Packaging Natron local build to portable tgz

Ivanohe73 · July 16, 2019, 12:39am

Hello,

I was able to build the Natron sdk and Natron on my Linux centos 7 computer. I would like to create a portable tgz file to test it on different machine but have some problem to find the proper way to do it.

For the sdk and Natron build I followed the instruction on this pages :

github.com

NatronGitHub/Natron/blob/RB-2.3/INSTALL_LINUX.md

Instructions for installing Natron from sources on GNU/Linux
============================================================

This file is supposed to guide you step by step to have working (compiling) version of
Natron on GNU/Linux.

1. [Dependencies](#dependencies)
  - [Installing the full Natron SDK](#installing-the-full-natron-sdk)
    - [Environment to use the Natron SDK](#environment-to-use-the-natron-sdk)
  - [Manually install dependencies](#manually-install-dependencies)
    - [Qt4](#qt-487)
    - [Boost](#boost)
    - [Expat](#expat)
    - [Cairo](#cairo)
    - [Pyside](#pyside)
    - [Shiboken](#shiboken)
2. [Configuration](#configuration)
    - [OpenFX](#openfx)
    - [OpenColorIO-Configs](#download-opencolorio-configs)
    - [config.pri](#configpri)

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My build run correctly. Now for doing a portable tgz I tried the following :
Running the build-Linux-installer.sh from the tools/jenkins folder. Since it need some variable I run the createBuildOptionsFile.sh and tried to fill up the tmp/buildOptions.sh it generate.

However, it look like I am missing a step : the build-Linux-installer.sh expect TMP_BINARIES_PATH to contain the binaries. The comment in buildOptions.sh refer to build-plugin and build-natron script that copy those… It look like the portable tgz is made with a different way of building Natron than the one I follow.

Is there a script or way to package what I already have in a portable tgz ?

Thanks
Yves

rodlie · July 16, 2019, 1:11am

Hi,

build-Linux-installer.sh is used to package binaries produced by build-plugins.sh/build-natron.sh (launchBuildMain.sh). If you didn’t use the scripts to build Natron (and plugins) then you will have to package it manually, or adapt build-Linux-installer.sh to fit your needs.

devernay · July 16, 2019, 3:47am

You have to use the launchBuildMain.sh script to run the whole build.
Please continue the discussion in this issue, where yu may also find valuable info: Building Natron on Linux (CentOS7) · Issue #351 · NatronGitHub/Natron · GitHub

There is also a lot of info in the file: Natron/README.md at RB-2.3 · NatronGitHub/Natron · GitHub

Ivanohe73 · July 17, 2019, 1:49pm

Ok Thanks for the info.