README missing Installation(not from source) Section

PLAZMAMA commented 4 months ago

Hello Ernie Pasveer,

Introduction

I recently have been looking for a good, actively maintained gdb GUI frontend and found this project. So far I like my experience with Seer except for my initial confusion when trying to install Seer.

My Experience Was The Following:

Went to the README.
Installed the requirements.
Didn't know how to install Seer.
Searched around in the Wiki and couldn't find anything about it.
Searched for Seer in my package manager Pamac (Manjaro's package manager).
Downloaded it through my package manager.

Proposal

My proposal to help make the installation process as clear as possible, would be to just add an "Install" section to the README with installation examples in Linux, Mac, Windows(potentially).

Closing Notes

I would be more than willing to create a pull request to help clear up the installation process for new users. I think this project is really good and should be used much more, which clear installation instructions will help to achieve.

epasveer commented 4 months ago

Hi Maor,

Thanks for trying out Seer!

Yeah, you have it build it from source on your Linux machine. Some distro's are now including Seer as part of their base packages but if you use a distro that doesn't have it, then you'll need to build it from source.

Did you find the build instructions in Seer's wiki? Here's the link:

https://github.com/epasveer/seer/wiki/Building-Seer---Qt6

I think the instructions are clear, but I could be wrong. Let me know what you need help with.

You can clone the Wiki and make changes and then give them back to me as a Pull Request.

https://github.com/epasveer/seer.wiki.git

PLAZMAMA commented 4 months ago

The build instructions in Seer's wiki were clear. I was confused about how I should go about installing Seer (compile from source or package manager).

"Some distro's are now including Seer as part of their base packages but if you use a distro that doesn't have it, then you'll need to build it from source."

This cleared up my confusion and I think it would be beneficial to add it to the README.

I will make a pull request with my proposed changes.

Thank you for taking the time to clear up my confusion!

epasveer commented 4 months ago

I've merged you PR. I'll close this task now. It can be reopened if needed.

epasveer / seer