To build PolyVox you need:
With the following optional packages:
Doxygen for building the documentation. Version 1.5.7 is needed to build the Qt Assistant docs. 1.7.0 or greater is recommended
Python, Sphinx and PyParsing for generating the PolyVox manual in HTML
Python development libraries, SWIG for generating the Python bindings
Navigate to the PolyVox source directory (the directory containing INSTALL.txt etc.) with and then enter the build directory with:
cd build
Now, we use CMake to generate the makefiles with:
cmake ..
The .. tells CMake to look in the parent directory for the source.
By default this will set it to be installed in /usr/local so if you want to install it elsewhere, set the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable to the path you want to install to.
You can set CMake variables by passing -D<variable>:<type>=<value> to the cmake command (the :<type> part is optional but recommended). For example, to set the install prefix, pass:
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/whatever/you/want
The other available settings for PolyVox are:
String option to set the type of build. This will automatically set some compilation flags such as the optimisation level or define NDEBUG.
Once this has completed successfully, simply run:
make install
and all should work.
If you want to generate the API documentation, you’ll need Doxygen installed. If you saw API Docs available: YES at the end of the CMake output then you’re all set. To generate the docs, just run:
make doc
and the documentation can be browsed in plain HTML form at <build directory>/library/doc/html/index.html.
On top of this, if qcollectiongenerator is installed, PolyVox can also compile and install this documentation as a Qt Help Collection file to <prefix>/share/doc/packages/polyvox/qthelp/polyvox.qhc (this file is in the build directory as <build directory>/library/doc/qthelp/polyvox.qhc). To view this file you need Qt Assistant installed. You can open it with:
assistant -collectionFile library/doc/qthelp/polyvox.qhc
This allows indexed searching of the documentation and easier browsing.
As well as the API documentation, PolyVox also provides a user manual. This is written using Sphinx and so to convert the documentation sources to HTML requires Sphinx and Python to be installed. If these are installed and found then you will see Build manual: YES in the CMake summary output. If this is the case then just run:
make manual
and the HTML manual will be available at <build directory>/documentation/index.html.
If you have Sphinx installed but you do not get the confirmation in the CMake output, you may need to set SPHINXBUILD_EXECUTABLE to the location of your sphinx-build executable.
If you do not have Python and Sphinx installed and do not want to install them then the manual is just plain text (.rst files) which are readable in their plain form in the documentation directory of the source distribution.
For information about the dependencies, CMake configuration variables and buildable targets look at the Linux build information in the section above.
You need CMake installed so get the binary distribution from CMake.org. Install it and run the CMake GUI.
Point the source directory to the directory holding this file and the build directory to the build subdirectory. Then, click the Configure button. Click through the dialog box that appears and once you’ve clicked Finish you should see text appearing in the bottom text area. Once this has finished, some options will appear in the top area. The purpose of these options in detailed in the Linux→CMake section above. Once you have set these options to what you please, click Configure again. If it completes without errors then you can click Generate which will generate your compilers project files in the build directory.
Open the project files in your IDE and build the project as you normally would.