Compiling Director from source¶
System Requirements¶
As of this writing, the software is supported on Ubuntu 14.04, MacOSX 10.10, and Microsoft Windows 8 using the system native compilers. It likely also works on similar platforms and OS versions.
Download Instructions¶
Install Git¶
The source code is stored in a Git repository. To download the source code you may need to first install Git on your system. On Mac, we recommend using Homebrew. On Windows, download the official git package from https://git-scm.com
Download the source code¶
Download the repository with the git clone command:
git clone https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/director.git
Dependencies¶
Required Dependencies¶
The required 3rd party dependencies are:
- Qt 4.8
- VTK 5.8 or 5.10
- Python 2.7 and numpy
Additionally, you will need CMake 2.8 or greater to configure the source code.
The dependencies can be installed on Mac using Homebrew:
brew tap homebrew/science
brew tap homebrew/python
brew install cmake
brew install python numpy
brew install vtk5 --with-qt
The dependencies can be installed on Ubuntu using apt-get:
sudo apt-get install cmake libvtk5-qt4-dev python-dev python-vtk python-numpy