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Quantum GIS (QGIS)

Building QGIS from source - step by step

The INSTALL file included in QGIS source code repository is the file to take a look into.

Tips

error while loading shared libraries: libqgis_core.so.1.8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

If you have this error while loading a compiled qgis, you can try this:

# get the full lib path, for example "/home/myusername/src/qgis/Quantum-GIS/build/lib/" (no wildcard ~)
# copy this path to a new file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/qgis.conf (on Ubuntu distribution. This can change a bit)
sudo su
echo "/home/myusername/src/qgis/Quantum-GIS/build/lib/" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/qgis.conf
exit
# ldconfig
sudo ldconfig
# verify with ldd
ldd /home/myusername/src/qgis/Quantum-GIS/build/bin/qgis | grep "libqgis"