To compile on Linux?

luxapy · September 18, 2016, 1:01pm

Some years ago, someone had given me a very clear procedure for compiling RT under Linux.
I lost this procedure…
Can anyone give me the again ?
Thank you

(Obviously I have read the procedure on rawpedia , but the process I’m looking for was more clear for me)

Claes · September 18, 2016, 1:51pm

The one I use is this one; clear or not - it works just fine
http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/Linux#Compiling:_The_Manual_Way
Just see to it that the dependencies are OK first (described further up on the same page).

luxapy · September 18, 2016, 4:11pm

Thanks Claes, but as I already told, I have already read this thread…

Ajohn · September 18, 2016, 5:02pm

My conclusion was to simply find it in my repo. In my case it isn’t included in the official repo so I have to find it in the build service as some one always sorts the latest version out. Saves a lot of possible grief on finding all of the dependencies and also what can happen if those get messed up.

John

Claes · September 18, 2016, 5:29pm

Hi @luxapy

Now I am getting inquisitive, curious and nosey: which of the instructions do not work for you?

As I see it, it is mostly a matter of being able to cut & paste from rawpedia onto your machine, step by step. Which Linux distro do you use?

Morgan_Hardwood · September 18, 2016, 6:59pm

@luxapy maybe my current short script?

#!/usr/bin/env bash
repo="$HOME/repo-rt"
if [[ ! -d "${repo}" ]]; then
    git clone git@github.com:Beep6581/RawTherapee.git "${repo}"
    exit 0
fi

if [[ $1 = d ]]; then
    buildType="debug"
elif [[ $1 = r ]]; then
    buildType="release"
else
    buildType="relwithdebinfo"
fi

cd "${repo}" || exit
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-std=c++11 -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result" -DWITH_LTO="OFF" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="${buildType}" -DPROC_TARGET_NUMBER="2" -DBUILD_BUNDLE="ON" -DBINDIR="." -DDATADIR="." -DCACHE_NAME_SUFFIX=4 .. && make -j6 install

Save as ~/crunch, then chmod +x ~/crunch

To use:

Normal build (RelWithDebInfo - it’s fast but also has debug info in case of a crash): ~/crunch
Debug build: ~/crunch d
Release build: ~/crunch r

There is also the more sophisticated build script in tools/buildRT but I haven’t used it since we switched from Mercurial to Git so can’t vouch that it still works.

Claes · September 18, 2016, 7:14pm

@Morgan_Hardwood Elegant!
Only friendly complaint I have about that script is the -j6 close to the end. For the proper value to insert there, see Linux - RawPedia under the subheading Threads

Morgan_Hardwood · September 18, 2016, 7:31pm

Yup. I use -j6 on my CPU which has 8 virtual cores because it doesn’t make much difference to compilation speed, but avoids jerky behavior when I’m doing other stuff while compiling.

luxapy · September 18, 2016, 9:36pm

Hello all,

Thanks again for your answers,

I’m using the last Linux MINT 18.

I receive this message :

– The C compiler identification is GNU 5.4.0
– The CXX compiler identification is GNU 5.4.0
– Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
– Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc – works
– Detecting C compiler ABI info
– Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
– Detecting C compile features
– Detecting C compile features - done
– Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
– Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ – works
– Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
– Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
– Detecting CXX compile features
– Detecting CXX compile features - done
– CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: release
– Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version “0.29.1”)
– Checking for module ‘gtk±3.0>=3.16’

CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:367 (message):
A required package was not found
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:532 (_pkg_check_modules_internal)
CMakeLists.txt:222 (pkg_check_modules)

– Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also “/root/repo-rt/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log”.

houz · September 18, 2016, 9:45pm

You need some development package for gtk3. No idea what it’s called on MINT.

paperdigits · September 18, 2016, 9:58pm

Should be called the same as on Ubuntu.

houz · September 18, 2016, 10:54pm

As those in turn steal^Wborrow from Debian it should be libgtk-3-dev.

luxapy · September 18, 2016, 10:56pm

EXCELLENT !
I succeded with the ubuntu files .
Thanks a lot all

luxapy · September 19, 2016, 9:56am

Ah! I have a last question: how to bring up the RT icon instead of the generic file icon?
(Linux MINT)

Tks

houz · September 19, 2016, 10:36am

Wait, do you mean you used Ubuntu packages on your Mint installation? Or just the package name to install the native package?

luxapy · September 19, 2016, 11:03am

HI houz,

I used that :

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 15.10

Use the gtk3 branch.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake curl git libbz2-dev libcanberra-gtk3-dev libexiv2-dev libexpat-dev libfftw3-dev libglibmm-2.4-dev libgtk-3-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev libiptcdata0-dev libjpeg8-dev liblcms2-dev libpng12-dev libsigc+±2.0-dev libtiff5-dev zlib1g-dev

gwaugh · September 19, 2016, 11:56am

I think you can add the “dhor/myway” PPA to Linux Mint and get regular updates.

luxapy · September 19, 2016, 12:09pm

Thanks, I’ve installed

houz · September 19, 2016, 12:32pm

Mixing distributions is almost never a good idea and prone to break things horribly in the long run. I would be surprised if Mint didn’t ship that package by default already.

luxapy · September 19, 2016, 12:45pm

You are right but I think Mint is directly derived from ubuntu and I read somewhere that the packages were compatible.
But I’m starting with Linux; I tried it there a few years ago but had been put off by the complexity when I wanted to go out of a system of pakages.
Now Microsoft’s arrogance gives me strong motivation to migrate from Win to Linux…