If you want to build QtiPlot from sources, don't forget first to download and install the
Qt and GSL libraries.
You must use the modified version of Qwt 4.2.0 which comes with the QtiPlot archive ("3rdparty" folder).
The last version of the muParser (1.24) library is included in QtiPlot ("3rdparty/muParser" folder), as well as the QwtPlot3D and liborigin libraries, so you don't need to download and install them.
In order to build QtiPlot you also need qmake, that is official part of Qt 3.x.
Linux
QtiPlot distributes a binary Debian package and a RPM package for RadHat, Mandrake and SuSE distributions.
The RPM package was created on an Ubuntu distribution.
To install on Linux Debian: download the package file qtiplot_0.x.x_i386.deb,
then login as "root" and type:
dpkg -i qtiplot_0.x.x_i386.deb
To install the RPM package: download the file qtiplot-0.x.x-1.i386.rpm,
then login as "root" and type:
rpm -i qtiplot-0.x.x-1.i386.rpm
For all the other Linux distributions:
1) download the qtiplot .tar.bz2 or the .zip archive and decompress it
2) open a terminal (console) window
3) go to the main folder of the decompressed archive
4) type "qmake"
5) type "make"
6) type "strip qtiplot"
7) login as root and type "make install"
8) type "qtiplot&" to launch the application
Windows
QtiPlot distributes a binary Windows package. To install:
1. Download the qtiplot-0.x.x.exe file.
2. Open a Windows Explorer, double click on 'qtiplot-0.x.x.exe' icon
and follow the installation instructions.
If you want to compile the application from sources
you need to purchase the Qt3 official book, that comes with a CD containing a non commercial version of Qt 3.2.1.
1. Download the qtiplot archive and unzip it.
2. Modify the 'qtiplot.pro' file in order to set the INCLUDEPATH variable to the 'include' directory of your local build of the WinGSL folder.
3. Modify the 'qtiplot.pro' file in order to set the LIBS variable, in the win32 section, to the actual directories of your local build of the WinGSL library.
4. Open a MS-DOS command terminal, go to the 'qtiplot' folder and type:
a) For MSVC users with nmake:
qmake qtiplot.pro
nmake
b) For Visual Studio users, qmake can also generate '.dsp' files.
All you need to do is type:
qmake -tp vc qtiplot.pro
then open the 'qtiplot.dsp' file, go to the 'Build' menu and chose 'Set active configuration...'.
Choose the "qtiplot-Win32 Release' project configuration and press OK. Press the 'F7' key to build the application.