Compiling Nifskope for Linux Mint

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I'm attempting to get Nifskope back up and running on my new Linux Mint install sans Wine, which is how I ran Nifskope on my previous OS. I have issues with Wine so I went looking for another way and found this tutorial posted by the user Foxroe for compiling Nifskope for Linux allowing it to run natively.  So, long story short, I'm five steps into it and already hit a snag. I messaged said user a few days ago yet no reply as of yet and I'm a bit anxious.

Would someone lend me their help in pulling this off? That is, if the method even works. There is only one other reply on that post and it's uncertain as to whether the poster tried the method or not.

Thanks for reading. 

Edited March 10, 2024 by UsernameWithA9
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[HeyYou]

Link to the tutorial doesn't work. Found it anyway though.... he hasn't been here for a week, but, that's not unusual for forums...

what step are you failing at?

[Guest deleted156886133]

My mistake. I pasted the wrong link. It should direct correctly now. Take a look and go down to step five, the beginning of the code modifications in a file called lightningwidget.h. The  tutorial states to look about four lines down for the entry #define <QWidget> and add the line #define <QAction> directly below it. When in actuality, my copy of lightningwidget.h has the entry #include <QWidget> at line 4. My issue is the discrepency between Foxroe's account of line 4 and the actual file. Should I go ahead with the insertion of the line #define <QAction>? With respect to science, I suppose I should and witness the outcome of my... experiment, but I prefer to have clear instructions prior and these seem flawed so far.

Anyways, if you can help with that, there may be a few more issues I foresee.

Edited March 10, 2024 by UsernameWithA9
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[Guest deleted156886133]

I'm sure this will help. Here's a copy/paste of the file's content.

lightningwidget.h

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#ifndef LIGHTINGWIDGET_H
#define LIGHTINGWIDGET_H

#include <QWidget>

#include <memory>

class GLView;
class QAction;

namespace Ui {
class LightingWidget;
}

class LightingWidget : public QWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    LightingWidget( GLView * ogl, QWidget * parent = nullptr);
    ~LightingWidget();

    void setDefaults();
    void setActions( QVector<QAction *> actions );

private:
    std::unique_ptr<Ui::LightingWidget> ui;

    enum
    {
        BRIGHT = 1440,
        POS = 720,

        DirMin = 0,
        DirMax = BRIGHT,
        AmbientMin = 0,
        AmbientMax = BRIGHT,
        DeclinationMin = -POS,
        DeclinationMax = POS,
        PlanarAngleMin = -POS,
        PlanarAngleMax = POS,

        DirDefault = DirMax / 2,
        AmbientDefault = AmbientMax * 3 / 8,
        DeclinationDefault = (DeclinationMax + DeclinationMin),
        PlanarAngleDefault = (PlanarAngleMax + PlanarAngleMin)
    };
};

#endif // LIGHTINGWIDGET_H

 

[HeyYou]

I would add the line, not worrying about line count, where the tutorial wants it, and see what happens. Worst case: It doesn't work. :D

[Guest deleted156886133]

  On 3/10/2024 at 1:20 PM, HeyYou said:

I would add the line, not worrying about line count, where the tutorial wants it, and see what happens. Worst case: It doesn't work.

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 True. I just woke up so please stand by.

[Guest deleted156886133]

So, another snag and this one's puzzling. I've progressed to step 10, the actual compile.

Entering the command suggested by the tutorial doesn't seem to fly, as referenced below:

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xxxxx@xxxxxxxx-xxxx:~/Build/nifskope$ qmake-qt5
qmake-qt5: command not found
xxxxx@xxxxxxxx-xxxx:~/Build/nifskope$ man qmake
xxxxx@xxxxxxxx-xxxx:~/Build/nifskope$ qmake
Project ERROR: Cannot run compiler 'g++'. Output:
===================
===================
Maybe you forgot to setup the environment?

Entering the command as suggested returns 'command not found' and simply entering qmake returns with an error stating, 'Maybe you forgot to setup the environment?' Uhhhh... yeah, maybe. Did I not install the correct package when I went looking for qmake? The terminal states that it's the latest version as evidenced below:

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qt5-qmake is already the newest version (5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2)

What am I missing here? And yes, I've installed g++.

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xxxxx@xxxxxxxx-xxxx:~/Build/nifskope$ g++ --version
g++ (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0

[AaronOfMpls]

  On 3/10/2024 at 5:15 PM, UsernameWithA9 said:

xxxxx@xxxxxxxx-xxxx:~/Build/nifskope$ qmake-qt5
qmake-qt5: command not found

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  On 3/10/2024 at 5:15 PM, UsernameWithA9 said:

qt5-qmake is already the newest version (5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2)

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Are qmake-qt5 and qt5-qmake the same thing, or included together in something? 

(Not my area of expertise, sorry -- but asking anyway in case something is backwards or got overlooked in your problem.)

[HeyYou]

Beyond my knowledge at this point. Everything I know about linux is written on the inside of my left eyelid.....

[Guest deleted156886133]

@AaronOfMpls That's an excellent question, however, I'm uncertain. Not my area of expertise either. 

I just performed a reboot thinking maybe that would help and... it did, to a degree. Now, when I enter qmake-qt5 into the terminal, it still returns the same as before, command not found. Flipping it to qt5-qmake yields the same result. When I just enter qmake, the folder is populated with a few new files, Makefile, .qmake.stash and three new folders, Generated Files (which has four empty sub-folders), a folder called install which has two sub-folders, one for Linux and one for Windows, each populated with respective files... and an empty folder called release. However, the terminal now returns thusly:

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xxxxx@xxxxxxxx-xxxx:~/Build/nifskope$ qmake
Info: creating stash file /home/fxn55/Build/nifskope/.qmake.stash
Project MESSAGE: lupdate could not be found, ignoring make target
Project MESSAGE: lrelease could not be found, ignoring build step

 

Edited March 10, 2024 by UsernameWithA9
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