2013-07-23Development


Linux platform

Many users have asked us how to assemble PrintDesign from sources. This is a simple procedure for Linux platform. We would recommend to use Ubuntu distro for that.

  1. Create folder 'build' in you home:

    2. cd ~
mkdir build
cd build

  2. Download UniConvertor 2.0 source code:

    3. svn checkout http://uniconvertor.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ uniconvertor

  3. Read instructions in ~/build/uniconvertor/README and install required dev-packages
  4. Build UniConvertor package:

    5. cd ~/build/uniconvertor/
python setup.py bdist_deb

    Resulted UniConvertor package you will find in ~/build/uniconvertor/dist folder

  5. Install UniConvertor package (for 32-bit Ubuntu package will be with i386 suffix)

    6. sudo dpkg -i python-uniconvertor-2.0_amd64.deb

  6. Download PrintDesign 1.0 source code:

    7. svn checkout http://print-design.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ printdesign

  7. Read instructions in ~/build/printdesign/README and install required packages
  8. Build PrintDesign package:

    9. cd ~/build/printdesign/
python setup.py bdist_deb

    Resulted PrintDesign package you will find in ~/build/printdesign/dist folder

  9. Install PrintDesign package:

    10. sudo dpkg -i python-printdesign-1.0_all.deb

That's all. Now you can run printdesign command or find PrintDesign launcher in Unity shell

Windows and MacOS X platforms

DON'T TRY COMPILING FOR THESE PLATFORMS!

Even for an experienced programmer to build from source on these platforms will be a difficult task and will require a lot of time. In our team we have dedicated programmers for Windows and MacOS X. The platforms are good for end users but a real hell for cross-platform programming.