This file describes how to build and install HeeksCAD under Unix systems.
To build HeeksCAD, you need to install these requirements (with develoment files)
Create a build directory (e.g. build/ in sources root directory): mkdir build cd build
If you want a default prefix (/usr/local) and a "Release" type, simply run: cmake ..
If you want to change install prefix (e.g. /usr): cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
If you want to debug HeeksCAD and its install: cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PWD/install ..
After a successful CMake configuration, you can build using: make
If you want more output (ie. to debug): make VERBOSE=1
Using default or system-wide prefix: sudo make install
Please note that if you installed it in /usr/local, you may need to run: sudo ldconfig
If you choose a user-writable prefix, superuser privileges are not needed: make install
Default: mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make
Debug: mkdir debug && cd debug && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PWD/install .. && make && make install LD_LIBRARY_PATH=install/lib install/bin/heekscad
Merge new strings:
Generate a .pot file and merge it to your catalog sh translations/generate-pot-file.sh translations/xx/HeeksCAD.po
Note: this script assumes you have heekscad and heekscnc in the same parent directory
After translating them, you can test compilation using: msgfmt -o HeeksCAD.mo HeeksCAD.po
Note: if you lunch "heekscad" from a folder that contains "HeeksCAD.mo" file, this catalog will be loaded instead of system-wide one.