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Thank you for trying \b TSPSG. This document will guide you through the

steps necessary to compile and run \b TSPSG.



<hr>



\section i_toc Table of Contents



  -# \ref i_s1

  -# \ref i_s2

  -# \ref i_s3

  -# \ref i_s4

     -# \ref i_s41

     -# \ref i_s42

     -# \ref i_s43

        -# \ref i_s431

        -# \ref i_s432

     -# \ref i_s44

     -# \ref i_s45

     -# \ref i_s46

  -# \ref i_s5

  -# \ref i_s6

     -# \ref i_s61

  -# \ref i_s7

  -# \ref i_s8



<hr>



\section i_s1 REQUIREMENTS



To be able compile \b TSPSG you need to have <em>Qt libraries</em>\anchor cr1<sup>\ref r1 "[1]"</sup>. The minimum

supported version of \em Qt is <b>4.5.0</b>. The recommended version is <b>4.6.x</b>

or higher.



\note Please, note that there will be some regressions in functionality

if your version of \em Qt is lower than the recommended.



<hr><hr>



\section i_s2 ASSUMPTIONS



This guide assumes that you already have <em>Qt libraries</em> and all necessary

prerequisites installed.



Also, the following assumptions are made:



  - For \b Linux/UNIX: \c lrelease and \c qmake are avilable in \c $PATH.

  - For \b Windows (\em minGW) and \b Symbian: you have installed <em>Qt SDK</em> or

    prebuilt libraries and have Start Menu items for Qt tools.

  - For \b Windows (<em>Visual Studio</em>) and <b>Windows Mobile</b>: the <em>Qt libraries</em>

    reside in <tt>C:\\Qt\\</tt>.

  - For <b>Windows Mobile</b>: <em>Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK</em> or later is

    installed.



<hr><hr>



\section i_s3 SUPPORTED PLATFORMS



\b TSPSG is oficially supported and tested on the following platforms:



  - <b>Linux</b>: <em>Gentoo AMD64</em> and <em>Kubuntu 9.10 64-bit AMD</em>.

  - <b>Windows</b>: <em>Windows XP 32-bit</em> and <em>Windows 7 64-bit</em>.

  - <b>Windows Mobile</b>: <em>Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional Edition</em>.



<hr><hr>



\section i_s4 BUILDING AND INSTALLATION



\subsection i_s41 GENERAL INSTALLATION PROCEDURE



On most platforms the general building and installation procedure is:



  -# Run \c lrelease to generate binary translation files (.qm) from the

     source (.ts).

  -# Run \c qmake with \c CONFIG+=release parameter to generate makefiles.

  -# Run make utility (e.g., \c make, \c nmake, \c mingw32-make) to build \b TSPSG.

  -# Run make utility with \c install parameter.



\note It is important to run \c lrelease before \c qmake, or \c qmake will not

"pick up" the translations when generating installation rules.



<hr>



\subsection i_s42 LINUX/UNIX



Open a shell, navigate to the directory where you have \b TSPSG source

downloaded and type



\verbatim

tar xvjf tspsg-<VERSION>-src.tar.bz2

cd tspsg-<VERSION>-src

\endverbatim



where \<VERSION> is the version of \b TSPSG you downloaded. Now run



\verbatim

lrelease tspsg.pro

qmake tspsg.pro

make

\endverbatim



In some cases you may need to type



\verbatim

qmake tspsg.pro CONFIG+=release

\endverbatim



If make step finished without errors you can install \b TSPSG by running



\verbatim

sudo make install

\endverbatim



or



\verbatim

su

make install

\endverbatim



depending on your distribution.



By default, executable will go to \c /usr/bin, \c COPYING.txt and \c README.txt will go

to \c /usr/share/TSPSG, translations will go \c /usr/share/TSPSG/l10n, all docs

will go to <tt>/usr/share/doc/TSPSG-\<VERSION></tt>.



<hr>



\subsection i_s43 WINDOWS



\note Please, read the section \ref i_s7 after reading this section.



\subsubsection i_s431 USING MINGW



Unpack the downloaded source code of \b TSPSG with your favourite

compression software. Now launch the <em>Qt Command Prompt</em> from the Start

Menu, navigate to the directory where you unpacked the source and run



\verbatim

lrelease tspsg.pro

qmake tspsg.pro CONFIG+=release

mingw32-make

\endverbatim



\note Make process may fail with a crash of \c windres.exe. If you've run

into this issue, please, read the section \ref i_s61.



If make step finished without errors you can install \b TSPSG by running



\verbatim

mingw32-make install

\endverbatim



\b TSPSG will be installed to \c \%PROGRAMFILES\%\\TSPSG folder (usually, it is

<tt>C:\\Program Files\\TSPSG</tt>).





\subsubsection i_s432 USING VISUAL STUDIO



Unpack the downloaded source code of \b TSPSG with your favourite

compression software. Now launch the <em>Visual Studio Command Prompt</em> from

the Start Menu, navigate to the directory where you unpacked the source

and run



\verbatim

C:\Qt\bin\lrelease tspsg.pro

C:\Qt\bin\qmake tspsg.pro CONFIG+=release

nmake

\endverbatim



If make step finished without errors you can install \b TSPSG by running



\verbatim

nmake install

\endverbatim



\b TSPSG will be installed to \c \%PROGRAMFILES\%\\TSPSG folder (usually, it is

<tt>C:\\Program Files\\TSPSG</tt>).



