* Note that these are guidelines that worked for us to install the software on various platforms. Please do not hesitate to contact us at: if you require assistance on your specific platform. Thanks! == Installation instructions on Ubuntu based Linux == 1. Download and install Qt4 for developers: 2. Download and install libtiff4 for developers: 3. Download and install fftw3 for developers: 4. Compile OpenPIV: 5. Run OpenPIV: == Installations instructions for general Linux == 1. Download and install Qt4 for developers: 2. Download and install libtiff4 for developers: 3. Download and install fftw3 for developers: 4. Compile OpenPIV: 5. Run OpenPIV: == Note == Our C++ version is currently under development, but we hope to release an Alpha version of the software soon. You can access our pre-Alpha version here: https://github.com/OpenPIV/openpiv-c--qt. == Installation on Linux == To compile the program you will need the following libraries (make sure to get the *developer* versions): - qt4 - fftw3 - libtiff4 In the source directory you need to run 'qmake' (or something like 'qmake-qt4', depending on how your distro works), followed by 'make'. If somebody is interested in contributing to the development, we would be more than happy to find a project. == Installation instructions on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) == 1. Download and install Qt SDK from Nokia (full SDK with Qt Creator) 2. Download and install libtiff library. The steps are: download and unzip the tiff-4.0.0.tar.gz ./configure CPPFLAGS='-I/usr/X11/include -I/opt/local/include' LIBS='-lGL -lGLU' LDFLAGS='-L/usr/X11/lib -L/opt/local/lib' make sudo make install 3. Download and install fftw3 library, follow their great instructions in INSTALL file (I had to use --disable-fortran to make it working) == Installation instructions for Windows == 1. Download and install Qt SDK from Nokia: 2. Download and install libtiff4 for developers: 3. Download and install fftw3 for developers: 4. Compile OpenPIV: 5. Run OpenPIV: