Run problem after compilation

[zodd]

Hello,

First, I wish you all an Happy New Year !

I need to add a "close button" on the control panel of openCPN because I use it on a little screen and the cross on the corner of the window is really small and not practical.

So I donwloaded the source code, I compiled it well (no errors, no warnings) but when I run it I've got this error

Failed to initialize the user interface. OpenCPN cannot start. The necessary configuration files were not found. See the log file at /home/franck/opencpn.log for details.

I used to do this few month ago and I didn't have any problem.. I've yo got a clue ?


I use Ubuntu 12.04.03 32bits

Thanks,
Franck

[rgleason]

Look for the log file and read the end for clues. Any further questions also post the log file here, the initial file would also help.

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[rgleason]

Opencpn.ini file too.

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[nohal]

Franck...
Your problem is what the message says - the UI data files can't be found. You have two options:
The easy one

sudo make install

or the harder one, good if you want to debug deeper: copy the needed files into your build directory.

Pavel

[zodd]

Thanks for your answer.

It works in terminal but I don't understand why I don't mangage to make it run from code::Blocks.

Anyway^^, If I want to compile it, it's to add a little feature for a tactile screen PC: a close button on the toolbar buttons. Do you think it would be possible to add it (maybe in option..) ?

[nohal]

What does CodeBlocks say? Or is it behaving differently when you run the binary in the build dir (as "./opencpn" , not just "opencpn", which would launch the one somewhere in your path, most likely /usr/bin)? When you run your locally built binary, the behaviour should be exactly the same as running it from CB.

Pavel

[zodd]

well, that's the problem, if I do this :

cd ~/Documents/opencpn/build
./opencpn

it works.. but it doesn't un CB... but it compile well (0 errors, 0 warnings) ... It's the first time I have this issue..