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I am trying to compile CloudCompare on a Lubuntu machine. I like this very light version of Ubuntu and would be glad to see it working with my favourite tools :)
I am pretty much a newbie in Linux systems, though i've used Ubuntu for about a year, and my experience on Lubuntu can be summed up by something like "Yay, that looks nice and fast". So i won't be able to get on the details.

I have downloaded the source, installed cmake & cmake-qt-gui.
I then opened cmake-gui, indicated the place where the sources are, and where to build the code.

When i press the configure button and chose any compiler, then an error window opens, telling me that i made an "Error in configuration process, project files may be invalid",
and the following poem shows up in the message box :

The C compiler identification is unknown
The CXX compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error: your C compiler: "CMAKE_C_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_C_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error: your C compiler: "CMAKE_C_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_C_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error: your C compiler: "CMAKE_C_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_C_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:97 (message):
Could NOT find Qt4 (missing: QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE QT_MOC_EXECUTABLE
QT_RCC_EXECUTABLE QT_INCLUDE_DIR QT_LIBRARY_DIR QT_QTCORE_INCLUDE_DIR
QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:291 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
/usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindQt4.cmake:1223 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS)
CC/CMakeLists.txt:10 (find_package)

Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

Does this mean i should look further on how to configure cmake ?
Has anyone been able to set up CC on Lubuntu ?

It seems that you don't even have a compiler installed ;)

Can you install at least the gcc package?

Well... weirdly yeah, that seems to help !
However, i'm not sure i have generated it correctly...

Here is what i got after hitting on the Configure button, and then the Generate button :
Found Qt4: /usr/bin/qmake (found version "4.8.4")
Found Qt4: /usr/bin/qmake (found version "4.8.4")
Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/vince/cloudcompare_1/trunk/trunk/qCC/plugins/qKinect
Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/vince/cloudcompare_1/trunk/trunk/qCC/plugins/qSSAO
Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/vince/cloudcompare_1/trunk/trunk/qCC/plugins/qDummyPlugin
Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/vince/cloudcompare_1/trunk/trunk/qCC/plugins/qHPR
Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/vince/cloudcompare_1/trunk/trunk/qCC/plugins/qPCV
Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/vince/cloudcompare_1/trunk/trunk/qCC/plugins/qRANSAC_SD
Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/vince/cloudcompare_1/trunk/trunk/qCC/plugins/qPCL
Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/vince/cloudcompare_1/trunk/trunk/qCC/plugins/qPoissonRecon
Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/vince/cloudcompare_1/trunk/trunk/qCC/plugins/qBlur
Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/vince/cloudcompare_1/trunk/trunk/qCC/plugins/qEDL
Configuring done
Generating done

Is it normal that the Generating process takes less than half a second ?!
Moreover, i don't find the CloudCompare binary, which is in trunk/build/qcc on my ubuntu computer.

What did i do wrong ?

Ah! It's because Cmake only generates the compilation "make" scripts ;). You still have to compile the project: open a console and go to the 'build' folder and eventually type 'make install'.

It should take a little longer ;).

And once that's done, don't forget to call ' 'sudo /sbin/ldconfig -v'' as explained in http://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/in ... tion_CMake.

WAowow !
That's Super Dooper Cool !

Just one remaining issue, i can now handle ply files, but it seems i can't open txt files (simple x y z files) ; "An error occured while loading 'MonBeauNuage.txt': Reading error (no access right?)"
Chmod 777 doesn't help, neither does adding a typical ply header at beggining of my txt file (and renaming it .ply).
So i guess it's just a noobish mishandling...

Help me and i'll provide you the other half of that wonderful picture

(it's a veeeeeeery nice picture, shouldn't wana miss it)

I'm gonna be disappointed by this half image ;)

In fact the 'no access right' part is just a guess... It's generally the main cause of issue. But in your case, it could also be a path issue.

Can you try to open a file with a very short and simple path, with no strange characters, etc.?

Otherwise, another guess: un-comment the line #7192 of qCC/mainwindow.cpp (something about 'DontUseNativeDialog'') and then compile the project again (should be quicker this time - don't forget to call 'make install' once again). Maybe the native dialog is scrambling the path (but it doesn't explain why you can actually load ply files!).

Woop woop !
You desirved that other half :)

What was the solution then?

(and thanks ;)

The solution was to simply put my .txt pointcloud file in my personal repository, and rename it "toto.txt"
So easy ! But don't worry, i got many cats & doggies pics for my incoming questions ;)
And thanks again for everything

Hi Daniel,

I can run the qcc after all steps. But the plugins are not installing.
while cmake step and the installing step I did all things. When I click the plugin information in software.

Found plugins
(looked in /home/muzo/CC/build/qcc/plugins):

but when I opened the qcc folder, there is not any plugin file in qcc folder.

I have tried that copy plugins file from home/muzo/CC and than it does not work.

I have also tried this error promts

-- Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/muzo/CC/trunk-master/plugins/qBlur
-- Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/muzo/CC/trunk-master/plugins/qSRA
-- Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/muzo/CC/trunk-master/plugins/qHPR
-- Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/muzo/CC/trunk-master/plugins/qRANSAC_SD
-- Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/muzo/CC/trunk-master/plugins/qEDL
-- Auto-add plugin subdir:/home/muzo/CC/trunk-master/plugins/ccViewer
CMake Error at plugins/CMakeLists.txt:28 (add_subdirectory):
The source directory

/home/muzo/CC/trunk-master/plugins/ccViewer

does not contain a CMakeLists.txt file.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/muzo/CC/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/muzo/CC/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
make: *** [cmake_check_build_system] Error 1

how can I add plugins into qcc??

best regards.