The new GCS for Paparazzi UAV in C++/Qt6!
It should be straightforward to use it if you are familiar with paparazzi. Check the documentation for more details.
If you did not installed Paparazzi yet, see the quick Paparazzi installation guide.
Add the paparazzi PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:paparazzi-uav/ppa
And install Pprzgcs!
sudo apt-get install pprzgcs
If you don't launch it from the paparazzi center, set the PAPARAZZI_HOME and PAPARAZZI_SRC environment variables.
If you are not on Ubuntu 22.04 or later, or if you want the latest changes, the best is to use the AppImage.
Get the latest release, and give the AppImage the execution rights, then launch it.
To make it work with the paparazzi center, make a symbolic link named pprzgcs in one of you PATH directories.
The developer version may have new features or bug fixes not landed in releases yet. Open an issue to ask a developer to make a new release.
On Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/paparazzi/PprzGCS.git
cd PprzGCS
./build.sh
build.sh first checks what the build needs: it fetches the submodules if they are missing, and
offers to install the missing packages. The program is built in build/pprzgcs.
The packages are installed by install_deps.sh, which can also be run alone:
| command | packages to |
|---|---|
./install_deps.sh |
build and run PprzGCS (./build.sh) |
./install_deps.sh appimage |
also package the AppImage (./make_appimage.sh) |
./install_deps.sh deb |
also package the .deb (dpkg-buildpackage) |
./install_deps.sh --check |
only list the missing packages |
Other build options (./build.sh --help):
./build.sh --debug: a debug build (warnings are errors).- With a Qt from the Qt installer instead of the system's:
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/path/to/Qt/6.x.y/gcc_64 ./build.sh(the system packages are then not checked). - On other systems: install the equivalents of the packages listed in
install_deps.sh, then./build.sh --skip-checks.
To be able to run it from the paparazzi center, you need to add the build directory to your $PATH. Adapt this command and add it to your .bashrc:
export PATH="/path/to/PprzGCS/build:$PATH"
You should now be able to launch it from the Paparazzi center.
If you want to run it from the terminal, set the PAPARAZZI_HOME and the PAPARAZZI_SRC environment variables to your paparazzi path, then just run ./build/pprzgcs
Add -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=<path/to/gRPC> -DGRPC=ON to build with gRPC: ./build.sh -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=<path/to/gRPC> -DGRPC=ON.
See instructions to buils gRPC from source here: [https://grpc.io/docs/languages/cpp/quickstart/].
PprzGCS have been successfully built for Mac, although is not officially supported. You are on you own ;-)
More details are given in the documentation
Project home repository is at https://github.com/paparazzi/PprzGCS.
Make pull requests here to contribute.