[poppler] Setup poppler

Albert Astals Cid aacid at kde.org
Mon Apr 27 11:53:03 PDT 2009


A Dilluns, 27 d'abril de 2009, toto titi va escriure:
> So to sum up I definitly have to build poppler on windows.
>
> The thing is I don't have the capacity to do it (using mingw compiler under
> cygwin)
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> Would it be possible to get back dll files from existing projects like
> Okular (http://okular.kde.org/) or KDE on Windows(http://windows.kde.org/)
>
> and reuse it for my project.

That could be an idea, you could also approach KDE on Windows team and ask 
them how they compile poppler.

Albert

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> Thanks
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>
> Romain
>
> > From: aacid at kde.org
> > To: romain.vigobenia at hotmail.fr; poppler at lists.freedesktop.org
> > Subject: Re: [poppler] Setup poppler
> > Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:27:22 +0200
> >
> > A Divendres, 24 d'abril de 2009, vàreu escriure:
> > > Hi
> >
> > Do not mail me only, ALWAYS mail the list.
> >
> > > Since a couple of days I'm trying to compile poppler on windows myself
> > > (I did not found someone to help me) and this is not a a success.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So as I'm bloked and have lost enought time, I'm asking myself if it
> > > could be better to develop my application on linux.
> > >
> > > It could be easier to instal qt and poppler as there is an existing
> > > package if I have well understood.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > But I have a question : could I developed my application on Linux and
> > > make it work both on Linux and windows.
> >
> > It is easier to develop on Linux?
> > For me it is.
> >
> > But at the end if you want it working for Windows you'll have to figure
> > out how to build poppler on Windows, so it's just postponing your
> > problem.
> >
> > Albert
> >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Romain
> > >
> > > > From: aacid at kde.org
> > > > To: poppler at lists.freedesktop.org
> > > > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:53:27 +0200
> > > > Subject: Re: [poppler] Setup poppler
> > > >
> > > > A Dimecres, 22 d'abril de 2009, toto titi va escriure:
> > > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > > I'm in work placement and I have to develop a standalone marking
> > > > > tool. After the analysis part, I have choosen to use Qt and poppler
> > > > > library but I have some problems to set up poppler. So generally to
> > > > > set up a library with Qt there is just the .pro file to change
> > > > > indicating the new include and lib files.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried to do that but it doesn't really worked (I have just linked
> > > > > the poppler/qt4/include folder) and I'm pretty sure I have forgoten
> > > > > something.
> > > > >
> > > > > After that I founded a file name INSTALL in which there are some
> > > > > explication who to process to install poppler :
> > > > >
> > > > > "
> > > > > The simplest way to compile this package is:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and
> > > > > type `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If
> > > > > you're
> > > > >
> > > > > using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
> > > > > `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
> > > > > `configure' itself.
> > > > >
> > > > > Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
> > > > >
> > > > > messages telling which features it is checking for.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2. Type `make' to compile the package.
> > > > >
> > > > > 3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come
> > > > > with the package.
> > > > >
> > > > > 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files
> > > > > and
> > > > >
> > > > > documentation.
> > > > >
> > > > > 5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
> > > > > source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
> > > > > files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
> > > > >
> > > > > a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
> > > > > also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
> > > > > for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
> > > > >
> > > > > all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
> > > > > with the distribution.
> > > > > "
> > > > >
> > > > > None of those command worked.
> > > >
> > > > That commands are perfectly valid.
> > > >
> > > > > To conclude I'm totally lost and confuse about the setup of poppler
> > > > > and I did not find any usefull informations on the web.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd be gratefull if someone have some tips or tutorial for me.
> > > > > By the way, I'm working on windows vista.
> > > >
> > > > This is your problem, none of the developers of poppler use windows.
> > > > We know poppler builds on windows, people is known to have success
> > > > building it using mingw, cygwin and also using cmake as build system,
> > > > but that's all i can say.
> > > >
> > > > > I hope my english is understandable.
> > > >
> > > > Totally understandable.
> > > >
> > > > Albert
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Romain
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