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authordon bright <hugh.m.bright@gmail.com>2012-12-20 17:03:04 (GMT)
committerdon bright <hugh.m.bright@gmail.com>2012-12-20 17:03:04 (GMT)
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@@ -133,27 +133,31 @@ After that, follow the Compilation instructions below.
### Building for Linux/BSD
-First, make sure that you have git installed. Then after you've cloned
-this git repository, run the script that attempts to download the
+First, make sure that you have git installed (git-core in debian). Once you've
+cloned this git repository, run the script that attempts to download the
dependency packages for your system:
./scripts/uni-get-dependencies.sh
-This will get the majority of necessary packages, although your
-particular system may require you to manually install some. After installing
+If this fails then you have to download and install the dependency packages
+on your own using your system's package manager. After installing
dependencies, check their versions. You can run this script to help you:
./scripts/check-dependencies.sh
-If some of yours are out of date, you can build newer versions automatically
-into $HOME/openscad_deps with the following commands:
+If all dependencies are present and of a high enough version, skip ahead
+to the Compilation instructions. If some are missing or old, then you
+can download and build them into $HOME/openscad_deps as follows
- source ./scripts/setenv-linbuild.sh
- ./scripts/linux-build-dependencies.sh
+ source ./scripts/setenv-unibuild.sh
+ ./scripts/uni-build-dependencies.sh
+
+This may take several hours. After completion, again check dependencies
+
+ source ./scripts/setenv-unibuild.sh
./scripts/check-dependencies.sh
-This may take several hours. If successfull, follow the Compilation
-instructions below. If not, file an 'issue' on the OpenSCAD github.
+Then follow the Compilation instructions below.
### Building for Windows
contact: Jan Huwald // Impressum