How to Compile QtiPlot for Windows (v 0.9.8.1)

Installing QuaZip

This is optional. If you don't do it, import from ODF spreadsheets (e.g., OpenOffice .ods files) will not be supported, but QtiPlot will otherwise work.

1. Download the source package from  http://sourceforge.net/projects/quazip/ (quazip-0.3.zip)
   
2. uncompress the sources in c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\3dparty\quazip
3. Now open a command prompt and...

4.  cd c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\3dparty\quazip

5. qmake

6. make

7. now create a directory called c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\3dparty\quazip\lib and copy the file c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\3dparty\quazip\quazip\release\libquazip.a into it. (This step may not be necessary at all, but it won't hurt!)
   

Installing ExcelFormat

This is optional. If you don't do it, import and export of Excel files will not be supported, but QtiPlot will otherwise work.

1. Download the source package from http://www.codeproject.com/KB/office/ExcelFormat.aspx (ExcelFormat_src.zip)
   
2. uncompress the sources in c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\3dparty\ExcelFormat
3. create a directory called c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\3dparty\ExcelFormat\lib
4. Now open a command prompt and...

5.  cd c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\3dparty\ExcelFormat\lib

6. g++ -O2 -Wall -include string.h -c ..\BasicExcel.cpp

7. g++ -O2 -Wall -include string.h -c ..\ExcelFormat.cpp

8. ar rcs libExcelFormat.a BasicExcel.o ExcelFormat.o

9. If all was ok, the c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\3dparty\ExcelFormat\lib should now contain 3 files: BasicExcel.o , ExcelFormat.o and  libExcelFormat.a
   

Compiling Qtiplot

Once all the prerequisites are dealt with, we can compile QtiPlot. The source directory for qtiplot now looks like this (only 3 levels of directories are shown):

qtiplot-0.9.8.1
├── 3rdparty
│   ├── EmfEngine
│   ├── gsl
│   ├── liborigin
│   ├── muparser
│   ├── QTeXEngine
│   ├── qwt
│   ├── qwtplot3d
│   └── zlib
├── fitPlugins
│   ├── explin
│   ├── exp_saturation
│   ├── fitRational0
│   ├── fitRational1
│   └── planck_wavelength
├── manual
│   ├── docbook-en
│   └── html
└── qtiplot
    ├── examples
    ├── icons
    ├── src
    └── translations

1. If you don't have docbook and doxygen installed, edit c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\qtiplot.pro and delete the line referring to the "manual" subdirectory. This way you won't compile the manual, but you can always download it from the official page (there is even a menu option for that in the qtiplot program itself), or copy the manual directory from an official binary.
   
2. Open a command prompt and:
   

3.  cd c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1

4. copy build.conf.example build.conf 

5. Now you have to edit Edit c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\build.conf . There are several changes to do:
1. Change the lines beginning by "XXXX_INCLUDEPATH" and "win32:XXXX_LIBS" to point to the right paths in your system (in my case, I only had to do changes in the Boost and libpng sections)
   
2. If you didn't install ExcelFormat, comment out all the lines in the ExcelFormat section.
3. If you didn't install QuaZip, comment out all the lines in the QuaZip section.
4. If you didn't install EmfEngine,  comment out all the lines in the EmfEngine section.
5. If you didn't install SIP+PyQt,  comment out the line that says: "SCRIPTING_LANGS += Python".
6.  Finally, I also modified the "System specific configuration" section to point to the MinGw include and lib paths, but I suspect it is not necessary. Once all the modifications were done, my build.conf file ended up as:

   isEmpty( QTI_ROOT ) {
     message( "each file including this config needs to set QTI_ROOT to the dir containing this file!" )
   }
   
   ##########################################################
   ##     System specific configuration
   ##########################################################
   
   # Global include path which is always added at the end of the INCLUDEPATH
   #SYS_INCLUDEPATH = /opt/local/include
   SYS_INCLUDEPATH = C:/MinGW/include
   # Global lib path and libs which is ls always added at the end of LIBS
   #SYS_LIBS = -L/opt/local/lib
   SYS_LIBS = -LC:/MinGW/lib
   
   ##########################################################
   ## muParser (http://muparser.sourceforge.net/)
   ##########################################################
   
   # include path. leave it blank to use SYS_INCLUDE
   MUPARSER_INCLUDEPATH = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/muparser/include
   # link statically against a copy in 3rdparty/
   MUPARSER_LIBS = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/muparser/lib/libmuparser.a
   # or dynamically against a system-wide installation
   #MUPARSER_LIBS = -lmuparser
   
   ##########################################################
   ## GNU Sientific Library (http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/)
   ##########################################################
   
