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Install Linux Stopmotion

NOTE: This tutorial assumes you are using Ubuntu on a x86 machine.

Packages

Stopmotion is available in the official Ubuntu repositories. You can install it using the Ubuntu Software Center or Synaptic.

If you prefer to use the command line, install it with the following terminal command:
sudo apt-get install stopmotion

Nevertheless the Ubuntu and Debian packages are old and miss many interesting improvements made to the code.

For that reason I recommend you compile LinuxStopmotion from source.

It is not difficult. Just follow the instructions below.

How to compile Linux Stopmotion from source code on Ubuntu

Step 1. Get the source code

The source code of Linux Stopmotion is maintained in GIT, a distributed version control system program for managing multiple revisions of the code. The source code of Linux Stopmotion is in a git repository hosted by SourceForge, a web-based source code repository that offers the service for free to Open Source Projects.

To get a copy of the source code, you first need to install Git. In Synaptic go to the menu Settings → Repositories and make sure you have enabled the components called main, universe, restricted, multiverse.

Then use this terminal command:

sudo apt-get install git-core

Get the source code with the following terminal command:

git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/linuxstopmotion/code linuxstopmotion-code

This command downloads a copy of the source code of Linux Stopmotion from the SourceForge server. It will appear as a folder in your home directory (or your current working directory) named linuxstopmotion-code.

NOTE:
If you already have the source code from the git repository, you only need to update it.
Use the following commands:

cd linuxstopmotion-code
git pull

Step 2. Get the dependencies

You need to install some compilation tools. Type:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

You also need to install some libraries Linux stopmotion depends on. Get all the dependencies with:

sudo apt-get build-dep stopmotion

Step 3. Build Linux Stopmotion

Enter the linuxstopmotion-code directory by typing:

cd linuxstopmotion-code

Then run:

lrelease stopmotion.pro
qmake stopmotion.pro
make

NOTE:
By default Stopmotion will be installed in /usr/local. You can change the installation path modifying the qmake command as in this example:
qmake stopmotion.pro PREFIX=/my/stopmotion/install/path

Step 4. Install Linux Stopmotion

Type:

sudo make install

and

sudo ldconfig

Step 5. Run Linux Stopmotion

Linux Stopmotion should now be available on your system but it won't show automatically in the application menu.

You can add a stopmotion entry to the menu manually.

It is considered wiser to run Stopmotion from a terminal because, in the event of troubles, the terminal output can help you understanding the problem.

To run Stopmotion from the terminal just type:

stopmotion


How to test an experimental branch of the source code

Repeat step 1 and 2 from the instructions above (compilation on Ubuntu). Then:

Enter the linuxstopmotion-code directory by typing:

cd linuxstopmotion-code

Move to the experimental branch with the command:

git checkout 0.8beta2
(0.8beta2 is the name of the branch. Make sure it fits your branch name)

Then run:

lrelease stopmotion.pro
qmake stopmotion.pro
make

You don't need to install Stopmotion to make it run. Just type

./stopmotion
from the directory you were in.


Raffaella Traniello -- Last modified on Apr 26 2014