cnr-isti-vclab/piccante

building examples is not documented

piotrklos-tcl opened this issue · 4 comments

piotrklos-tcl commented

I don't know what to install and what to run in order to build the examples. I think that such a piece of documentation belongs in the library. Not everyone who does computer vision knows Qt very well.

banterle commented

You don't have to install other libraries to use Piccante in your C++11 projects. If on your platform you do not have openGL you just need to declare PIC_DISABLE_OPENGL.
The library is a header-only library with everything you need in it.

Qt is needed to run examples so there are multi-platform examples, but it is not required to use it!

piotrklos-tcl commented

Thanks for getting back to me.

So the way I understand you is that you confirm that Qt is needed to run examples. I'm already aware of that. The issue I raised is that there is no documentation about how to do it.

I'm raising this because I'm trying to experiment with Piccante and I would prefer a set of instructions about building stuff rather than trying stuff on my own or asking you for help every time there is a problem.

banterle commented

The issue I raised is that there is no documentation about how to do it.
To run the examples?

I'm raising this because I'm trying to experiment with Piccante and I would prefer a set of instructions about building stuff rather than trying stuff on my own or asking you for help every time there is a problem.
There is no bothering, you can ask what you want when you want.

piotrklos-tcl commented

The issue I raised is that there is no documentation about how to do it.

To run the examples?

Yes, to get them to run. Presumably one has to build them first.

Also, I have an observation about the state of most open-source libraries, that if something isn't documented, it usually either doesn't work or doesn't work as expected or works but breaks down on some basic corner cases. So I think you will naturally catch some issues if you decide to prepare some instructions.

Anyway, I could really only use Ubuntu instructions, so don't push yourself if that's not something you have time or skill to do.

I'm raising this because I'm trying to experiment with Piccante and I would prefer a set of instructions about building stuff rather than trying stuff on my own or asking you for help every time there is a problem.

There is no bothering, you can ask what you want when you want.

That's great, thanks!