calibre VMWare development environment

kovidgoyal · 09-22-2007, 11:05 AM

This is for those of you are that are interested in contributing code/patches to libprs500 development. I've created a VMWare virtual machine with a fully setup libprs500 development environment, with Eclipse as the IDE. Instructions for getting it are at at

https://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/wiki/Development

Moderators: please make this a sticky. Thanks.

RoninTech · 10-28-2008, 09:48 PM

Great idea! I tried to use this but have no idea on how to get the gentoo eth0 interface working. Without that I can't download the latest source from the repository. Any ideas anyone?

kovidgoyal · 10-28-2008, 10:02 PM

Code:

dmesg | grep eth

see what number you NIC is being assigned. Say it is ethX. Then

Code:

ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.ethX 
/etc/init.d/net.ethX restart

RoninTech · 10-28-2008, 10:29 PM

Managed to get it going with a "sudo dhclient eth2"

Now I'm having an issue updating the src:

Cheers,
Crazy

kovidgoyal · 10-28-2008, 11:27 PM

no need to do --uninstall, just do sudo python setup.py develop

you're probably going to have to do

Code:

emerge python-lxml qt PyQt beautifulsoup

as well to update dependencies.

RoninTech · 11-01-2008, 04:39 PM

I have the vm appliance working but I can't emerge those modules ("emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "python-lxml"" etc.).

Also if I try to update to the latest source I get "ERROR: Working tree "/home/kovid/work/calibre/" has uncommitted changes.

Cheers,
Crazy

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2008, 04:43 PM

oops should be just lxml

you can always delete the tree and check it out again

RoninTech · 11-01-2008, 05:35 PM

OK,

Once you have your vm session running with a valid network connection (see above), the following commands worked for me:

1 - rm -Rf calibre
2 - bzr branch http://bzr.kovidgoyal.net/code/calibre/trunk calibre
3 - sudo emerge sync
4 - sudo emerge dev-python/lxml dev-python/PyQt dev-python/beautifulsoup

PyQT is taking a loooong time to emerge so I'll post back if I can now build after these finish

Cheers,
Crazy

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2008, 05:56 PM

yeah qt+pyqt takes forever to compile. I really should upload an updated version, but i've got too much on my plate at the moment.

RoninTech · 11-01-2008, 06:49 PM

shoot, thought it was done after a few hours but looks like I forgot qt. So at least one more step:

sudo emerge x11-libs/qt

Once I'm able to build the latest source, would it be possible for me to capture my updated appliance and give it to you so others don't have to spend hours getting this stuff again?

Cheers,
Crazy

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2008, 06:55 PM

Sure just delete /usr/portage/* (to save disk space) and zip up the vmware files (I use 7-zip for best compression) and post it somewhere. I'll update the version on the website with it. ALso make sure you clean out /tmp and /var /tmp before zipping.

RoninTech · 11-01-2008, 08:34 PM

I'm at a roadblock. When I try to build I get an error "Unknown Qt widget: QPlainTextEdit". So then I try to execute "sudo emerge x11-libs/qt". This runs for a while then for some reason the aterm disappears. After that, trying a build gives the same error and trying another emerge on qt runs for a while again then makes the aterm disappear. I think I'm doomed to never be able to build this thing under vm.

Cheers,
Crazy

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2008, 08:38 PM

you can ssh into the vm if you're having trouble with aterm. What versions of qt and pyqt do you have installed?

emerge -s PyQt

emerge -s qt

RoninTech · 11-01-2008, 08:57 PM

Here's what the emerge log says. It just seems to end while trying to emerge x11-libs/qt-4.4.2

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2008, 09:00 PM

I'll upload a working build later tonight.

09-22-2007, 11:05 AM	#1
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre VMWare development environment This is for those of you are that are interested in contributing code/patches to libprs500 development. I've created a VMWare virtual machine with a fully setup libprs500 development environment, with Eclipse as the IDE. Instructions for getting it are at at https://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/wiki/Development Moderators: please make this a sticky. Thanks. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 09-11-2008 at 01:04 AM.

