• su -
• apt-get update
• apt-get -u dist-upgrade
• Reboot
• apt-get install qt5-default git cmake extra-cmake-modules pkg-config build-essential libdrm-dev libgbm-dev libqt5svg5-dev libqt5waylandclient5-dev qmlscene libnput-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-composite0-dev libxcursor-dev qtbase5-private-dev qtbase5-dev qtdeclarative5-dev qtdeclarative5-private-dev libqt5opengl5-dev libwayland-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libsystemd-dev libfontconfig1-dev libglib2.0-dev libxkbcommon-dev wayland-protocols libgles2-mesa
• logout
• git clone https://github.com/greenisland/greenisland
• cd greenisland
• mkdir build
• cd build
• cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/hawaii -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR=lib ..
• make
• su -c 'make install'

[zoecarver]

Thank you so much for making this guide! I have one question though. when I run cmake I get this error:

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:81 (find_package):
  Could not find a configuration file for package "Qt5" that is compatible
  with requested version "5.6.0".

  The following configuration files were considered but not accepted:

    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/Qt5/Qt5Config.cmake, version: 5.5.1



-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/ze/greenisland/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

Thank you again!