Compiling Natron yourself using the docker SDK

bonalex01 · March 21, 2020, 6:05pm

Hi, i’d like to make the topic wider.
How do you edit Natron code ? What IDE do you use ? ( Eclipse, Visual Studio, QTCReator ?)

For a newbie like me it may be easier to copy someone else’s configuration rather than bothering the others with questions.

Alexandre.

rodlie · March 21, 2020, 6:31pm

IDE depends on what you prefer, I myself prefer to use QtCreator for most projects, especially for Qt based projects (like Natron). VSCode is also nice (not a IDE, but a good generic code editor)

Randalix · March 28, 2021, 8:07am

I’m sorry to ask stupid questions. Never used docker before. It seems like it compiled sucessfully with the commands above. But I don’t know how to launch it.
Can someone help? Links helping to understand are also much appreciated.

devernay · March 28, 2021, 2:58pm

you should find a Natron snapshot in the ‘builds‘ directory

Songtech-0912 · March 31, 2021, 1:43am

@devernay May I ask if you can hot-reload Natron using the docker-provided SDK? As currently this is only possible by building from sources manually (using qmake and make).

devernay · April 14, 2021, 12:43am

I don’t understand what “hot-reload” means.

Songtech-0912 · May 1, 2021, 4:11pm

Never mind, I found you can’t. What I had meant by “hot-reload” is like a live development server for web development, where you can open localhost and see that changes live as you made them in your text editor. I thought you could do the same for Natron, but it seems not.

ma12vlad · July 7, 2024, 5:15pm

Is it possible to build Natron using the Docker SDK from my repository along with openfx-misk from my repository?

rodlie · July 8, 2024, 8:24am

Use GIT_URL=... and GIT_URL_IS_NATRON=1

ma12vlad · July 8, 2024, 8:46am

That’s what I’m doing. The build is going fine, Natron is from my repository, but openfx-misk is still used with Natrongithub
NatronGitHub/openfx-misc.git

rodlie · July 8, 2024, 8:52am

github.com

NatronGitHub/Natron/blob/RB-2.5/tools/jenkins/gitRepositories.sh#L21


      
          # Natron is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
          # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
          # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
          # GNU General Public License for more details.
          #
          # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
          # along with Natron.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
          # ***** END LICENSE BLOCK *****
          
          
          # List here the repositories
          GIT_URL_OPENFX_OPENCV_GITHUB=${GIT_URL_OPENFX_OPENCV_GITHUB:-https://github.com/NatronGitHub/openfx-opencv.git}
          GIT_URL_NATRON_GITHUB=${GIT_URL_NATRON_GITHUB:-https://github.com/NatronGitHub/Natron.git}
          GIT_URL_NATRON_GFORGE=${GIT_URL_NATRON_GFORGE:-git+ssh://natron-ci@scm.gforge.inria.fr/gitroot/natron/natron.git}
          GIT_URL_OPENFX_IO_GITHUB=${GIT_URL_OPENFX_IO_GITHUB:-https://github.com/NatronGitHub/openfx-io.git}
          GIT_URL_OPENFX_MISC_GITHUB=${GIT_URL_OPENFX_MISC_GITHUB:-https://github.com/NatronGitHub/openfx-misc.git}
          GIT_URL_OPENFX_ARENA_GITHUB=${GIT_URL_OPENFX_ARENA_GITHUB:-https://github.com/NatronGitHub/openfx-arena.git}
          GIT_URL_OPENFX_GMIC_GITHUB=${GIT_URL_OPENFX_GMIC_GITHUB:-https://github.com/NatronGitHub/openfx-gmic.git}
          GIT_URL_NATRON_TESTS_GITHUB=${GIT_URL_NATRON_TESTS_GITHUB:-https://github.com/NatronGitHub/Natron-Tests.git}
          
          # List of known Natron repositories

ma12vlad · July 8, 2024, 9:06am

Yes, I have already made changes to this file, but when building GIT_URL_OPENFX_MISC, it takes from NatronGitHub/openfx-misc

ma12vlad · July 8, 2024, 6:44pm

Probably natrongithub/natron-sdk:latest uses the tools/jenkins/gitRepositories.sh file from the main repository. Therefore, changing the file in my repository does not produce results.

rodlie · July 9, 2024, 3:04pm

The build scripts are part of the docker image.

I linked to the gitRepositories.sh file to give you the names of the variables, like GIT_URL_OPENFX_MISC_GITHUB, do not edit the file.

Unsure if the _GITHUB vars will work from the cmd line, been a while since I used the Natron docker.

ma12vlad · July 9, 2024, 6:29pm

Thank you for your attention to my question !
I realized that in order to have this opportunity, you need to make changes to the main repository, or build without using Docker. For me, self-assembly is a difficult task. Well, okay, it’s not that important.