10-28-2008, 10:02 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Code: dmesg \| grep eth see what number you NIC is being assigned. Say it is ethX. Then Code: ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.ethX /etc/init.d/net.ethX restart

10-28-2008, 10:29 PM	#4
RoninTech Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 1000036 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Citizen of the World Device: iPod Touch, Nook Colour, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Nexus 7, Nexus 5, Pixel	Managed to get it going with a "sudo dhclient eth2" Now I'm having an issue updating the src: Cheers, Crazy Attached Thumbnails Last edited by RoninTech; 10-28-2008 at 10:50 PM. Reason: more info

10-28-2008, 11:27 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	no need to do --uninstall, just do sudo python setup.py develop you're probably going to have to do Code: emerge python-lxml qt PyQt beautifulsoup as well to update dependencies. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 10-29-2008 at 12:08 AM.

11-01-2008, 05:35 PM	#8
RoninTech Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 1000036 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Citizen of the World Device: iPod Touch, Nook Colour, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Nexus 7, Nexus 5, Pixel	OK, Once you have your vm session running with a valid network connection (see above), the following commands worked for me: 1 - rm -Rf calibre 2 - bzr branch http://bzr.kovidgoyal.net/code/calibre/trunk calibre 3 - sudo emerge sync 4 - sudo emerge dev-python/lxml dev-python/PyQt dev-python/beautifulsoup PyQT is taking a loooong time to emerge so I'll post back if I can now build after these finish Cheers, Crazy Last edited by RoninTech; 11-01-2008 at 05:38 PM.

10-28-2008, 09:48 PM	#2
RoninTech Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 1000036 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Citizen of the World Device: iPod Touch, Nook Colour, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Nexus 7, Nexus 5, Pixel	Great idea! I tried to use this but have no idea on how to get the gentoo eth0 interface working. Without that I can't download the latest source from the repository. Any ideas anyone?

11-01-2008, 04:39 PM	#6
RoninTech Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 1000036 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Citizen of the World Device: iPod Touch, Nook Colour, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Nexus 7, Nexus 5, Pixel	I have the vm appliance working but I can't emerge those modules ("emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "python-lxml"" etc.). Also if I try to update to the latest source I get "ERROR: Working tree "/home/kovid/work/calibre/" has uncommitted changes. Cheers, Crazy

11-01-2008, 04:43 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	oops should be just lxml you can always delete the tree and check it out again

11-01-2008, 05:56 PM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yeah qt+pyqt takes forever to compile. I really should upload an updated version, but i've got too much on my plate at the moment.

11-01-2008, 06:49 PM	#10
RoninTech Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 1000036 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Citizen of the World Device: iPod Touch, Nook Colour, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Nexus 7, Nexus 5, Pixel	shoot, thought it was done after a few hours but looks like I forgot qt. So at least one more step: sudo emerge x11-libs/qt Once I'm able to build the latest source, would it be possible for me to capture my updated appliance and give it to you so others don't have to spend hours getting this stuff again? Cheers, Crazy

11-01-2008, 06:55 PM	#11
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Sure just delete /usr/portage/* (to save disk space) and zip up the vmware files (I use 7-zip for best compression) and post it somewhere. I'll update the version on the website with it. ALso make sure you clean out /tmp and /var /tmp before zipping.

11-01-2008, 08:34 PM	#12
RoninTech Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 1000036 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Citizen of the World Device: iPod Touch, Nook Colour, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Nexus 7, Nexus 5, Pixel	I'm at a roadblock. When I try to build I get an error "Unknown Qt widget: QPlainTextEdit". So then I try to execute "sudo emerge x11-libs/qt". This runs for a while then for some reason the aterm disappears. After that, trying a build gives the same error and trying another emerge on qt runs for a while again then makes the aterm disappear. I think I'm doomed to never be able to build this thing under vm. Cheers, Crazy

11-01-2008, 08:38 PM	#13
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	you can ssh into the vm if you're having trouble with aterm. What versions of qt and pyqt do you have installed? emerge -s PyQt emerge -s qt

11-01-2008, 08:57 PM	#14
RoninTech Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 1000036 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Citizen of the World Device: iPod Touch, Nook Colour, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Nexus 7, Nexus 5, Pixel	Here's what the emerge log says. It just seems to end while trying to emerge x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 Attached Thumbnails

11-01-2008, 09:00 PM	#15
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'll upload a working build later tonight.

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