   # include path. leave it blank to use SYS_INCLUDE
   GSL_INCLUDEPATH = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/gsl/include
   # link statically against a copy in 3rdparty/
   GSL_LIBS = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/gsl/lib/libgsl.a \
              $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/gsl/lib/libgslcblas.a
   # or dynamically against a system-wide installation
   #GSL_LIBS = -lgsl -lgslcblas
   
   ##########################################################
   ## Boost libraries (http://www.boost.org/)
   ##########################################################
   
   # include path. leave it blank to use SYS_INCLUDE
   BOOST_INCLUDEPATH = C:/MinGW/include/boost
   # link statically against a copy in 3rdparty/
   unix: BOOST_LIBS = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/boost/lib/libboost_date_time-gcc43-mt-1_38.a \
   				   $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/boost/lib/libboost_thread-gcc43-mt-1_38.a
   # link statically against a copy in C:/MinGW/
   win32:BOOST_LIBS = C:/MinGW/lib/libboost_date_time.a \
   				   C:/MinGW/lib/libboost_thread.a
   # or dynamically against a system-wide installation
   #BOOST_LIBS = -lboost_date_time-mt -lboost_thread-mt
   
   ##########################################################
   ## QWT - use local copy till upstream catches up
   # http://qwt.sourceforge.net/index.html
   ##########################################################
   
   # include path.
   QWT_INCLUDEPATH = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/qwt/src
   # link locally against a copy in 3rdparty/
   QWT_LIBS = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/qwt/lib/libqwt.a
   
   ##########################################################
   ## QwtPlot3D - use local copy till upstream catches up
   # http://qwtplot3d.sourceforge.net/
   ##########################################################
   
   # include path.
   QWT3D_INCLUDEPATH = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/qwtplot3d/include
   # link locally against a copy in 3rdparty/
   win32:QWT3D_LIBS = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/qwtplot3d/lib/qwtplot3d.dll
   unix:QWT3D_LIBS = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/qwtplot3d/lib/libqwtplot3d.a
   
   ##########################################################
   ## ExcelFormat - optional. you don't have to set these variables
   ##(http://www.codeproject.com/KB/office/ExcelFormat.aspx)
   ##########################################################
   
   # include path.
   XLS_INCLUDEPATH = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/ExcelFormat/
   # link locally against a copy in 3rdparty/
   XLS_LIBS = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/ExcelFormat/lib/libExcelFormat.a
   
   ###########################################################
   ## QuaZIP - optional. you don't have to set these variables
   # http://quazip.sourceforge.net/
   ###########################################################
   
   # include path.
   QUAZIP_INCLUDEPATH = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/quazip/quazip/
   # link locally against a copy in 3rdparty/
   QUAZIP_LIBS = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/quazip/lib/libquazip.a
   
   ##########################################################
   ## libpng - optional. you don't have to set these variables
   ##########################################################
   
   # include path. leave it blank to use SYS_INCLUDE
   LIBPNG_INCLUDEPATH = C:/MinGW/include
   # link statically against a copy in C:/MinGW/
   LIBPNG_LIBS = C:/MinGW/lib/libpng.a
   # or dynamically against a system-wide installation
   #LIBPNG_LIBS = -lpng
   
   ##########################################################
   ## EmfEngine - optional. you don't have to set these variables
   # http://soft.proindependent.com/emf/index.html
   ##########################################################
   
   # include path.
   EMF_ENGINE_INCLUDEPATH = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/EmfEngine/src
   # link locally against a copy in 3rdparty/
   EMF_ENGINE_LIBS = $$QTI_ROOT/3rdparty/EmfEngine/libEmfEngine.a
   
   ##########################################################
   ## python - only used if python is needed
   ##########################################################
   
   # the python interpreter to use
   # (unix only, windows will use what ever is configured to execute .py files!)
   #PYTHON = python
   
   ##########################################################
   ## Qt tools - allows to use specific versions
   ##########################################################
   
   LUPDATE = lupdate
   LRELEASE = lrelease
   
   ############################################################
   ##  Target specific configuration: configure Qtiplot itself
   ############################################################
   
   contains( TARGET, qtiplot ) {
     # building without muParser doesn't work yet
     SCRIPTING_LANGS += muParser
     SCRIPTING_LANGS += Python
   
     # a console displaying output of scripts; particularly useful on Windows
     # where running QtiPlot from a terminal is inconvenient
     DEFINES         += SCRIPTING_CONSOLE
   
     #DEFINES         += QTIPLOT_DEMO
   
     # Comment the following lines to disable donations start-up message.
     #DEFINES         += QTIPLOT_SUPPORT
   
     # Uncomment the following line if you want to perform a custom installation using the *.path variables defined in ./qtiplot.pro.
     #CONFIG          += CustomInstall
   
