MeVisLab ThirdParty

Recipes for MeVisLab Thirdparty packages

The recipes directory contains all recipes. The overall build order is currently defined in the build_configuration.yml.

Local package development

Preconditions

First of all we need Python >=3.10 and Pip. Currently we recommend Python 3.11.

Check the installed versions with:

python -V
pip --version

Note that on POSIX platforms the Python 3 executable is called python3, while under Windows it is called python. Additionally, under POSIX, pip3 is not installed per default, while under Windows it is installed with Python as pip. To be compatible with Windows (yes, that's the wrong way around - blame MS!), we currently need the python and pip symlinks point to python3 and pip3 (or better python3 -m pip) respectively. Everything else may work, but has not been tested.

Note also that on current Windows versions Microsoft hijacks the python and python3 executables.

Install Conan

Conan is the package manager used to build our third party libraries. On Windows, use:

python -m pip install -U conan packaging spdx-license-list tomli

On Linux, use:

pip3 install -U conan packaging spdx-license-list tomli pyelftools

Build a package

To build the debug and release versions of a package:

cd recipes/<recipe_name>
conan create -s build_type=Debug .
conan create -s build_type=Release .

To fetch the package sources (includes applying patches):

cd recipes/<recipe_name>
conan source .