You may manually setup the development environment and modify any step according to your needs.
- Setup an LXC container (Debian).
- Copy this set of scripts to the guest.
- Install dependenices.
- Build FreeCAD.
Setup a clean installation (minimum required version is Debian Buster. Ubuntu Bionic may also work.):
sudo apt-get install debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring
sudo lxc-create -n fc -t debian [-B btrfs] -- -r buster --packages xbase-clients nano sudo tmux git
sudo lxc-start -n fc
# add a normal user account
sudo lxc-attach -n fc
adduser fc
usermod -a -G sudo fc
exit
(See also ../RADME.md#Accessing Files)
At this point you have 2 options, whether to use lxc-* tools and ssh, or use chroot for the rest of the operations. You can stick to either option or mix them as you like.
If you want to avoid setting up LXC networking and the runtime overhead of ssh -X, you can use run-in-chroot.sh script instead. First stop the running container (lxc-stop -n fc) and then replace any:
ssh -X [email protected]withrun-in-chroot.sh -n fc -u fcssh -X [email protected] some-command paramswithrun-in-chroot.sh -n fc -u fc -- some-command params
Running FreeCAD in chroot environment provides native-like performance, just like AppImage:
local$ run-in-chroot.sh -n fc -u fc -- 'fc-build/Release/bin/FreeCAD'Assuming your container has an IP of
10.0.10.3. See also lxc network configuration section. "NAT Configuration" is recommended.
local$ ssh -X [email protected]
fc@fc:~$ fc@fc:~$ git clone https://github.com/ceremcem/build-freecad-asm3fc@fc:~$ ./build-freecad-asm3/install-fc-deps.sh
fc@fc:~$ ./build-freecad-asm3/install-fc-deps.sh To build only LinkStage3 and Asm3:
./build-freecad-asm3/build-fc.sh # no root privileges required
Run FreeCAD over SSH by X Forwarding:
local$ ssh -X [email protected] fc-build/Release/bin/FreeCAD # or use run-in-chroot.sh script, see above note.