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2.2 Unpack, configure, build, and install

Warning: The documentation is for the future PyQwt-5.0 which is only available from CVS. A snapshot, PyQwt5-20061017.tar.gz, is available. Please refer, to the documentation in the snapshot when you use the snapshot.

  1. Unpack PyQwt5-20061017.tar.gz and read this README to check for patches.
  2. Invoke the commands to build PyQwt5 for Qt-4: 
    cd PyQwt-5.0
cd configure
python configure.py -Q ../qwt-svn
make
make install
    This assumes that the correct Python interpreter is on your path. Replace make by nmake, if you use MSVC or MSVC.net. The commands build PyQwt against the included Qwt CVS snapshot and install PyQwt. Test the installation by playing with the example programs.
  3. Invoke the commands to build PyQwt5 for Qt-3: 
    cd PyQwt-5.0
cd configure
python configure.py -3 -Q ../qwt-svn
make
make install

See the last note below for all configuration options.

Note: If you run into problems, create two log files 
python configure.py --your --options > configure.log
make > make.log
and send the log files to the mailing list.

Note: Check if all development packages have been installed when make produces lots of errors on Linux.

Note: The configure.py script takes many options. The command 
python configure.py -h
displays a full list of the available options: 
Usage: python configure.py [options]

Each option takes at most one argument, but some options
accumulate arguments when repeated. For example, invoke:

	python configure.py -I . -I ..

to search the current *and* parent directories for headers.

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  Common options:
    -3, --qt3           build for Qt3 and PyQt [default Qt4]
    -4, --qt4           build for Qt4 and PyQt4 [default Qt4]
    -Q /sources/of/qwt, --qwt-sources=/sources/of/qwt
                        compile and link the Qwt source files in
                        /sources/of/qwt statically into PyQwt
    -I /usr/lib/qt3/include/qwt, --extra-include-dirs=/usr/lib/qt3/include/qwt
                        add an extra directory to search for headers (the
                        compiler must be able to find the Qwt headers without
                        the -Q option)
    -L /usr/lib/qt3/lib, --extra-lib-dirs=/usr/lib/qt3/lib
                        add an extra directory to search for libraries (the
                        linker must be able to find the Qwt library without
                        the -Q option)
    -j N, --jobs=N      concatenate the SIP generated code into N files
                        [default 1 per class] (to speed up make by running
                        simultaneous jobs on multiprocessor systems)

  Make options:
    --debug             enable debugging symbols [default disabled]
    --extra-cflags=EXTRA_CFLAG
                        add an extra C compiler flag
    --extra-cxxflags=EXTRA_CXXFLAG
                        add an extra C++ compiler flag
    -D HAS_EXTRA_SENSORY_PERCEPTION, --extra-defines=HAS_EXTRA_SENSORY_PERCEPTION
                        add an extra preprocessor definition
    -l extra_sensory_perception, --extra-libs=extra_sensory_perception
                        add an extra library
    --extra-lflags=EXTRA_LFLAG
                        add an extra linker flag

  SIP options:
    -x EXTRA_SENSORY_PERCEPTION, --excluded-features=EXTRA_SENSORY_PERCEPTION
                        add a feature for SIP to exclude (normally one of the
                        features in sip/features.sip)
    -t EXTRA_SENSORY_PERCEPTION, --timelines=EXTRA_SENSORY_PERCEPTION
                        add a timeline option for SIP (normally one of the
                        timeline options in sip/timelines.sip)
    --sip-include-dirs=SIP_INCLUDE_DIR
                        add an extra directory for SIP to search
    --trace             enable trace of the execution of the bindings [default
                        disabled]

  Detection options:
    --disable-numarray  disable detection and use of numarray [default
                        enabled]
    --disable-numeric   disable detection and use of Numeric [default enabled]
    --disable-numpy     disable detection and use of NumPy [default enabled]

  Install options:
    --module-install-path=MODULE_INSTALL_PATH
                        specify the install directory for the Python modules
Download as text (original file name: configure.help).

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