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Building PolyVox
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Requirements
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To build PolyVox you need:
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* CMake 2.6 or greater (http://cmake.org)
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* A C++ compiler with support for some C++0x features (GCC 4.3 or VC 2010 seem to work)
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* Qt for building the tests (optional)
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* Docygen for building the documentation (optional)
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Linux
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Navigate to the PolyVox source (the directory containing this file) directory with and then enter the build directory with::
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cd build
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CMake
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Now, we use CMake to generate the makefiles with::
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cmake ..
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The ``..`` tells CMake to look in the parent directory for the source.
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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.
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You can set CMake variables by passing -D<variable>:<type>=<value> cmake command (the ``:<type>`` part is optional but recommended). For example, to set the install prefix, pass::
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-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/whatever/you/want
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The other available settings for PolyVox are:
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``ENABLE_EXAMPLES`` (ON or OFF)
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Build the example applications that come with PolyVox. Defaults to ON.
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``BUILD_TESTING`` (ON or OFF)
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Build the test applications that come with PolyVox. Running the tests is detailed in the next section. Defaults to ON.
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``CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE`` (Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo or MinSizeRel)
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String option to set the type of build. This will automatically set some compilation flags such as the optimisation level or define ``NDEBUG``.
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For development work against the library
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Use Debug or RelWithDebInfo
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For your final version
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Use Release
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For building packages (e.g. for Linux distributions)
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Use RelWithDebInfo
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Building
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Once this has completed successfully, simply run::
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make install
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and all should work.
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Testing
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To run the tests you do not need to have run ``make install``. Simply run::
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make
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make test
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API Documentation
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-----------------
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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::
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make doc
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and the documentation can be browsed from ``build/library/doc/html/index.html``.
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Windows
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CMake
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You need CMake installed so get the binary distribution from `CMake.org <http://cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html>`_. Install it and run the CMake GUI.
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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.
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Building
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Open the project files in your IDE and build the project as you normally would.
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