[eq-dev] Building on Windows

[Raymond de Vries]

Hi,

After a long time, I would like to get into equalizer again and wanted
to build equalizer for windows 8 (and soon linux) since the releases and
nightly builds are outdated. Is there documentation how I should
configure cmake for buildyard (the options are overwhelming)? My first
goal is to have a minimal set for equalizer osg apps. I am following the
short instructions from README.md on https://github.com/Eyescale/Equalizer

Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot,
Raymond


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[Stefan Eilemann]

Hi,

On 9. Jul 2014, at 15:06, Raymond de Vries <ree...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> After a long time, I would like to get into equalizer again and wanted to build equalizer for windows 8 (and soon linux) since the releases and nightly builds are outdated. Is there documentation how I should configure cmake for buildyard (the options are overwhelming)? My first goal is to have a minimal set for equalizer osg apps. I am following the short instructions from README.md on https://github.com/Eyescale/Equalizer

Unfortunately I'm no longer building regularly on Windows, so the following is almost second-hand knowledge.

I highly suggest using the BoostPro installer. IIRC CMake should pick boost up then.

I typically do the Buildyard cmake run from the git shell. If something isn't picked up, BY should inform you. After that, building the created VS sln should work as expected.


HTH,

Stefan.

[Raymond De Vries]

Hi Stefan,

> Op Jul 10, 2014 om 11:09 heeft Stefan Eilemann <eile...@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
>
> Hi,
>
>> On 9. Jul 2014, at 15:06, Raymond de Vries <ree...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>
>> After a long time, I would like to get into equalizer again and wanted to build equalizer for windows 8 (and soon linux) since the releases and nightly builds are outdated. Is there documentation how I should configure cmake for buildyard (the options are overwhelming)? My first goal is to have a minimal set for equalizer osg apps. I am following the short instructions from README.md on https://github.com/Eyescale/Equalizer
>
> Unfortunately I'm no longer building regularly on Windows, so the following is almost second-hand knowledge.

Ok, understood, this is also good so that I know what to expect.

Maybe others can write some starter windows specific notes?

>
> I highly suggest using the BoostPro installer. IIRC CMake should pick boost up then.

Yes, I read about BoostPro but that seems stopped.

>
> I typically do the Buildyard cmake run from the git shell. If something isn't picked up, BY should inform you. After that, building the created VS sln should work as expected.

Ok, I see. I am reading about BY.

Thnx all
Raaymond


>
>
> HTH,
>
> Stefan.

[Robert Hauck]

Hi Raaymond

I compile it on Windows, and I am currently again on building a newer
version. I use VS2013 x64. I don't use buildyard, I build the 6 libs
(vmmlib, lunchbox, HWSD, GLStats, collage and Equalizer) myself (I
integrated them into Cmake external project). I have a boost version, and
set for each of the libs BOOST_ROOT, so they find it. I also set e.g.
Lunchbox_DIR, so that Equalizer can find Lunchbox. I haven't figured out how
to use Buildyard and to integrate it in my Cmake process. It always fails on
something, but hadn't the time to look into it.

However, with HWSD 1.1.0, i get a linker error (see other forum post). So I
used the older versions, but there GLStats 0.1 is missing boost, so I had to
add an include dir for boost (GLStats includes IIRC types.h from Lunchbox,
which needs boost foreach).

Maybe Stefan can have a look at this problem with HWSD? It fails when it
wants to create the instance (hwsd/net/sys/module.cpp, ln 73).

Hope this helps
Robert



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[Raymond De Vries]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for sharing and confirming that BY does not need to be used perse. I will go the same route as you use, building the separate dependancies myself.

Did you adapt the cmake config of equalizer in order to skip the BY?

Cheers
Raymond


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[Robert Hauck]

Hi Raymond

I didn't change the Cmake files (besides GLstats). I don't have git in my
path, so it can't download anything from BY, it just works for me. There is
also an option, DISABLE_BUILDYARD, I guess you can enable this and then BY
should also do nothing... I enabled it for all eq libs.

Cheers,
Robert



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[Raymond de Vries]

Hi Robert,

I have been trying to build lunchbox but it seems that it needs some
tweaking too. For instance, it seems that the CMake directory is not
complete or so since it seems to need the directory 'common' as it's
included in the lunchbox's CMakeLists.txt

Could you double check or correct me?

cheers
Raymond

[Stefan Eilemann]

Hi Raymond,

On 16. Jul 2014, at 9:29, reedev [via Software] <ml-node+s171...@n2.nabble.com> wrote:

> I have been trying to build lunchbox but it seems that it needs some
> tweaking too. For instance, it seems that the CMake directory is not
> complete or so since it seems to need the directory 'common' as it's
> included in the lunchbox's CMakeLists.txt

This is an external repository (similar to svn::externals) cloned early in the top-level CMakelists by GitExternals.


HTH,

Stefan.
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[Robert Hauck]

Hi Raymond

Ok, I see. I use the zip files, for Lunchbox it's 1.8.1 which you can
download from github/Lunchbox in the releases section. Obviously, all
directories are there, so I didn't run into this problem. HTH, Robert



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[Raymond de Vries]

Hi Robert,

Aha, interesting. But where did you get that one? ;-) The links on the
website don't reveal them (and the link to 1.6 links to 1.8.0 ;) )

cheers
Raymond

[Robert Hauck]

Have a look here:

https://github.com/Eyescale/Lunchbox/releases

And the other projects are also there, under Eyescale :-)

Cheers,
Robert



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[Raymond De Vries]

Thanks! I have been looking in a lot of locations but missed an important one :-)

Cheers
Raymond



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