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Compiling latest Git version of KPhotoAlbum on Ubuntu / Debian
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==Backup==
BY USING GIT VERSION YOU RISK LOOSING YOUR DATA.
IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. SO DO BACKUP YOUR FILES (come on, at least the index.xml) FIRST!
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!
 
Create backup directory
mkdir kpa-backup
 
Backup your settings:
cp -a ~/.kde/share/apps/kphotoalbum/kphotoalbumui.rc kpa-backup/
cp -a ~/.kde/share/config/kphotoalbumrc kpa-backup/
 
And if you want to try KPhotoalbum with your real database (not the demo):
Backup your database:
cp -a /path/to/your/image/folder/index.html kpa-backup/
cp -a /path/to/your/image/folder/exif-info.db kpa-backup/
 
Backup the layout of your Annotation dialog:
cp -a /path/to/your/image/folder/layout.dat kpa-backup/
 
Note: there is also a backup script provided in KPhotoAlbum sources. You can just simply run it after the sources have been fetched (source/script/kpa-backup.sh):
kpa-backup.sh --backup
kpa-backup.sh --restore
 
==Build==
===Build dependencies===
If you've had KPhotoAlbum installed earlier from repositories, the Git KPhotoAlbum will use the same setting files as the earlier version.
If you want to be able to use the previous version after installing this, please do install to custom directory, not the default one.
 
Install required build tools:
sudo apt-get install git build-essential
 
Install required packages to build:
sudo apt-get build-dep kphotoalbum
 
OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED: Install other dependencies:
sudo apt-get install kipi-plugins mplayerthumbs libjpeg8-dev khelpcenter4
(I'm not sure if libjpeg is needed, its in the build dependencies, see http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/kphotoalbum/kphotoalbum_4.1.1-4.debian.tar.gz)
 
===Fetching source code===
Clone the Git repository:
git clone git://anongit.kde.org/kphotoalbum.git
 
===Building===
Move to the created directory
cd kphotoalbum
 
Create a build-directory (so you don't mess up you source directory)
mkdir build ; cd build
 
Run cmake  to configure the build system
cmake .. [to install to the default directory]
OR
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/for/my/kphotoalbum/installation .. [to install to a custom directory]
OR
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=relwithdebuginfo .. [to make the debug build that will output plenty of debug messages to help track crashes etc]
OR combine the options:
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/kphotoalbum -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ..
 
See the messages. In this stage you'll be told if you have missing dependencies. Do fix them (try to find the missing packages from the package repositories) before continuing.
 
Run make:
make
 
===Installing===
Run installation(optional):
make install
or if the installation path is not writable by your user:
sudo make install
 
===Running===
 
A handy feature of the cmake build-system is that it builds binaries in such a way that you can start them from within the build system. This certainly handy for quickly testing a new version of KPhotoalbum without touching anything else on your system.
However, be aware that some features depend on hard-coded paths (e.g. menu-entries, Handbook, HTML Exports, Demo) and may not work as expected. These features will still use the files installed by the distributions version of KPhotoAlbum.
You can just try out KPhotoalbum without installation first, and install later on (see 2.4), if you decide so.
 
If you installed to a non-standard directory, you have two options:
1a) Start KPhotoAlbum from the directory where it was installed:
/path/for/my/kphotoalbum/installation/kphotoalbum
OR
1b) add the following line to /home/username/.bashrc so you can start KPhotoAlbum from anywhere:
export KDEDIRS=/path/for/my/kphotoalbum/installation
Restart your terminal (so that .bashrc gets executed)
 
2)Start KPhotoAlbum:
kphotoalbum
 
It's always a good idea to first try out things with the demo-database. Just add "--demo" when starting KPhotoalbum:
kphotoalbum --demo
 
 
==Rebuild==
===Refetching sources===
In the kphotoalbum Git folder, pull the changes:
git pull
 
If you want to see what has changed  try git log or qgit for graphical user interface
 
===Rebuilding===
You normally don't have to run cmake again -- it will be invoked by the makefiles, if neccessary. Otherwise follow BUILDING.
 
===Reinstalling===
Follow instruction at [[#installing]]
 
===RUNNING===
Follow instruction at [[#Running]]
 
 
==Summary==
===First build===
sudo apt-get build-essential build-dep kphotoalbum
sudo apt-get install git libjpeg8-dev
sudo apt-get install kipi-plugins mplayerthumbs libjpeg8-dev khelpcenter4
git clone git://anongit.kde.org/kphotoalbum
cd kphotoalbum
mkdir build ; cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/kphotoalbum -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make install
 
===Updating===
cd ~/kphotoalbum
git pull
make install
 
===Running===
~/kphotoalbum/script/kpa-backup.sh --backup
~/kphotoalbum/bin/kphotoalbum

Latest revision as of 19:27, 26 April 2014