Building
- cairo
- Pango
- Qt 5
- git
- Google test
- Eigen 3
- Lua >= 5.2 and <= 5.3.5
- Curl
- Boost
- LibDxfRW (building instructions follow)
- rapidjson
git clone https://github.com/LibreCAD/libdxfrw
cd libdxfrw
mkdir release
cd release
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON ..
make
sudo make install
git clone --recursive https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD_3.git
cd LibreCAD_3
git submodule init
git submodule update --recursive --remote
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. (for a release you would use cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..)
make -j 4
./bin/librecad
If you want to fool around with macports use these build instructions
mkdir build
cd build
/opt/local/bin/cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/opt/local/bin/g++ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/opt/local/bin/gcc ..
make -j 4
./lcUI/librecad
For a release build you would do:
/opt/local/bin/cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/opt/local/bin/g++ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/opt/local/bin/gcc ..
If you like X-Code as your editor you can ask cmake to generate the build file for you. mkdir xcode cd build cmake -G Xcode ..
Then open the project in x-code and build. Under some conditions you might want to set a additional search path if libraries are not found, for example if you compile libdxfrw yourself.
When using ports I had to use:
cd /opt/local/include
sudo ln -sf eigen3/Eigen Eigen
sudo ln -sf eigen3/unsupported unsupported
any cmake guru care to comment on this oddity? Is there a way to prevent making that symlink?
apt-get install qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libqt5opengl5-dev liblua5.2-dev git g++ libcairo2-dev libpango-1.0-0 libpango1.0-dev libboost-dev libboost-log-dev libboost-program-options-dev libqt5svg5-dev libgtest-dev libeigen3-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libgtk-3-dev libglew-dev rapidjson-dev libbz2-dev
You need to compile Google Test in /usr/src/gtest/ and move the libraries in /usr/lib/
Note: This process will install Visual Studio then use the folders generated to install Conan and the dependencies requiring manual installation (libdxfrw and Qt - see https://github.com/conan-io/wishlist/issues/124). Change C:\Source\Repos as required.
All command lines are run in a terminal. Navigate to the folder in Explorer, on the address bar enter cmd, run command(s) then close the terminal by entering exit.
Install Visual Studio Community edition with:
- C++
- CMake for Windows
- Windows SDK
Start Visual Studio, Clone or checkout code, Repository: https://github.com/LibreCAD/libdxfrw, Local path: C:\Source\Repos, Clone
- Build > Build all
- Build > Install DXFRW
Note the folder where it was installed (eg: C:\Source\Repos\libdxfrw\out\install\x64-Debug)
Note: Librecad_3 MUST be cloned recursively to pick up linked repositories.
Navigate to the Repos folder as used for libdxfrw [Fairly sure git is installed with Visual Studio].:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD_3.git
Conan is a package manager providing C++ dependencies compatible with Windows and Visual Studio which simplifies the compilation process.
Download and install Conan.
Navigate to the LibreCAD_3 repository folder and add the bincrafters repository:
conan remote add bincrafters https://api.bintray.com/conan/bincrafters/public-conan
Download and install the dependencies. Navigate to the LibreCAD_3 folder, create a conan folder and navigate to it:
conan install ..
Download and install Qt (open source version) from https://www.qt.io/download. You must select at least one version of Qt for the MSVC compiler and the correct architecture.
Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced system settings
Advanced > Environment Variables
Set QT Environment
set QTDIR=C:\Qt\5.14.1\msvc2017_64
set QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH=%QTDIR%\plugins\platforms\
Add to the PATH environment variable folders for Qt bin, libdxfrw and LibreCAD_3 lib:
C:\Qt\5.14.1\msvc2017_64\bin
C:\source\repos\libdxfrw\out\build\x64-Debug
C:\source\repos\LibreCAD_3\out\build\x64-Debug\lib
Open project in Visual Studio and configure CMake settings under Project > CMake settings
Configuration name: x64-Debug
Configuration type: RelWithDebInfo (Debug won't work as Conan libraries are compiled in release mode.)
CMake command arguments, adapting to your configuration:
-DLIBDXFRW_PATH=C:\Source\Repos\libdxfrw\out\install\x64-Debug
-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:\Qt\5.14.1\msvc2017_64\lib\cmake
When CMake detects Conan it should set GLEW_ROOT.
Run in Visual Studio by clicking green play button.
Some old graphics cards need OpenGL configuration:
Find opengl32sw.dll, copy to C:\source\repos\LibreCAD_3\out\build\x64-Debug\bin and set Environment:
set QT_OPENGL=desktop
The following is required but be careful not to remove if required for other software on your computer:
- Librecad_3 repository (
C:\source\repos\LibreCAD_3) - libdxfrw repository and install (
C:\source\repos\libdxfrw) - conan (
C:\Users\User\.conan) - python may have been installed to install conan
- qt
- Visual Studio
- environment variables
Download prebuilt Windows binaries for Boost from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/
Download Eigen 3 zip archive from https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen
Unzip it on your disk (C:\local\eigen-3.3.7)
Download and install Qt (open source version) from https://www.qt.io/download You must select at least one version of Qt for the MSVC compiler and the correct architecture.
Add to the PATH environment variable the Qt bin folder (C:\Qt\5.14.1\msvc2017_64\bin).
Download Windows binaries (dll15) here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/luabinaries/files/5.3.5/Windows%20Libraries/Dynamic/
Unzip it on your disk (C:\local\lua-5.3.5)
Download Windows binaries from glew.sourceforge.net
Unzip this archive on your disk (C:\local\glew-2.1.0)
The GLEW_ROOT environment variable (in Windows) should be set to where the archive was extracted, in this case C:\local\glew-2.1.0
Clone libdxfrw repository:
git clone https://github.com/LibreCAD/libdxfrw
Open it as a folder in Visual Studio:
- Build all
- Install DXFRW
Note the folder where it was installed (ex: C:\Users\...\libdxfrw\out\install\x64-Debug)
rapidjson is a header-only library. Download the latest release from https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/releases/tag/v1.1.0 and unzip it to your disk.
Open project as folder in Visual Studio
In Project > CMake Settings, set the following CMake options, after adapting the paths to your environment:
-DBoost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=1.71.0
-DBoost_COMPILER=-vc142
-DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=C:\local\boost_1_71_0\lib64-msvc-14.2
-DEIGEN3_ROOT=C:\local\eigen-3.3.7
-DLIBDXFRW_PATH=C:\Users\ferag\Workspace\libdxfrw\out\install\x64-Debug
-DWITH_LIBOPENCAD=OFF
-DGLEW_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\local\glew-2.1.0\include
-DFREETYPE_LIBRARY=C:\local\freetype-2.10.1\win64\freetype.lib
-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:\Qt\5.13.1\msvc2017_64\lib\cmake
-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=C:\Qt\5.13.1\msvc2017_64\lib
-DWITH_LUACMDINTERFACE=FALSE
-DWITH_RENDERING_UNITTESTS=OFF
-DWITH_CAIRO=OFF
-DOPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\local\glm-0.9.9.6
-DWITH_UNITTESTS=OFF
-DBoost options were added because the latest version of Boost wasn't supported by CMake. They may not be necessary anymore.
Add the folders containing the .dll files in your PATH environment variable