Build - Install
The Windows, MacOS X for PPC and MacOS X for Intel releases may be directly installed. The Linux release must be built except if you get a package through the page download.
Installation under Windows
Execute the Setup and follow the instructions. It is not required to have the administrator rights.
The dll of Qt release 2.3 is part of the installed files, BOUML is compiled for this version.
To compile your plug-out written in C++ under Windows, get Qt 2.3 for Windows and Microsoft Visual C++ (ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/non-commercial) and read the documentation.
Install under Unix/Solaris/Linux
Qt 2.3 and higher or any Qt 3 and qmake are required. On some distributions like Debian and Ubuntu you also need qt3-compat-headers if you use a Qt3. Qt 4 can't be used because it is non compatible with the previous releases.
By default BOUML and the plug-outs are installed under /usr/lib/bouml, and the shell script named bouml is placed under /usr/bin. These paths are specified in the Makefile, change the locations if you want before doing the installation.
The shell script named bouml must be used to start BOUML, an argument may be given : this last must be a .prj file memorizing a BOUML project, and this project will be load.
Basically the following commands builds and installs BOUML :
- tar xfz bouml_version.tar.gz
- cd bouml_version
- make
- make install
In case your tar doesn't manage the z option do : gunzip < bouml_version.tar.gz | tar xf -
After the installation the directory used to compile BOUML may be removed. To just remove the objects do : make clean.
Depending on the options used to produce the Qt library you may have a problem during the link concerning the Motif, Motif plus and Windows styles. In this case compile BOUML defining the needed pre-processor variables QT_NO_STYLE_MOTIF, QT_NO_STYLE_MOTIFPLUS and QT_NO_STYLE_WINDOWS
Installation under MacOS X on Power PC and Intel
The compressed archive for Power PC is gently made by Olivier Jamet (olivier.jamet@free.fr), please contact him for any question or help specific to MacOS X on PPC.
The compressed archive for Intel is gently made by Gersan Moguerou (Gersan.Moguerou at univ-ubs.fr), please contact him for any question or help specific to MacOS X on Intel.
To install/uninstall BOUML:
- for releases since 4.3.2 : see readme_macosx_new.txt
- for releases up to 4.3.1 : see readme_macosx.txt
Known bug : in the BOUML interface, the disclosure arrows do not work : double-clic the item, it will be opened and the arrow will disclose, Olivier thinks it's a QT bug and says that you can avoid this annoyance by choosing a style in the Miscellaneous/Style menu (i.e. by using a Motif style instead of the aqua style).
