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This page explains step by step how to compile LabRPS 0.001 or newer on Windows using using MinGW. For other platforms see Compiling.

Prerequisites

Compiling LabRPS on Windows requires several tools and libraries.

• A compiler. LabRPS is tested with MinGW—other compilers may work, but instructions for their use are not included here. More details in #Compiler, below.

• Qt for C++ (>=4.3).

• Qwt (>=5.1.0).

• QwtPlot3D (>=0.2.6).

• GSL (>=1.8).

• muParser (>=1.28).

• zlib (>=1.2.3).

QwtPlot3D and Qwt must be compiled against Qt 5.x! If these are compiled with Qt3 or Qt4, the application might crash.

Source code

Now you can get the source code of LabRPS:

Using a frontend

When using the Git frontend TortoiseGit:

1. Create a new folder where the source code will be downloaded.
2. Right-click on this folder in the Windows file explorer and select Git Clone in the context menu.
3. A dialog will appear. In it, enter the URL for the LabRPS Git repository

https://github.com/LabRPS/LabRPS.git

and click OK.

The latest source code will be downloaded from the LabRPS Git repository and the folder will be tracked by Git.

Using the command line

To create a local tracking branch and download the source code, open a terminal (command prompt) and switch there to the directory you want the source, then type:

git clone https://github.com/LabRPS/LabRPS.git

Building LabRPS

1. Download the "Qt/Windows Open Source Edition" from http://www.qtsoftware.com/downloads/opensource/appdev/windows-cpp. It comes with a graphical installer. When the Qt installer asks you to install MinGW, say yes unless you already have it on your system. In that case you have to tell the Qt installer where to find it. In the case that PyQt (see blow) does not yet support the latest version of Qt, you can get older versions here: [1](ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/).
2. Download Python from http://www.python.org/download/ and install it.
3. Download the source code of LabRPS from http://LabRPS.sourceforge.net/download.html and unpack it.
4. . Download the SIP source code for Windows from http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/sip/download and unpack it into the 3rdparty subfolder of the LabRPS package. Rename the "sip-x.y" directory that gets created to "sip".
5. Download the PyQt v4 source code for Windows from http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download and unpack it into the 3rdparty subfolder of the LabRPS package. Rename the "PyQt-win-gpl-x.y.z" directory that gets created to "PyQt-win-gpl".
6. Download the "Developer files" of the GSL from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gsl.htm and unpack them into the 3rdparty subfolder of the LabRPS package.
7. Download the source code of the latest version of Qwt from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13693 and unpack it into the 3rdparty subfolder of the LabRPS package. Rename the "qwt-x.y.z" directory that gets created to "qwt".
8. Download the source code of QwtPlot3D from http://qwtplot3d.sourceforge.net/web/navigation/download_frame.html and unpack it into the 3rdparty subfolder of the LabRPS package.
9. Download the source code of muParser from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=137191 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=137191 and unpack it into the 3rdparty subfolder of the LabRPS package. Rename the "muparser_vxyz" directory that gets created to "muparser".
10. Open the start menu, find the folder created by the Qt SDK and start a "Qt Command Prompt". Execute "cd <directory containing LabRPS sources>", then "build". LabRPS and its dependencies should be built automatically and installed into the directory "output".

Building LabRPS

1. Forums and mailing lists If you want to discuss LabRPS with other users (or the developers) or if you are insterested in its further development, you can go to the LabRPS forum.
2. License LabRPS is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this license is provided in the file `gpl.txt`.

Thus it is "free software". "Free software" is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of "free" as in "free speech", not as in "free beer". "Free software" is also often called Open Source, FOSS, or FLOSS. When we say that LabRPS is "free", we are talking about

• The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
• The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
• The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
• The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

That said, LabRPS is also free as in "free beer". We do not charge money for anything you can download on our homepage and we will not do so in the future. See here for why we can do this and why we're working on LabRPS.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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