# HG changeset patch # User Hasan Yavuz Ă–ZDERYA # Date 2016-06-16 06:25:36 # Node ID baa40878fad826a64358b62406945efc097b5f59 # Parent 2931231be6b8ab56fb3159b0aacffca6fd1a63b7 updated build instructions diff --git a/README.md b/README.md --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,16 +37,19 @@ Under Ubuntu/Debian: ### Download and Install Qwt [Qwt](http://qwt.sourceforge.net) is the library that provides -plotting widgets for SerialPlot. If your distribution doesn't provide -a Qwt 6 package (the Qt5 version, usually named `libqwt6-qt5`) you -will need to download and build Qwt with Qt5 yourself. +plotting widgets for SerialPlot. You have 3 different options for Qwt. + +* Leave it to serialplot build scripts. Qwt will be downloaded over + SVN and built for you. -Download Qwt 6 from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qwt/files/ +* If your linux distribution has `libqwt-qt5-dev` or `qwt-qt5-devel` + package, install it and set `BUILD_QWT` cmake option to `false`. -Follow these instructions to build and install: -http://qwt.sourceforge.net/qwtinstall.html#qwtinstall-unix - -Make sure that you have built the Qwt with Qt 5 not Qt 4. +* Download Qwt 6 [here](http://sourceforge.net/projects/qwt/files/) + and build it yourself per these + [instructions](http://qwt.sourceforge.net/qwtinstall.html#qwtinstall-unix). Make + sure you use Qt5 (not Qt4) to build it. And set `BUILD_QWT` cmake + option to `false`. ### Download and Build SerialPlot