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| author | don bright <hugh.m.bright@gmail.com> | 2012-12-21 00:54:35 (GMT) |
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| committer | don bright <hugh.m.bright@gmail.com> | 2012-12-21 00:54:35 (GMT) |
| commit | 0de73575287d16be8e5004d19dbdc942cb917537 (patch) | |
| tree | 6151948454df854e13f51ef341d2a30f03dd9bc4 /README.md | |
| parent | ced98a72c061a9b095f72ece253fcc78ebabee08 (diff) | |
clarify README for linux/bsd build, streamline 'get-depdendencies' script
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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 27 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -133,29 +133,34 @@ After that, follow the Compilation instructions below. ### Building for Linux/BSD -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: +First, make sure that you have git installed (git-core in debian). Once +you've cloned this git repository, download and install the dependency +packages listed above using your system's package manager. A convenience +script is provided that can help with this process: ./scripts/uni-get-dependencies.sh -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: +After installing dependencies, check their versions. You can run this +script to help you: ./scripts/check-dependencies.sh Take care that you don't have old local copies anywhere (/usr/local/). 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 dependencies into $HOME/openscad_deps as follows: +to the Compilation instructions. + +### Building for Linux/BSD on systems with older or missing dependencies + +If some of your system dependency libraries are missing or old, then you +can download and build newer versions into $HOME/openscad_deps by +running these commands: source ./scripts/setenv-unibuild.sh ./scripts/uni-build-dependencies.sh -This may take an hour or two. Note it will not build huge deps like gcc -or qt, only the main ones (boost, CGAL, opencsg, etc). After completion, -again check dependencies +This may take several hours. Note it will not build huge deps like gcc +or qt, only the smaller ones (boost, CGAL, opencsg, etc). After +completion, again check dependencies source ./scripts/setenv-unibuild.sh ./scripts/check-dependencies.sh |