Last Update: October, 2011

vec2web FAQ

1. How can I compile vec2web from the sources? What are the requirements?
2. Does vec2web work on platform xy?
3. Does vec2web require a running X11 server on Unix systems?
4. vec2web does not produce format xy, although the format is listed in the feature list.
5. How can I order vec2web?

Compilation

1. How can I compile vec2web from the sources? What are the requirements?

The official vec2web distribution contains a script to build the binary. It also contains the required libraries qcadlib and dxflib.

Compilation:
$ echo $QTDIR
/home/andrew/opt/qt3

$ echo $QMAKESPEC
/home/andrew/opt/qt3/mkspecs/linux-g++

$ echo $PATH
/home/andrew/opt/qt3/bin:.....

$ qmake -v
Qmake version: 1.07a (Qt 3.3.4)
Qmake is free software from Trolltech AS.

$ ./build_vec2web.sh

System

2. Does vec2web work on platform xy?

vec2web should work on Linux and other POSIX systems (Solaris, AIX, IRIX, *BSD, ...) as well as on all 32bit Windows operating systems and on Mac OS X. However, vec2web has been tested on Linux only.

3. Does vec2web require a running X11 server on Unix systems?

Yes. Although vec2web is a console application, it uses the Qt toolkit for unicode support, PS and bitmap export and various other things. Qt applications only run if there's a connection to a running X11 server available. If you experience problems or warnings like this:
vec2web: Cannot connect to X server
You might have to set the DISPLAY variable to a running X11 server, e.g. localhost:
export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0

Features

4. vec2web does not produce format xy, although the format is listed in the feature list.

Some formats can be disabled when Qt is compiled (especially GIF). Please refer to the Qt documentation to learn how to enable these formats when configuring Qt.

Ordering

5. How can I order vec2web?

There are currently no commercial licenses available for vec2web. vec2web is released under the GPL (up to version 2.0.x.x) and can be used for any purpose for free.