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How to build and run FreeCAD under Windows
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Prerequisites
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On Windows we use the IDE MS VisualStudio 9 with the highest service pack.
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In case you don't want to use MS products you can also use the MinGW compiler,
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alternatively. In this case continue on reading the manual README.MinGW.
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You need cMake 2.6 or higher to generate the project files for VisualStudio.
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Also you need all the 3rd party libraries to succsefully compile FreeCAD.
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Using LibPack
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To make it easier to get FreeCAD compiled, we provide a collection of all
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needed libraries. It's called the LibPack. You can find it on the download
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page on sourceforge.
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Python needed
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During the compilation some Python scripts get executed. So the Python interpreter
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has to function on the OS. Use a command box to check it. If the Python library is
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not properly installed you will get an error message like Cannot find python.exe.
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If you use the LibPack you can also use the python.exe in the bin directory.
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Compile
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In order to build the FreeCAD sources start the GUI frontend of cmake. If
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doesn't already find the header files and libraries of the LibPack you have to
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define the path where you have unpacked it.
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After you conform to all prerequisites the compilation is - hopefully - only
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a mouse click in VC ;-)
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After Compiling
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To get FreeCAD up and running from the compiler environment you need to move a
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few files from the LibPack to the "bin" folder where FreeCAD.exe is installed
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after a successfull build:
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* python.exe and python_d.exe from LIBPACK/bin
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* python26.dll and python26_d.dll from LIBPACK/bin
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* python26.zip from LIBPACK/bin
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* make a copy of python26.zip and rename it to python26_d.zip
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Additional stuff
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If you want to build the source code documentation you need DoxyGen.
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To create an intstaller package you need WIX.
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Additional information on building special 3rd party libraries
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* Mefisto2F
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The Salome SMESH library needs the Mefisto2F library which contains some Fortran code.
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The easiest way is to convert the Fortran code into C code and use the f2c library to
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build a static library.
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1. Get the f2c utility from http://netlib.sandia.gov/f2c/mswin/index.html
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2. Convert the Fortran file trte.f into a C file trte.c using the f2c utility
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>>> f2c trte.f
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3. Get the sources for the lib f2c from http://netlib.sandia.gov/f2c/libf2c.zip and
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unpack them.
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4. Apply the patch 'mefisto2f.patch'
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5. Run nmake -f makefile.vc
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Alternatively, you can use the Watcom Fortran compiler. The needed project file can be get from
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here: http://sourceforge.net/p/salomesmesh/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/adm/win32-watcom/
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However, this doesn't work for x64 targets at the moment.
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* FreeType
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6207176/compiling-freetype-to-dll-as-opposed-to-static-library
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