Compilation.txt

Compiling for Windows
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Only Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 has been tested so far.

You must compile OpenCPN before trying to compile meteovache_pi.
If you don't know how to do, refer to OpenCPN's developers manual (https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=opencpn:developer_manual).

* Clone MeteoVache repository : git clone git://github.com/Rodemfr/meteovache_pi.git

copy the file "opencpn.lib" which is generated in OpenCPN/build after compiling OpenCPN.
This file must be copied to meteovache_pi/buildwin

* open "X86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS2017"
* go in meteovache_pi directory : cd [...]\meteovache_pi
* create a build directory : mkdir build
* go in build directory : cd build 
* prepare makefiles : cmake ..
* compile : cmake --build .

Compiling for Linux
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You must compile OpenCPN before trying to compile meteovache_pi.
If you don't know how to do, refer to OpenCPN's developers manual (https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=opencpn:developer_manual).

* Clone MeteoVache repository : git clone git://github.com/Rodemfr/meteovache_pi.git

* open a shell prompt
* go in meteovache_pi directory : cd [...]/meteovache_pi
* create a build directory : mkdir build
* go in build directory : cd build 
* prepare makefiles : cmake ..
* compile : make

Compiling for Raspberry
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* Install required software : sudo apt install git build-essential cmake wx3.0-headers libwxgtk3.0-dev gettext
* Clone MeteoVache repository : git clone git://github.com/Rodemfr/meteovache_pi.git
* go in meteovache_pi directory : cd meteovache_pi
* create a build directory : mkdir build
* go in build directory : cd build 
* prepare makefiles : cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
* compile pulgin and produce a Debian package : make package
* To install the plugin : sudo dpkg --install meteovache_pi_0.7.0-1_armhf.deb

Note that meteovache_pi Debian package can only be installed if OpenCPN as already been installed as aDebian package