CoolReader3 installation



0. CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
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1. INTRODUCTION

2. REQUIREMENTS

3. INSTALLATION

4. BUGREPORTS

5. CREDITS

6. SUPPORT AND DONATIONS

7. HISTORY


1. INTRODUCTION
===============

Welcome to CoolReader3 port for OS/2 and eComStation.


2. REQUIREMENTS
===============

2.1 kLIBC, GCC4Core, Qt4, Zlib, jpeg, png
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The installation of these products can be done either by RPM or ZIP files.

2.1.a RPM installation
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If some packets are already installed, please see if updates for those are
available with "yum update xyz". Where xyz is the package name.

kLIBC
-----

  1. yum install libc

GCC4Core
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  1. yum install libgcc1 libgcc-fwd
  2. yum install libssp
  3. yum install libstdc++ libstdc++6
  4. yum install libsupc++ libsupc++6

Qt4 dll
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  1. yum install libqt4

Zlib
----

  1. yum install zlib

Jpeg, Tiff, Png
---------------

  1. yum install libjpeg libtiff libpng

freetype/fontconfig
-------------------

  yum install freetype fontconfig

pthread
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  1. yum install pthread


2.1.b ZIP Installation
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kLIBC
-----

  1. Download kLIBC 0.6.6 or better (see http://svn.netlabs.org/libc for more
     information)
  2. Install the files to your libpath eg x:\ecs\dll

GCC4Core
--------

  1. Download GCC4Core 1.3.1 or better from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc
  2. Install the files to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll

Qt4 dll
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  1. Download Qt4 4.7.3 or better (see http://svn.netlabs.org/qt4 for more 
     information)
  2. Install the files according to the readme

Zlib
----

  1. Download zlib from http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip
  2. Unpack and install z.dll to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll

Jpeg, Tiff, Png
---------------

  1. Download libjpeg, libtiff and libpng from http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip
  2. Unpack and install the dll to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll

freetype/fontconfig
-------------------

  1. Download freetype and fontconfig from http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip
  2. Unpack and install freetyp6.dll and fntcfg2.dll to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll

pthread
-------

  1. Download pthread from http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip
  2. Unpack and install pthr01.dll to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll
 

3. INSTALLATION
===============
          
To install CoolReader3, do the following:

  1. Create a directory for CoolReader3.
  2. Extract the ColReader3 package to the new directory.
  3. Create a WPS object for cr3.exe.
  4. Start CoolReader3
  5. Happy reading
  

4. BUGREPORTS
=============

Please create bugreports at http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps
Only bug reports with a reproducable bug are accepted. :-)


5. CREDITS
==========

The port was done by:

Silvan Scherrer aka _diver

Thanks go to:

  * Dmitriy A. Kuminov

They either helped me when I had some nasty questions or did some testing for
me.


6. SUPPORT AND DONATIONS
========================

CoolReader3 port is based on volunteer work. If you would like to support further
development, you can do so in one of the following ways:


  * Donate to the Qt4 project: see qt.netlabs.org for more information

  * Contribute to the project: Besides actual development, this also includes
    maintaining the documentation and the project web site as well as help
    for users.


7. HISTORY
==========

2016-01-08
  * updated coolreader source to 3.1.2

2012-09-13
  * updated coolreader source to 3.0.55

2011-09-30
  * updated coolreader source to 3.0.51
  * updated Qt to 4.7.3

2011-06-01
  * initial port
