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darkbreath · 04-20-2016, 02:46 PM

Hi there. Maybe some background information will help. I just want to say I am not a programmer and therefore had significant difficulty compiling Sigil from source, which I unfortunately had to do with Linux. To be quite honest, I was surprised Sigil compiled at all. I would appreciate any help correcting compilation mistakes I may have made.

I used this page as my general guide: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil...dingOnLinux.md

I managed to get through every section except "Advanced Stuff."

However, I deviated on several occasions when I had to:

1. When installing Pillow, I got some error. I googled the error, and found a page that suggested these commands:

sudo apt-get build-dep python-imaging
sudo apt-get install libjpeg8 libjpeg62-dev libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev

I installed those dependencies and it worked again.

2. I'm on Ubuntu 14.04. The version of cmake in official repositories is only about 2.8. I compiled and installed the latest version of cmake myself from cmake.org. I believe I have version 3.52. I followed cmake's readme instructions.

3. I was confused as to which python packages to install (3 or 3.4), so I installed BOTH when both were options. I am uncertain if this led to any problems. The packages this could have applied to are as follows:

python3
python3-dev
libpython3
libpython3-dev
python3-pip
python3-tk
python3-lxml
python3-six

I surmise this may have led to the wrong version of python being used during the plugin test?

4. I see -DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBS under "Advanced Stuff" in the Github guide I followed. If this is what you meant, I didn't touch it; I was only at the "Testing Sigil's Python plugin framework" section when I discovered those errors and posted for help.

Unfortunately I haven't tried the spell checker; I didn't think Sigil would work properly unless the errors were resolved.

As for the cmake command, the one I used was similar to the one in the guide but corrected for location of Qt:

cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/Qt5.4.2/5.4/gcc_64/lib/cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../sigil-src

I'm not sure if this made a difference, but I used Qt 5.5.1 (64-bit version).

Please help! I'm in over my head. If someone could just make a ppa for Linux it'd be great. Having to compile from source was like climbing a mountain with both feet tied together. Painful. But since I've gotten this far and Sigil is important for my work, I'll do what I have to do to fix it.

04-20-2016, 02:46 PM	#17
darkbreath Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2016 Device: none	Hi there. Maybe some background information will help. I just want to say I am not a programmer and therefore had significant difficulty compiling Sigil from source, which I unfortunately had to do with Linux. To be quite honest, I was surprised Sigil compiled at all. I would appreciate any help correcting compilation mistakes I may have made. I used this page as my general guide: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil...dingOnLinux.md I managed to get through every section except "Advanced Stuff." However, I deviated on several occasions when I had to: 1. When installing Pillow, I got some error. I googled the error, and found a page that suggested these commands: sudo apt-get build-dep python-imaging sudo apt-get install libjpeg8 libjpeg62-dev libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev I installed those dependencies and it worked again. 2. I'm on Ubuntu 14.04. The version of cmake in official repositories is only about 2.8. I compiled and installed the latest version of cmake myself from cmake.org. I believe I have version 3.52. I followed cmake's readme instructions. 3. I was confused as to which python packages to install (3 or 3.4), so I installed BOTH when both were options. I am uncertain if this led to any problems. The packages this could have applied to are as follows: python3 python3-dev libpython3 libpython3-dev python3-pip python3-tk python3-lxml python3-six I surmise this may have led to the wrong version of python being used during the plugin test? 4. I see -DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBS under "Advanced Stuff" in the Github guide I followed. If this is what you meant, I didn't touch it; I was only at the "Testing Sigil's Python plugin framework" section when I discovered those errors and posted for help. Unfortunately I haven't tried the spell checker; I didn't think Sigil would work properly unless the errors were resolved. As for the cmake command, the one I used was similar to the one in the guide but corrected for location of Qt: cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/Qt5.4.2/5.4/gcc_64/lib/cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../sigil-src I'm not sure if this made a difference, but I used Qt 5.5.1 (64-bit version). Please help! I'm in over my head. If someone could just make a ppa for Linux it'd be great. Having to compile from source was like climbing a mountain with both feet tied together. Painful. But since I've gotten this far and Sigil is important for my work, I'll do what I have to do to fix it. Last edited by darkbreath; 04-20-2016 at 03:02 PM.