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Install MeshLab, Qt

Download MeshLab from the official homepage http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/ and/or the Plop Linux package meshlab.tar.gz. Individual files can be downloaded from here.

Qt is required to install and run MeshLab.

Qt

Download Qt from http://www.qt.io

Install Qt. Example with the free version of Qt:

chmod 700 qt-unified-linux-x64-2.0.1-online.run
./qt-unified-linux-x64-2.0.1-online.run

Install Qt to /opt/Qt when you want to use MeshLab system wide.

Set the Qt path in the build script 010_b_meshlab

Qt environment variable

Add the line

export QT_XKB_CONFIG_ROOT=/opt/share/X11/xkb

to one of the following files

~/.bash_profile
~/.myxinitrc
~/xfce4 or ~/fluxbox (depending on what you use)

Restart the desktop or logout/login to activate the environment variable.

Build and install MeshLab

Run the build and install script with 'sh 010_b_meshlab'. You find the script in the Plop Linux MeshLab Package.

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