You must first have installed the SerialIO Library availiable at GitHub.

Please note: If you do not have this installed, you will receive a build error like this: make: *** No rule to make target /usr/local/lib/libSerialIO.so.0.1.1', needed by FreeEMS-Loader'. Stop.

**To build and run this application please run the following commands:

1. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev g++

2. Simply type qmake && make from the src/ directory and hit enter! 2-a. For Fedora users type qmake-qt4 && make

3. execute your freshly built loader by typing ./FreeEMS_Loader

It's as easy as that!

Install MinGW

1. Download MinGW for use with qt4. QT is very specific there for I recommend you use the link below.

	 [ComputerSystemsServices](http://computer-ss.com/files/MinGW-gcc440_1.zip)

2. Extract to c:\mingw

3. Add c:\mingw\bin to your PATH enviornment variable.
	PATH can be extended through the Control Panel|System|Advanced|Environment variables menu.

Install QTLibs

1. Download QT(MinGW-4.x)

	[QT](http://releases.qt-project.org/qt4/source/qt-win-opensource-4.8.2-mingw.exe)

2. Run installer and install to c:\Qt\$ver\

3. Add c:\Qt\<version>\bin to your PATH var.
	PATH can be extended through the Control Panel|System|Advanced|Environment variables menu.

Build Loader Source

1. Open a new terminal window(cmd.exe)

2. From the FreeEMS-Loader src/ directory simply type "qmake; make release"

######################### MAC USERS ##################################### TODO No MAC hardware to complete this myself

######################### DEBUGGING TOOLS ##############################

GNU PROOF add -pg -g to CFLAGS to use Sourceware run app when done run gprof app |less, it'll read the profile app the program created (gmon.out) and the app and resolve the sombols and show you hte slow places

VALGRIND(MEMLEAKS)

http://valgrind.org/

GDB

G_SLICE=always-malloc G_DEBUG=gc-friendly,resident-modules valgrind --show-reachable=yes --tool=memcheck --num-callers=45 -v --leak-check=full --log-file=/tmp/log --track-origins=yes ./FreeEMS_Loader it'll make it run about 100x slower, so be extra patient it'll seem like its locked up, but its really not the main log will be /tmp/log view it AFTER the --track-origins=yes makes it go really really slow, so you may wish to omit that option