Getting KCacheGrind for xDebug on Windows with KDE
As I am playing around with xDebug, I need a profile file GUI. I tried WinCacheGrind, but as it is two years out of date, I wished to try KCacheGrind as well.
So, how do you install a Linux KDE application on windowsXP?
As it turns out, quite easily.
Here’s how…
1. download the installer to C:\KDE4 from here:
http://download.cegit.de/kde-windows/installer/
2. Run the installer
2.1 Choose you packages, I choose all of them.
(NOTE: KCacheGrind needs Kdesdk package)
3. Add “C:\KDE4\lib” to the %PATH%
3.1. Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables, Select PATH, click [edit]..
4. Create env variable KDEDIRS with value “C:\KDE4″
4.1 Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables, click [New]
5. Do this… at a command prompt
(temporarily needed, check KDE link below to verify)
cd C:\KDE4
C:\KDE4> bin\update-mime-database C:\KDE4\share\mime
C:\KDE4> bin\kbuildsycoca4 –noincremental
THAT’S IT…. ALL DONE. How quick was that…
6. Testing…
run c:\KDE4\bin\assistant.exe to test a QT program.
Now run KCACHEGRIND..
run c:\KDE4\bin\kcachegrind.exe
These instruction are a summary of the KDE on Windows project
