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Install and run FlatCAM on modern linux distros
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # clone flatcam beta | |
| git clone -b Beta https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam.git flatcam-beta | |
| # grab the python 3.8 AppImage | |
| wget https://github.com/niess/python-appimage/releases/download/python3.8/python3.8.19-cp38-cp38-manylinux1_x86_64.AppImage | |
| # make it executable | |
| chmod +x python3.8.19-cp38-cp38-manylinux1_x86_64.AppImage | |
| # create a short name utility link to the AppImage | |
| ln -s python3.8.19-cp38-cp38-manylinux1_x86_64.AppImage py38 | |
| # create a virtual environment | |
| ./py38 -m venv .venv | |
| # activate the environment | |
| source .venv/bin/activate | |
| # build GDAL manually, as probably the system has a newer version | |
| wget https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/download/v3.3.3/gdal-3.3.3.tar.gz | |
| tar -xvzf gdal-3.3.3.tar.gz | |
| pushd gdal-3.3.3 | |
| ./configure --with-python=$(which python) --prefix=$VIRTUAL_ENV | |
| make -j$(nproc) | |
| pushd swig/python/ | |
| python setup.py install | |
| popd | |
| popd | |
| # override the requirements to working ones | |
| cat << 'EOT' > requirements.txt | |
| pyqt5>=5.15 | |
| numpy~=1.16 | |
| matplotlib==3.1.3 | |
| cycler~=0.10 | |
| python-dateutil~=2.1 | |
| kiwisolver~=1.1 | |
| six~=1.0 | |
| setuptools | |
| dill~=0.3 | |
| rtree~=1.3 | |
| pyopengl~=3.0 | |
| vispy==0.7.0 | |
| ortools~=7.0 | |
| svg.path~=4.0 | |
| simplejson~=3.19 | |
| shapely~=1.7.0 | |
| freetype-py~=2.5 | |
| fontTools~=4.55 | |
| rasterio~=1.3 | |
| lxml~=5.3 | |
| ezdxf~=1.1 | |
| qrcode~=6.1 | |
| reportlab~=3.5 | |
| svglib~=1.5 | |
| #gdal~=3.3 #installed manually | |
| pyserial~=3.4 | |
| protobuf~=3.20 | |
| EOT | |
| # install them | |
| pip install -r requirements.txt | |
| # now you can launch FlatCAM | |
| # .venv/bin/python flatcam-beta/FlatCAM.py |
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He instalado el entorno en ArchLinux y funciona perfectamente. Gracias
thank you so much, working on fedora 42
ty bro
Hello,
First of all, congratulations and thank you for this installer, which also works perfectly under Debian (11, 12, and 13).
Just a quick question: this “standalone” installation of FlatCAM only works in ‘legacy’ mode, whereas the version installed as standard on the same PC works perfectly in “opengl” mode. Is there a solution to this problem?
Thank you in advance.
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I had started building an AppImage, but GDAL has some hardcoded paths, so this approach cannot be used. Therefore, I decided to create this script to provide a standalone installation instead. I hope you enjoy it!