[Ktechlab-devel] Fwd: How do I compile/build KTECHLAB on Windows 10-Part2

David J S Briscoe david at djsbriscoe.vispa.com
Sun Sep 4 07:38:26 BST 2022


Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
I will read the information in the links you provided and give craft a try.
Are there any other ways of compiling Ktechlab for Windows 10? I saw 
MSVC 2019 mentioned somewhere (I have VS 2019 and 2022 community 
editions installed).

David.

On 03/09/2022 20:57, Zoltan Padrah wrote:
> The craft recipe is in the craft-blueprints-kde repository [1] ; this 
> git repository (and several others) is automatically cloned when Craft 
> is set up.
>
> [1]
> https://invent.kde.org/packaging/craft-blueprints-kde/-/blob/master/extragear/ktechlab/ktechlab.py
>
> If you want to build KTechLab on windows, I highly recommend reading 
> the documentation about Craft...
>
> https://community.kde.org/Craft
>
> https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source/Windows
>
>  Zoltan
>
>
> David J S Briscoe <david at djsbriscoe.vispa.com> ezt írta (időpont: 
> 2022. szept. 3., Szo, 21:36):
>
>     Hi,
>     Ive managed to install KTECHLAB on linux Mint using the APT-GET
>     command so I didn't have to build anything. Where is the craft
>     recipe located? Is it in the source code repository? I'd like to
>     give it a try. Thanks.
>
>     David.
>
>     On 02/09/2022 21:42, Zoltan Padrah wrote:
>>     Hi David,
>>
>>     building KTechLab on Windows requires KDE Craft, please see
>>     instructions here:
>>
>>     https://community.kde.org/Craft
>>
>>     https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source/Windows
>>
>>     There exists a Craft recipe for KTechLab, so in case Craft is set
>>     up, one can build KTechLab with one command.
>>
>>     On Linux systems building is much simpler, you just need to
>>     install KTechLab's build dependencies, typically from package
>>     manager, then get the source code and building and running should
>>     work. Please see instructions here:
>>
>>     https://invent.kde.org/sdk/ktechlab#building-and-running
>>
>>     Depending on how much experience you have with software
>>     development or software development on Windows, building on Linux
>>     might be simpler to start overall, while building on Windows
>>     might require to fix / work-around some things as you go.
>>
>>     Hope this helps,
>>
>>      Zoltan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     David J S Briscoe <david at djsbriscoe.vispa.com> ezt írta (időpont:
>>     2022. szept. 2., P, 18:28):
>>
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>>         Hi,
>>         I would like to build Ktechlab on Windows 10. I have QT
>>         Creator 8.01 installed but Ive never used it. Maybe this
>>         would be an opportunity to use QT. Do you have any build
>>         instructions I can follow?
>>         I also have Linux Mint 21 "Vanessa" installed and could build
>>         it on there as well. Which would be the most straightforward
>>         one to build on? Thanks.
>>
>>         Regards,
>>
>>         David, UK
>>
>>         PS I also have visual studio 2019 and 2022 Community editions
>>         installed on Windows 10. How would I use these? Thanks.
>>
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