Introduction

This HowTo explains how to compile the LidarFormat C++ library on Linux. Tests were made on Ubuntu Jaunty (32 and 64 bits).

Install the dependencies

Install the following tools or libraries:

• Mercurial
• CMake
• Boost (>= 1.36)
• Xerces
• Code Synthesis XSD (can be downloaded here)

For Ubuntu Jaunty, just enter this command in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install build-essential mercurial cmake libboost1.37-dev libxerces-c2-dev

and download and install the CodeSynthesis XSD package (x86 or x86-64).

Get the source

Get the source with this command (it will create a directory "lidarformat" where you entered the command and download the source in it):

hg clone https://lidarformat.googlecode.com/hg/ lidarformat


Compile the library

Run cmake

Go to the lidarformat directory. If the default configuration is enough, just enter this command:

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release .

Or, if you want to tune some parameters:

ccmake . --> follow the CMake instructions, in particular: --> launch the configure step with 'c' --> set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to Release within CMake --> tune the parameters you want --> generate the configuration with 'g'

Compile

Just run the following command (replace N by the number of cores or procesors you have):

make -jN

Run the tests

Just enter this command and check all tests are passed:

make test

The output should be something like: ``` Running tests... Start processing tests Test project /home/achauve/Developpement/sources/LidarFormat/trunk 1/ 4 Testing LidarFormat_concepts Passed 2/ 4 Testing LidarFormat_unit_tests Passed 3/ 4 Testing LidarFormat_01_ex_basics Passed 4/ 4 Testing LidarFormat_02_ex_filtering Passed

100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 4 ```

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