This fork contains fixes and adjustments so that the browser can be compiled and run on a standard Rasbian installation. In addition to Raspbian it also needs the prebuilt Qt5 packages from http://twolife.be/raspbian ,
In Addition to the fork from @Topguy this fork does contain some minimal adjustments to allow the the browser to be displayed rotated for portrait mode displays. Furthermore the Mousecursor can be hidden.
Start with.
Raspbian installed from image or NOOBS.
Add the twolife.be repository to you software sources:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key 2578B775
sudo bash -c "echo \"deb http://twolife.be/raspbian/ wheezy main backports\" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/twolife.list
(You might still get warnings about non-authenticated packages, havent looked into it.)
Update and upgrade:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Install minimal Qt5 requirements and make Qt5 default Qt environment.
sudo apt-get install libqt5webkit5-dev qtdeclarative5-dev qt5-default qt5-qmake
Checkout source:
git clone https://github.com/Topguy/mlbrowser.git
cd mlbrowser
Configure build
mkdir build
cd build
qmake DEFINES+=_BROWSER_ DEFINES+=_MOUSE_ DEFINES+=_PROPERTYCHANGER_ ../src/mlbrowser.pro
build
make
NOTE!!! It will now fail to link with a list of libraries it can't find. It doesnt really need those libraries, so as a hack you replace the line starting with "LIBS" in the Makefile with this line:
LIBS
LIBS = $(SUBLIBS) -L/opt/vc/lib -lQt5WebKitWidgets -pthread -lrt -L/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf -lQt5Sql -lQt5Quick -lQt5OpenGL -lQt5PrintSupport -lQt5WebKit -lQt5Qml -lQt5Widgets -lQt5Network -lQt5Gui -lQt5Core -lGLESv2 -lpthread
then rerun make
make
And now it should link properly.
Test it:
./mlbrowser -platform eglfs http://www.raspberrypi.org
Install it:
sudo make install
View local html-file:
mlbrowser -platform eglfs file:///home/pi/mlbrowser/start.html
-x or -w adjusts horizontal overscan.
-y or -h adjusts vertical overscan.
-z adjusts zoom-factor (something like 1.3 to 1.6 looks nice on my TV)
mlbrowser -platform eglfs -x 92 -y 48 -z 1.3 http://www.google.com
-r sets rotation mode 1: rotate 90 degrees clockwise 2: rotate 180 degrees clockwise 3: rotate 270 degrees clockwise (aka. 90 degrees counterclockwise)
-m hide the mouse cursor
If you add mlbrowser to /etc/rc.local it will cause yout Pi to boot directly into the browser on each boot. But you'll have to use the full path to the binary.
/usr/local/bin/mlbrowser -platform eglfs http://www.google.com
Adding this to a script or your .profile file make sure that you dont have to write "-platform eglfs" every time.
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=eglfs
(original readme)
This is the respository for the mlbrowser that has been developed by Metrological. It can be used with the buildroot fork at https://github.com/albertd/buildroot-rpi or its fork https://github.com/msieben/buildroot-rpi.git.
You can add this package to your own fork of buildroot by adding the Config.in and mlbrowser.mk files.
Config.in
config BR2_PACKAGE_MLBROWSER
bool "mlbrowser"
help
Metrological's simple (accellerated) browser implementation
http://www.metrological.com
mlbrowser.mk
#############################################################
#
# mlbrowser
#
#############################################################
MLBROWSER_VERSION = e7bba1439ff9b38dfd36c6222e4825c5d17e7677
MLBROWSER_SITE_METHOD = git
MLBROWSER_SITE = https://github.com/msieben/mlbrowser.git
ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5WEBKIT),y)
MLBROWSER_DEPENDENCIES = qt5webkit
endif
ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_WEBKIT),y)
MLBROWSER_DEPENDENCIES = qt gstreamer
endif
define MLBROWSER_CONFIGURE_CMDS
(cd $(@D); \
$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) \
$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/qmake \
DEFINES+=_BROWSER_ \
DEFINES+=_MOUSE_ \
DEFINES+=_PROPERTYCHANGER_ \
./src/mlbrowser.pro \
)
endef
define MLBROWSER_BUILD_CMDS
$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)
endef
define MLBROWSER_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/mlbrowser $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin
endef
define MLBROWSER_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/mlbrowser
endef
$(eval $(generic-package))
Have fun!