1# FractalGenerator Project
2An extensible Fractal Generator software
3
4<https://www.uni-due.de/~be0001/fractalgenerator/>
5
6## Description
7
8FractalGenerator is a Qt-based program to generate fractal images (e.g. Mandelbrot set). The size of the calculated images is only limited by the computer's virtual memory. That is, images may use the full printer resolution! It is Open Source. I created this program as an example for object-oriented programming and writing Qt applications for our Linux Workshop 2003. The goal of this workshop is to continue this basic application as an Open Source project.
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10## Screenshots
11
12[Click here to view some screenshots!](https://www.uni-due.de/~be0001/fractalgenerator/pictures.html)
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14## Binary Package Installation
15
16Please use the issue tracker at https://github.com/dreibh/fractgen/issues to report bugs and issues!
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18### Ubuntu Linux
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20For ready-to-install Ubuntu Linux packages of FractalGenerator, see Launchpad PPA for Thomas Dreibholz!
21
22```
23sudo apt-add-repository -sy ppa:dreibh/ppa
24sudo apt-get update
25sudo apt-get install fractgen
26```
27
28### Fedora Linux
29
30For ready-to-install Fedora Linux packages of FractalGenerator, see COPR PPA for Thomas Dreibholz!
31
32```
33sudo dnf copr enable -y dreibh/ppa
34sudo dnf install fractgen
35```
36
37### FreeBSD
38
39For ready-to-install FreeBSD packages of FractGen, it is included in the ports collection, see Index of /head/graphics/fractgen/!
40
41    pkg install fractgen
42
43Alternatively, to compile it from the ports sources:
44
45```
46cd /usr/ports/graphics/fractgen
47make
48make install
49```
50
51## Sources Download
52
53FractalGenerator is released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL).
54
55Please use the issue tracker at https://github.com/dreibh/fractgen/issues to report bugs and issues!
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57### Development Version
58
59The Git repository of the FractalGenerator sources can be found at https://github.com/dreibh/fractgen:
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61- Issue tracker: https://github.com/dreibh/fractgen/issues.
62  Please submit bug reports, issues, questions, etc. in the issue tracker!
63
64- Pull Requests for FractalGenerator: https://github.com/dreibh/fractgen/pulls.
65  Your contributions to FractalGenerator are always welcome!
66
67- Travis CI automated build tests of FractalGenerator: https://travis-ci.org/dreibh/fractgen.
68
69- Coverity Scan analysis of FractalGenerator: https://scan.coverity.com/projects/dreibh-fractgen.
70
71### Current Stable Release
72
73The tarball has been signed with my GnuPG key DF605BB0760F2D65. Its authenticity and integrity can be verified by:
74
75gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys DF605BB0760F2D65
76gpg --verify fractgen-VERSION.tar.xz.asc fractgen-VERSION.tar.xz
77
78- [fractgen-2.1.7.tar.xz (Tar/XZ file)](https://www.uni-due.de/~be0001/fractalgenerator/download/fractgen-2.1.7.tar.xz)
79- [fractgen-2.1.7.tar.xz.asc (Signature)](https://www.uni-due.de/~be0001/fractalgenerator/download/fractgen-2.1.7.tar.xz.asc)
80
81## Requirements
82
83- Linux or FreeBSD (other OS should work too)
84- Qt 5.x development package
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8607.08.2019 Thomas Dreibholz, University of Duisburg-Essen / Institute for Experimental Mathematics / Computer Networking Technology Group
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