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@@ -119,23 +119,24 @@ After that, follow the Compilation instructions below. ### Building for newer Linux distributions -Use a package manager to download development tools for your machine as -well as the appropriate packages based on the list above. Convenience +First, make sure that you have development tools installed to get GCC. +Then after you've cloned this git repository, use a package manager to +download packages for the dependency libraries listed above. Convenience scripts are provided for some popular systems: Ubuntu, Debian: ./scripts/ubuntu-build-dependencies.sh OpenSUSE: ./scripts/opensuse-build-dependencies.sh Fedora, Redhat: ./scripts/fedora-build-dependencies.sh -Check your binary packaged library versions to make sure they meet the -minimum requirements listed above. After that follow the Compilation +Check your library versions to make sure they meet the minimum +requirements listed above. After that follow the Compilation instructions below. ### Building for older Linux or building without root access -First, make sure that you have compiler tools (build-essential on ubuntu). -Then after you've cloned this git repository, run the script that sets up the -environment variables. +First, make sure that you have development tools installed to get GCC. +Then after you've cloned this git repository, run the script that sets +up the environment variables. source ./scripts/setenv-linbuild.sh @@ -143,8 +144,7 @@ Then run the script to download & compile all the prerequisite libraries above: ./scripts/linux-build-dependencies.sh -If you logoff your shell, you will have to re-run setenv-linbuild.sh to run -your new openscad. You can add it's contents to your .bashrc if you wish. +Then add LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/openscad_deps to your ~/.bashrc After that, follow the Compilation instructions below. ### Building for Windows @@ -164,5 +164,5 @@ Then run make. Finally you might run 'make install' as root or simply copy the If you had problems compiling from source, raise a new issue in the [issue tracker on the github page](https://github.com/openscad/openscad/issues). -The four subsections of this site can also be helpful: +This site and it's subpages can also be helpful: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Building_OpenSCAD_from_Sources diff --git a/scripts/ubuntu-build-dependencies.sh b/scripts/ubuntu-build-dependencies.sh index 9c68751..0609172 100755 --- a/scripts/ubuntu-build-dependencies.sh +++ b/scripts/ubuntu-build-dependencies.sh @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ too_old() { echo "System version too low. Please try 'old linux' build (see README.md)" + exit } if [ "`cat /etc/issue | grep 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0'`" ]; then |