PointCloudLibrary / PointCloudLibrary/pcl

[Windows] Provide tutorial for installation from source

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kind: todo module: docs platform: windows
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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Several issues are asking relatively the same thing:

  • How to start developing on PCL and install PCL from source in a reproducible manner?
  • How to use PCL in a VS project?

Current Behavior

Tutorials are either old, or on third party websites (and thus out of touch)

Describe alternatives you've considered

Not supporting VS, but that's not possible 🤣

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue names no repository files or tests. Start by locating the current PCL source-installation and Visual Studio guidance, then compare it with existing tutorials and the supported build process. Done means a maintained, reproducible Windows tutorial covering source installation and using PCL in a Visual Studio project.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
build-system, documentation, operating-systems
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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