The following instructions have been written for Ubuntu Linux 16.04 or newer, or any compatible Debian-based distribution. Other Linux distributions may require slightly different build steps.
First install the required build tools and third-party libraries:
Distribution | Command |
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Ubuntu |
sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake-curses-gui qt5-default libqt5svg5-dev libboost-dev \
libavcodec-dev libavdevice-dev libavfilter-dev libavformat-dev libavresample-dev \
libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libnetcdf-dev libhdf5-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libssh-dev \
xsltproc docbook-xml
|
openSUSE |
sudo zypper install git docbook_5 libxslt-tools cmake gcc-c++ \
libQt5Concurrent-devel libQt5Core-devel libQt5Gui-devel libQt5Network-devel libQt5DBus-devel \
libQt5OpenGL-devel libQt5PrintSupport-devel libQt5Widgets-devel libQt5Xml-devel libQt5Svg-devel \
libavutil-devel libavresample-devel libavfilter-devel libavcodec-devel libavdevice-devel \
netcdf-devel libssh-devel boost-devel hdf5-devel libswscale-devel
|
centOS |
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install git gcc gcc-c++ cmake qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtsvg-devel qt5-qttools-devel \
boost-devel netcdf-devel hdf5-devel libssh-devel
These packages allow building only a basic version of OVITO without video encoding support and documentation.
In order to build a more complete version, other dependencies must be installed manually.
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Download the source repository of OVITO into a new subdirectory named ovito/
:
git clone https://gitlab.com/stuko/ovito.git
Create a build directory and let CMake generate a Makefile:
cd ovito
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
If this step fails, you can now run "ccmake ." to open the CMake configuration program and adjust the build options as needed.
The build OVITO:
make -j4
If this step is successful, the executable can be found in the /ovito/build/bin/
directory.