Build Process

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

Great. After the changes are tested, don't forget to post a Merge Request
to KDE gitlab repository to integrate improvements officially.

Thanks in advance

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le mar. 9 nov. 2021 à 10:05, irthomasthomas at gmail.com <
irthomasthomas at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Just what I was hoping for. Many thanks.
>
> On Mon, 8 Nov 2021, 21:10 Gilles Caulier, <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The plugins use the digikam core shared libraries. If changes are only
>> done in plugins and not in core libs, the plugins can be recompiled and
>> installed alone.
>> I do it to speed up the development process of a plugin. Just use 'make'
>> in the build directory of the wanted plugin. To install, as root run 'make
>> install/fast'. To test at run-time, use Showfoto or digiKam. There is also
>> a small CLI tool in tests/dplugins named 'loadandrun_generic_gui' for
>> Generic plugin type.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> Le lun. 8 nov. 2021 à 21:19, irthomasthomas at gmail.com <
>> irthomasthomas at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am just starting to hack digikam, and I was wondering, if I was to
>>> change only some plugins, then can I build just the dplugins, or whatever
>>> it is? Or do I always need to go through the whole build process?
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> Thomasthomas
>>>
>>
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