QualCoder 2.5

Minor changes in this release.
Mainly removing some bugs: Bug of defaulting only to character attributes when attribute is created. Bug with csv survey import. Bug deleting cases could affect other case attributes.
Added Portuguese language (draft translation), as there is lots of interest from Brazil.
The deb file is for installation on Debian / Ubuntu Linux.

User identified bugs and issues since the release:
Coding text: when searching for text and the 'all files' option is selected, an error occurs. (due to an upgrade in another functionality). Fixed in latest code (not in this release).
Case deletion: This can affect the case attributes for multiple cases. (Fixed in latest code, not in this release). Recommend, do not delete the case but rename it to acknowledge it is not to be used, e.g. OLD_case
Workflow issue: when transcribing the text of an audio/video file. Please complete the transcription before performing any coding/annotating text or assignment of portions of the transcribed file to a case. Also, opening the .transcribed text file directly may not show the updated text immediately after transcribing in the A/V transcription pane (to resolve, select the Manage Files menu option to refresh).

INSTALLATION

Linux

Prerequisites

You will need to have a python3.6 or newer version installed. You will also need to have a vlc player installed - for audio and video.
Debian-based Linuxes:

You can install the latest debian package from https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder-Debians

You may need to add unstable repos as described at https://www.binarytides.com/enable-testing-repo-debian/

Install these modules from the command line

sudo apt install python3-lxml python3-ply python3-six python3-pdfminer python3-chardet python3-qt5 python3-pillow

On some Linux versions you will need to install pip

sudo apt install python3-pip

You also need to run this command from the terminal for pdf importing:

sudo python3 -m pip install pdfminer.six openpyxl ebooklib

If not using the debian package:

Make the install.sh executable and run the install.sh script from the terminal. Make sure the qualcoder folder is in the same directory as the install.sh script (i.e. as it appears when you download the QualCoder-master folder).

Fedora/CentOS/RHEL Linuxes

Retrieve the current package code from this repository

git clone https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder.git

Make install_fedora.sh executable (chmod +x install_fedora.sh) and run the ./install_fedora.sh script from the terminal. Make sure the qualcoder folder is in the same directory as the install.sh script (i.e. as it appears when you download the QualCoder-master folder). The script is for python version 3.9.

This script installs the dependencies using dnf and the ebook libraries with a work-around, specified at #72 (comment).

Fedora uses wayland with does not work well with the Qt graphical interface (for now). I suggest you also install xwayland.
Linux Use

./install.sh

The qualcoder folder should be in the same directory as the install.sh script.

This will install QualCoder in the /usr/share directory and create a launcher. Alternatively go to the qualcoder directory and run the qualcoder.py file in a terminal: python3 qualcoder.py

Windows:

Install VLC or from the Windows Store.

Download the QualCoder software from: https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder. This is the newest, but not yet officially released, version of code. Alternatively, choose the most recent release. Click the green button "Code", and then "Download ZIP". Then, unpack the file in a selected place (e.g. desktop).

Open the unpacked folder "QualCoder-master", then open the folder "qualcoder" and make a shortcut of the file "qualcoder.py" on the desktop - for easier access. This file is the starting file for running software. Python3 and

The software is written in Python and does not have an exe file for Windows. Download and install the Python programming language. The minimum version is 3.6. Newer is better, e.g. 3.8.7 (https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-387/). Download the file (at the bottom of the web site) "Windows installer (64-bit)" (or 32-bit if you have an older system) and install Python.

IMORTANT: in the first window of the installation mark the option "Add Python to PATH" - it makes the last step easier.

The final step, install extra modules to Python. Type the letters "cmd" in the Windows Start searching engine, and click on the black software "cmd.exe" - this is the command console for Windows. In the console paste, using the right-click context menu (ctrl+v does not work) the following:

py -m pip install pyqt5 lxml Pillow ebooklib ply chardet pdfminer.six openpyxl

Then click enter. Wait, until all modules are installed (the command phrase should be again visible: "C:\Users[Your Windows account name]> or similar).

Now, you should be able to run QualCoder by double-clicking the desktop shortcut.

The python command may open a different version of python (e.g. a python2 version). You might need to replace python with py for the most recent installed version, or a specific version that is installed on your Windows, e.g. py -3.8 See discussion here: Difference between py and python You can run the cmd.exe as described above, and type python or py and Enter. The first line will tell you which version of python that command runs. To exit, press Ctrl Z.

MacOS

Install recent versions of Python3 and VLC.

Download the latest release "Source code" version in ZIP format, from the releases section of the project here on Github: https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder/releasesDownload and extract it into /Applications

Open the Terminal app (or any other command shell)

Install PIP (if not yet installed, try typing `pip3 --version` and hit ENTER)

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
python3 get-pip.py

-> You should now be able to run pip3 as above.

Install Python dependency modules using pip:

(you might already have them, you don't need to do this again if you just updated QualCoder to a newer version)

pip install pyqt5 lxml pillow six ebooklib ply chardet pdfminer.six openpyxl

Install system dependencies using Homebrew (aka brew)

6.1) Install brew if do not already have it (try typing brew and hit ENTER):

Follow instructions here about installing Homebrew on your macOS: https://brew.sh/

6.2) Install QPDF package (needed to deal with PDF files) using Homebrew package manager:

brew install qpdf

Assuming you downloaded the 2.5 version. You can now run with:

python3 /applications/QualCoder-2.5/qualcoder/qualcoder.py

You can install QualCoder anywhere you want, so the path above depends on where you extracted the archive.

Another option to run Qualcoder is shown here: https://www.maketecheasier.com/run-python-script-in-mac/. This means you can right-click on the qualcoder.py file and open with --> python launcher. You can make an alias to the file and place it on your desktop.

Another option to install on Mac:

Open the Terminal App and move to the unzipped Qualcoder-Master directory, then run the following commands:

pip install -U py2app or for a system installation of python sudo pip install -U py2app

python3 setup.py py2app

Starting QualCoder

Linux

If you have successfully installed the debian package or sucessfully run the install.sh script there will be a program launcher. Double-click to start.

Alternatively, using the terminal, move to the inner QualCoder folder and open the qualcoder.py file:

python3 qualcoder.py

Windows

In Windows create a shortcut to the qualcoder.py file and double click to open. Alternatively, using the command prompt, move to the directory and open the qualcoder.py file:

py qualcoder.py or python3 qualcoder.py

Mac OS

There is no desktop icon launch right now for QualCoder. Open a new Terminal window in the directory and launch with
python3 qualcoder.py