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Development overview

Table 1. What you need
you want to	Use SolAR ramework	Contribute to SolAR framework
SolAR module source code	no	yes
SolARFramework setup	yes	no
SolARFramework third parties	yes	yes
QT or Visual C++	yes	yes
SolARFramework source code	no	yes

A SolAR Framework Windows installer is provided in order to quickly install:

the SolARFramework library (debug and release modes) and interfaces (C++ header files)
SolAR modules libraries (debug and release modes) and interfaces (C++ header files)
the required third party libraries (debug and release modes) and third party interfaces (C++ header files)
the QT creator pre-requisites
SolAR samples (C++ sample code)

The installer can be downloaded here:

Using the installer is straightforward:

Please close QT on your computer, before executing the installer.

Regarding this last step, you have the choice between:

SolAR libraries: this will install SolAR Framework and SolAR modules libraries and interfaces only. Additionnaly this will install a SolAR component manager (xpcf) used by SolAR to load SolAR modules on the fly, and to instantiate components contained by modules
QT creator dependencies: this will install a windows version of pkg-config program, used by SolAR build scripts to generate Makefiles under QT creator
Third party libraries: this will install the following third party libraries and interfaces: opencv, boost, eigen and spdlog
Sample code: this will create a Samples folder under your SolARFramework installation folder. This folder contains sample C++ projects that you can use to learn the basics of SolAR.

Please use the default values: it will install everything you need to use SolAR, especially if you want to first test a sample code.

When I run the installer, it asks me to update pkgconfig, do I need to accept?

yes, please accpet it will uninstall the current version and replace by a new one.