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Compile and build QMapShack for Ubuntu 24.04.03

Compile and build QMapShack for Ubuntu 24.04.03

(contributed by Torsten Metzner, Karl Karsten and ChrisZero, tested on a fresh Ubuntu v24.04.3 VM)

System preparation

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install g++ make cmake cmake-curses-gui git
sudo reboot

QT 6.10 installation

Make the Qt Maintenance Tool executable:

  chmod u+x qt-online-installer-linux-x64-4.10.0.run

Install following packages required by the installer:

  sudo apt install libxcb-cursor0 libxcb-cursor-dev

Start the Qt Maintenance Tool:

  ./qt-online-installer-linux-x64-4.10.0.run

Select QT install directory at /opt/QT
Select the Custom Installation, because in addition to the standard installation, the following objects are needed:
- Qt 5 Compatibility module
- Qt WebChannel
- Qt Positioning
- Qt WebEngine Extension.

Additional packages installation

sudo apt install default-libmysqlclient-dev sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libtiff-dev libghc-bzlib-dev libgdal-dev libroutino-dev libalglib-dev libquazip1-qt6-dev libcups2-dev

Unpack source code and prepare build directory

cd ~/QMS
unzip -x ~/qmapshack-dev.zip
mkdir build_QMapShack
cd build_QMapShack

Configure, build then install

cmake ../qmapshack-dev -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/QT/6.10.1/gcc_64/ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr 
make -j6   #here 6 processors are used
sudo make install

Run QMapShack

bin/qmapshack

Remarks

The used QT version (6.10) is different to the one which comes with Ubuntu 24.04.3 (6.4)

./bin/qmapshack is using the correct QT libraries, e.g.:

  $ ldd ./bin/qmapshack | egrep 'Qt6Core.so|quazip'
  libquazip1-qt6.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libquazip1-qt6.so.1 (0x00007ecca2b25000)
  libQt6Core.so.6 => /opt/QT/6.10.1/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Core.so.6 (0x00007ecc91c00000)

But system libraries, e.g. libquazip are linked against the QT libraries from the system

  $ ldd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libquazip1-qt6.so | grep libQt6Core.so
  libQt6Core.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt6Core.so.6 (0x000073e611a00000)

It is possible to use the script below to indicate what libraries to use:

  sudo tee /usr/local/bin/qmapshack-qt610 >/dev/null <<'EOF' 
  #!/usr/bin/env bash
  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/QT/6.10.1/gcc_64/lib
  export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/opt/QT/6.10.1/gcc_64/plugins
  export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=/opt/QT/6.10.1/gcc_64/qml 
  exec /usr/bin/qmapshack "$@"
  EOF
  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/qmapshack-qt610

Then run QMapShack using

  qmapshack-qt610