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= Overview =

PACPUS is a research platform of the Heudiasyc JRU UTC/CNRS 7253 in the field of Intelligent Vehicles. You can find more details about the equipments and research results directly on the website of PACPUS platform: http://www.hds.utc.fr/pacpus. 

To carry out experiments with Intelligent Vehicles or robots, Heudiasyc has developed the PACPUS framework to solve the systems integration issues. So PACPUS is just a framework that can help you to quickly develop new functionalities and to integrate them in a more complex system. The framework is designed around the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle | KISS principle]] and use [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component-based_software_engineering | Component-based software engineering]]. Developments are done mainly in C++. 

PACPUS framework is distributed under CECILL-C license (equivalent to LGPL) so you can use it to build free and commercial software. You can find also some PACPUS plugins developed by the laboratory that you can use freely. 

= PACPUS framework =

== Useful links ==
* [[FAQ_compilation|FAQ -- common compilation errors]]

== Prerequisites ==

=== Tools ===
* Modern C++ compiler (gcc >= 4.5, clang >= 3.2, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or newer, etc.)
* [http://www.cmake.org/ CMake] 2.8.10 or newer
* [http://www.doxygen.org/ Doxygen] (optionally)
* [http://subversion.apache.org/ Subversion (SVN)] control version system

=== Libraries ===
* [http://logging.apache.org/log4cxx/ Apache log4cxx] 0.10.0
* [http://www.boost.org/ Boost] 1.50 or newer (optionally)
* [http://qt-project.org/ Qt] 4.8 or newer

== Compilation and Installation ==

Follow these instructions to compile and install the pacpus framework : 
- under Windows: 
- under Linux: 
- under MAC OSX: to come... 


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== Installation == 

The PACPUS framework is available on several OS: Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. 

- Installation guide of PACPUS on Windows : TO COME
- Installation guide of PACPUS on Linux Ubuntu : TO COME
- Installation guide of PACPUS on Mac OS X : TO COME
- Installation guide of PACPUS on Linux embedded : TO COME 

Once you have successfully compiled Pacpus Framework, you can install it using:
{{{#!sh
make install
}}}
or, if you use a GUI-based development environment, you have to build the `INSTALL` target/project.

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== Getting started ==

The tutorials are under development, they will be published soon. 

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== Documentation == 

PACPUS API

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== Active tickets ==
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= Available PACPUS plugins =


== PACPUS sensors == 

== PACPUS viewers == 


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