Sources
The safest way to install QTopo on Linux is to compile it from the sources. Download and untar the source tgz:
tar -xzf qtopo-XXX.tgzThis will create a directory TopoLinux, with the following subdirectories:
bin .......... executable files basic-02 ..... TopoLinux utilities calib-02 ..... TopoLinux calibration utilities distox ....... DistoX connection and communication docs ......... documentation help ......... help pages i18n ......... internationalization data files icons ........ run-time icons pixmaps ...... compile-time pixmaps QTcalib-02 ... QTopoCalib classes QTshot-02 .... QTopoShot classes utils ........ utility classes tmp .......... dataThe source files are in distox, utils, basic-02, calib-02, QTshot-02 and QTcalib-02. Unless you must work without a window environment, it is not necessary to compile the programs in basic-02 and calib-02. There are also a few files, the most important of which is the run-time configuration file qtopo.rc.
There is no "configure" and you must compile everything by hand. You need the C++ and Qt development environment (g++, etc., and Qt), and you must compile the sources in four directories:
At this point you have two executables QTshot-02/qtshot and QTcalib-02/qtcalib. Run them from the TopoLinux root directory, as they look for the run-time resources from there.
Precompiled
The precompiled download archive contains the subdirectories
bin ......... executables docs ........ documentation i18n ........ internationalization data icons ....... run-time icons help ........ help pages tmp ......... data
Furthermore, there is the run-time configuration file qtopo.rc.
You need to have the Qt run-time (libraries) installed. To execute a program, invoke it from the TopoLinux root directory. For example
./bin/qtshot