diff --git a/INSTALL_PREBUILT_BINARY.md b/INSTALL_PREBUILT_BINARY.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..678a608 --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL_PREBUILT_BINARY.md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +# How to install wfview without building yourself on selected linux versions + + + +We understand that downloading sources with git, selecting branches and building yourself may a bit daunting. +In the future we may at some point start distributing packages and/or images like appimage, flatpack. snap. + + +Instructions how to use this w/o building yourself. We are using a precompiled version that has been tested on a few +different versions of linux in alphabetical order. Note that all are click-click-next-next-finish installs. + +~~~ +Debian 11 (Debian 10 is outdated) +Fedora 33 +Fedora 34 +openSUSE 15.x +openSUSE Tumbleweed +SLES 15.x +Ubuntu 20.04.2 +~~~ + + +### for all, the following is appicable: +~~~ +mkdir -p ~/src/build +cd ~/src/build +wget https://wfview.org/downloads/latest.tar.gz (filepath/name tbd -- currently: mail roeland, pa3met for files) +tar zxvf latest.tar.gz +sudo ./install.sh +~~~ +this will install the binary and a few other files to your system. + + +Now for the system specifics; pick your version: + +### Debian 11: +~~~ +sudo apt install libqcustomplot2.0 libqt5multimedia5 libqt5serialport5 +sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libqcustomplot.so.2.0.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libqcustomplot.so.2 +start wfview +~~~ + +### Fedora 33/34: +~~~ +sudo dnf install qcustomplot-qt5 qt5-qtmultimedia qt5-qtserialport +sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libqcustomplot-qt5.so.2 /usr/lib64/libqcustomplot.so.2 +start wfview +~~~ + +### openSUSE/Tumbleweed/SLES: +~~~ +sudo zypper in libqcustomplot2 libQt5SerialPort5 +start wfview +~~~ + +### UBUNTU: +~~~ +sudo apt install libqcustomplot2.0 libQt5Multimedia libqt5serialport5 +sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libqcustomplot.so.2.0.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libqcustomplot.so.2 +start wfview +~~~ + + + +