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\page BUILDINSTRUCTIONS How to Build
This page explains how to use JKQTPlotter in your own Projects
\tableofcontents
\section BUILDINSTRUCTIONS_QMAKE Build using QMake
\subsection BUILDINSTRUCTIONS_QMAKEINCLUDE QMake Include Project
If you want to simply include the JKQTPlotter Source code into your projects, without build a shared or static library and linking against it, you can use one of these QMake-Include files:
- lib/jkqtplotter.pri includes the complete library (JKQTPlotter, JKQTFastPlotter, JKQTMathText)
- lib/jkqtmathtext.pri includes only JKQTMathText
- lib/jkqtfastplotter.pri includes only JKQTFastPlotter
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In your QMake-projects it is then sufficient to add a line like:
\code{.qmake}
include(/lib/jkqtplotter.pri)
\endcode
\subsection BUILDINSTRUCTIONS_QMAKESTATIC QMake Static Library
There are several `.PRO`-files, that can be used to build the full library, or a limited subsets of it as static link library:
- staticlib/jkqtplotterlib.pro builds the complete library (JKQTPlotter, JKQTFastPlotter, JKQTMathText) as static link library
- staticlib/jkqtmathtextlib.pro builds only JKQTMathText as static link library
- staticlib/jkqtfastplotterlib.pro builds only JKQTFastPlotter as static link library
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They will produce a static link library that you can include into your projects, e.g. with the following QMake-snippet:
\code{.qmake}
# include JKQTPlotter library
DEPENDPATH += \
/lib \
/staticlib
INCLUDEPATH += /lib
CONFIG (debug, debug|release) {
LIBS += -L/staticlib/debug -ljkqtplotterlib_debug
} else {
LIBS += -L/staticlib/release -ljkqtplotterlib
}
\endcode
This snippet assumes that you built the libraries with the provided `.PRO`-files. You can also add a second `.pro`-file to your projects, which integrates both as subdirs. Such files are used for all examples in this project. Here is an example:
\code{.qmake}
TEMPLATE = subdirs
# the (static library version) of JKQTPlotter
jkqtplotterlib_static.file = ../../staticlib/jkqtplotterlib.pro
# your project file, with declared dependencies on jkqtplotterlib_static
test_styling.file=$$PWD/test_styling.pro
test_styling.depends = jkqtplotterlib_static
# add the two entries to SUBDIRS
SUBDIRS += jkqtplotterlib_static test_styling
\endcode
\subsection BUILDINSTRUCTIONS_QMAKEDYNAMIC QMake Dynamic Library
There are several `.PRO`-files, that can be used to build the full library, or a limited subsets of it as shred library:
- sharedlib/jkqtplotterlib_sharedlib.pro builds the complete library (JKQTPlotter, JKQTFastPlotter, JKQTMathText) as shared library
- sharedlib/jkqtmathtextlib_sharedlib.pro builds only JKQTMathText as shared library
- sharedlib/jkqtfastplotterlib_sharedlib.pro builds only JKQTFastPlotter as shared library
.
They will produce a dynamic link library that you can include into your projects, e.g. with the following QMake-snippet:
\code{.qmake}
# include JKQTPlotter library
DEPENDPATH += \
/lib \
/sharedlib
INCLUDEPATH += /lib
CONFIG (debug, debug|release) {
# ensure that DLLs are copied to the output directory
install_jkqtplotter_dll.files = /sharedlib/debug/jkqtplotterlib_debug.*
install_jkqtplotter_dll.path = $$OUT_PWD
INSTALLS += install_jkqtplotter_dll
# link agains DLLs
LIBS += -L/sharedlib/debug -ljkqtplotterlib_debug
} else {
# ensure that DLLs are copied to the output directory
install_jkqtplotter_dll.files = /sharedlib/release/jkqtplotterlib.*
install_jkqtplotter_dll.path = $$OUT_PWD
INSTALLS += install_jkqtplotter_dll
# link agains DLLs
LIBS += -L/sharedlib/release -ljkqtplotterlib
}
\endcode
This snippet assumes that you built the libraries with the provided `.PRO`-files. You can also add a second `.pro`-file to your projects, which integrates both as subdirs. Such files are used for all examples in this project. Here is an example:
\code{.qmake}
TEMPLATE = subdirs
# the (shared library version) of JKQTPlotter
jkqtplotterlib_shared.file = ../../sharedlib/jkqtplotterlib_sharedlib.pro
# your project file, with declared dependencies on jkqtplotterlib_shared
test_styling.file=$$PWD/test_styling.pro
test_styling.depends = jkqtplotterlib_shared
# add the two entries to SUBDIRS
SUBDIRS += jkqtplotterlib_shared test_styling
\endcode
\note You will have to run a deployment step `make install` before running your executable, so the shared libararies are actually copied to the output directory (see `INSTALLS + ...` above).
*/