     # Uncomment the following line if you want to build QtiPlot as a browser plugin (not working on Internet Explorer).
     #CONFIG          += BrowserPlugin
   
     CONFIG          += release
     #CONFIG          += debug
     #win32: CONFIG   += console
   }

6. Now, if you are using gcc >=4.5 and qtiplot<=0.9.8.1 (which is the case if you are using the versions I suggested), we need to do a small correction to liborigin. 
1. Edit  c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\3rdparty\liborigin\OriginDefaultParser.cpp and look for the following section:

   bool OriginDefaultParser::parse()
   {
   	BOOST_LOG_FINALIZE();
   
   	int i;
   	FILE *f, *debug;
   	if((f=fopen(fileName.c_str(),"rb")) == NULL ) {
   		printf("Could not open %s!\n",fileName);
   		return false;
   	}

2. Change the line that starts with "printf" ( in my case it is line 76) to:
   

   printf("Could not open %s!\n",fileName.c_str());

7. And now, finally,  open a command prompt and...
   

8.  cd c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1

9. qmake qtiplot.pro

10. make

The compilation should proceed without problems now and qtiplot.exe should be ready in c:\qtiplot-0.9.8.1\qtiplot\

Creating a distribution package with all required libraries

For qtiplot.exe to run, it needs access to some dll's and other files.

In order to distribute qtiplot with all needed files, create a distribution dir and copy the following files there:

That's it. Qtiplot can be launched form this distribution directory and it can be zipped and copied to a different machine.

The final tree structure of my distribution directory looks like:

qtiplot_0.9.8.1-3-Unofficial
├── fitPlugins
│   ├── explin.dll
│   ├── exp_saturation.dll
│   ├── fitRational0.dll
│   ├── fitRational1.dll
│   └── planck_wavelength.dll
├── Manual
│   ├── common
│   │   └── (...)
│   ├── equations
│   │   └── (...)
│   ├── icons
│   │   └── (...)
│   ├── pics
│   │   └── (...)
│   ├── tutorial
│   │   └── (...)
│   └── (...)
├── PyQt4
│   ├── uic
│   │   ├── Compiler
│   │   │   ├── compiler.py
│   │   │   ├── indenter.py
│   │   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   │   ├── misc.py
│   │   │   ├── proxy_type.py
│   │   │   ├── qobjectcreator.py
│   │   │   └── qtproxies.py
│   │   ├── Loader
│   │   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   │   ├── loader.py
│   │   │   └── qobjectcreator.py
│   │   ├── port_v2
│   │   │   ├── ascii_upper.py
│   │   │   ├── encode_utf8.py
│   │   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   │   ├── invoke.py
│   │   │   ├── load_plugin.py
│   │   │   ├── proxy_base.py
│   │   │   └── string_io.py
│   │   ├── port_v3
│   │   │   ├── ascii_upper.py
│   │   │   ├── encode_utf8.py
│   │   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   │   ├── invoke.py
│   │   │   ├── load_plugin.py
│   │   │   ├── proxy_base.py
│   │   │   └── string_io.py
│   │   ├── widget-plugins
│   │   │   ├── phonon.py
│   │   │   ├── qaxcontainer.py
│   │   │   ├── qscintilla.py
│   │   │   └── qtwebkit.py
│   │   ├── driver.py
│   │   ├── exceptions.py
│   │   ├── icon_cache.py
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── objcreator.py
│   │   ├── properties.py
│   │   ├── pyuic.py
│   │   └── uiparser.py
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── __init__.pyc
│   ├── QtCore.pyd
│   └── QtGui.pyd
├── translations
│   ├── qt
│   └── qtiplot_fr.qm
├── _abcoll.py
├── abc.py
├── codecs.py
├── copy_reg.py
├── functools.py
├── genericpath.py
├── gpl_licence.txt
├── linecache.py
├── locale.py
├── mingwm10.dll
├── ntpath.py
├── opjfile.log
├── os.py
├── py_compile.py
├── python27.dll
├── Qt3Support4.dll
├── QtAssistantClient4.dll
├── QtCore4.dll
├── QtGui4.dll
├── qtiplot.exe
├── qtiplot_logo.png
├── qtiplotrc.py
├── qtiplotrc.pyc
├── qtiUtil.py
├── qtiUtil.pyc
├── qti_wordlist.txt
├── QtNetwork4.dll
├── QtOpenGL4.dll
├── QtSql4.dll
├── QtSvg4.dll
├── QtXml4.dll
├── quazip.dll
├── qwtplot3d.dll
├── README.txt
├── re.py
├── sip.pyd
├── site.py
├── sre_compile.py
├── sre_constants.py
├── sre_parse.py
├── stat.py
├── traceback.py
├── types.py
├── UserDict.py
└── warnings.py

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