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[edit] Installing Dependencies

[edit] Ubuntu Jaunty, Karmic 

sudo apt-get install subversion openexr libopenexr-dev build-essential libjpeg-dev \
libpng12-dev libopenal-dev libalut-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libsdl-dev libfreetype6-dev \
libtiff-dev libsamplerate0-dev libsamplerate0-dev python-dev gettext libxi-dev yasm cmake

[edit] Fedora 12 

su -c 'yum install gcc gcc-c++ make cmake automake\*'
su -c 'yum install subversion openexr openexr-devel libjpeg-devel libpng12-devel \
openal-soft-devel freealut-devel mesa-libGLU-devel SDL-devel freetype-devel libtiff-devel \
gettext-devel libXi-devel yasm jack-audio-connection-kit-devel libsamplerate-devel \
fftw-devel'

...and if you compile with FFMpeg enabled: 

su -c 'yum install ffmpeg-libs ffmpeg-devel xvidcore-devel libogg-devel faac-devel \
faad2-devel x264-devel libvorbis-devel libtheora-devel lame-devel lame-libs'

[edit] Download 

cd ~
mkdir blender-svn
cd blender-svn
svn checkout https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/trunk/blender

If you want to update your svn checkout to the latest source (in ~/blender-svn/blender/ )... 

svn update

or just simply svn up.

[edit] Compile

You only need one of these in order to get a blender binary that you can run. Choose whichever you like better.

TODO: Which is the way that is supported by most developers? IIRC e.g. Ton uses make but others use scons?

[edit] Scons 

cd ~/blender-svn/blender2.5
echo "BF_OPENAL_LIB = 'openal alut'" >> user-config.py
python scons/scons.py

At the end of the build process you will have a blender binary and a message... 

Install file: "/home/myname/blender-svn/blender2.5/build/linux2/bin/blender" as "/home/myname/blender-svn/blender2.5/install/linux2/blender"
scons: done building targets.
*** Success ***

to run blender from the root path "~/blender-svn/blender2.5" you can symlink the binary here... 

cd ~/blender-svn/blender2.5
ln -s install/linux2/blender ./blender2.5

Now you can run by typing (in ~/blender-svn/blender2.5 )... 

./blender2.5

Rebuild after changing any files (in ~/blender-svn/blender/ )... 

python scons/scons.py

Possibly you want to use 

python scons/scons.py -j 2

to compile with multi-threading (2 stands for "2 jobs"). For example put "-j 4" if you have a quad-core.

[edit] cmake & make 

cd ~/blender-svn/blender2.5
rm blender/CMakeCache.txt 
mkdir cmake-make 
cd cmake-make
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ../
make

"cmake-make" is just an example name for the directoy.

Note
Please note that in some cases the "blender" directory may have a different name.
Some branches are modified copies of the "blender" directory named e.g. soc-2009-name_of_participant.


You can modify any parameters you want in the file cmake-make/MakeCache.txt

Compiles after changes have been done can be made via the following command: 

cmake. && make -j2

(-j2 stands for "2 jobs". For example put "-j4" if you have a quad-core.)

As always, if there is a nicer way to do this please add it here :) --Pontiac 14:01, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Setting up Python 3.1


[edit] Install python3.1 from repositories

[edit] Compile your own Python 3.1

For devs who want to build your own python (if your distro has no py3.1 package yet) this is very easy to do without installing into your system and confusing the package manager.

  1. Get the Python 3.1 source from here (Python-3.1.1.tar.bz2)
  2. Extract the Python 3.1 source.
  3. In the folder where you extracted Python 3.1 source type (note, /opt/py31 is just an example):
    ./configure --prefix="/opt/py31"; make
    sudo make install
  4. Update your build system to see your Python 3.1 build. This depends on what build system you are using. See below.
Warning
The option --prefix is there to choose a specific folder where you install. If you don't use --prefix, the line 
make install

will make python 3.1 your system default! If you don't want that, use 

make altinstall
to keep the system's current python version as default.


[edit] Building Blender with Python 3.1

[edit] Scons with Python 3.1

  • Now in your user-config.py set BF_PYTHON to:
    BF_PYTHON="/opt/py31"
  • as usual, in /blender run
    python scons/scons.py

[edit] cmake & make with Python 3.1

  • Update CMakeCache.txt file like this: 
//Missing description
PYTHON_INC:STRING=/opt/py31/include/python3.1

//Missing description
PYTHON_LIB:STRING=/opt/py31/lib/libpython3.1.a

//Missing description
PYTHON_LIBPATH:STRING=/opt/py31/lib

If anybody got a simpler way to do this with cmake&make please add it here :) --Pontiac 14:22, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] External Documentation on Building Blender

Compiling Blender 2.50-svn on Kubuntu 9.04 [[1]]

[edit] See also

BlenderDev/Blender2.5/PythonAPI 31

Retrieved from "http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Building_Blender/2.5/Linux"