<hr>



\subsection i_s44 WINDOWS CE/MOBILE



Unpack the downloaded source code of \b TSPSG with your favourite

compression software. Now launch the <em>Visual Studio Command Prompt</em> from

the Start Menu and run



\verbatim

set PATH=C:\Qt\bin;\%PATH\%

setcepaths wincewm50pocket-msvc2008

\endverbatim



Now navigate to the directory where you unpacked the source and run



\verbatim

lrelease tspsg.pro

qmake tspsg.pro CONFIG+=release

nmake

\endverbatim



There is no automated installation process for Windows Mobile build. To

install \b TSPSG on your PDA you need to create a folder on your device

and copy the following files to it:



  - \b tspsg.exe from \c release folder in the source directory.

  - \b QtCore4.dll and \c QtGui4.dll from \c C:\\Qt\\bin folder.

  - \b msvcr90.dll from <tt>C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\ce\\dll\\armv4i</tt> folder.

  - all <b>*.qm</b> files from \c l10n folder in the source directory to \c l10n subfolder.



<hr>



\section i_s45 SYMBIAN



Unpack the downloaded source code of \b TSPSG with your favourite

compression software. Now launch the <em>Qt for Symbian Command Prompt</em> from

the Start Menu, navigate to the directory where you unpacked the source

and run



\verbatim

lrelease tspsg.pro

qmake tspsg.pro CONFIG+=release

make release-gcce

\endverbatim



\warning You need to unpack the source to the <em>same drive</em> as <em>Symbian SDK</em>

and the path <em>must not contain any spaces</em> or \b TSPSG won't build.



If make step finished without errors you can generate sis installation

file by running



\verbatim

make sis

\endverbatim



You'll get \c tspsg.sis file in the source directory. Copy it to your

phone and run or install it using <em>Nokia PC Suite</em>.



\note You need to install <em>Qt libraries</em> on your device before installing

\b TSPSG. Usually, it should be enough to install \c qt_installer.sis from

the Qt installation directory.



Alternatively, if you have installed <em>Nokia Smart Installer</em>\anchor cr2<sup>\ref r2 "[2]"</sup> you can run



\verbatim

make installer_sis

\endverbatim



You'll get an \c tspsg_installer.sis that will automatically download and

install the required <em>Qt libraries</em> on \b TSPSG installation.



\note Please, be aware that you have to sign the sis file to be able to

install it on your device. You can use <em>Open Signed Online</em>\anchor cr3<sup>\ref r3 "[3]"</sup> to quickly

sign the sis file for your device. Alternatively, you can try to enable

the installation of self-signed files in the phone settings. Please,

reffer to your phone manual on the instructions how to do this.



<hr>



\subsection i_s46 OTHER PLATFORMS, SUPPORTED BY QT



While \b TSPSG is oficially supported only on \b Linux, \b Windows and <b>Windows

Mobile</b> it should be possible to compile it on any platform, supported

by \em Qt. To do so, please, refer to the section \ref i_s41 for the general build

and installation procedure.



<hr><hr>



\section i_s5 UNINSTALLATION



Usually, it is enough to replace \c install parameter with \c uninstall

in the installation command from the section \ref i_s4. Alternatively, you can manually

delete all installed \b TSPSG files and directories.



<hr><hr>



\section i_s6 TROUBLESHOOTING



\subsection i_s61 WINDRES.EXE CRASH



When building under \b Windows using <em>minGW</em> toolchain make process may fail

with \c windres.exe crash (access violation). This is a known bug in

\c windres.exe regarding processing resource files with \c UTF-8 (\c cp65001)

encoding\anchor cr4<sup>\ref r4 "[4]"</sup>. To be able to successfully build \b TSPSG you will need to

download and replace \c windres.exe with a fixed version. To do this:



  -# Open https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/ in your

     favourite browser.

  -# Find and download the latest version of <em>GNU Binutils</em>. At the time

     of writing this guide it was \c binutils-2.20.1-2-mingw32-bin.tar.gz.

  -# Unpack the file \c bin\windres.exe from the downloaded archive to

     <tt>\<Your Qt installation path>\\mingw\\bin\\</tt> replacing the existing one.

  -# Now run

\verbatim

mingw32-make distclean

\endverbatim

     in the \b TSPSG directory and repeat the installation process.



<hr><hr>



\section i_s7 NOTES



\c qmake doesn't always enclose installation paths in quotes. This may

cause some files not to be installed or removed when their path

contains spaces. In this case it is safe to delete these files and \b TSPSG

installation directory manually.



<hr><hr>



\section i_s8 REFERNECES



  -# \ref cr1 "^" \anchor r1 http://qt.nokia.com/

  -# \ref cr1 "^" \anchor r2 http://qt.nokia.com/developer/nokia-smart-installer-for-symbian

  -# \ref cr2 "^" \anchor r3 https://www.symbiansigned.com/app/page/public/openSignedOnline.do

  -# \ref cr3 "^" \anchor r4 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10165

*/