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Running Slic3r from git on OS X
This page contains instructions on how to run the latest Slic3r from git on Apple OS X. The instructions have been verified to work on OS X Lion (10.7) and OS X Mountain Lion (10.8). Please notice that following these instructions are not needed for running the binary releases of Slic3r for OS X available from slic3r.org.
There are two ways to install the necessary command line tools (git, cc, ...) for installing Slic3r and its dependencies on OS X. Both require creating a free Apple ID.
One option is to install the full, graphical Xcode IDE (version 4.3 or later), which includes an option to install the necessary command line tools:
- Download and install Xcode from the Mac App Store
- Launch Xcode.app
- Open Preferences and install the Command Line Tools from the Downloads tab
Another option is to install the stand-alone Command Line Tools for Xcode:
- Download and install Command Line Tools for Xcode
To install the Slic3r dependencies as non-root, first download and unpack local::lib and execute the following commands within the newly unpacked local-lib directory:
perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
make test && make install
echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib)' >> ~/.bashrc
cd
source ~/.bashrc
Your environment is now set up for installing perl modules under ~/perl5/ (the above instructions assume you are using /bin/bash as your shell, please see the local::lib documentation for csh/zsh instructions). Next, execute the following commands to install the Slic3r dependencies:
git clone git://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r
cd Slic3r
perl Build.PL # Answer yes to installing Growl::GNTP and Wx, no to installing Net::DBus
An easy way to update only your locally installed modules is to parse the output of perldoc perllocal and pass the names of the locally installed modules to cpan -i:
perldoc -t perllocal | grep Module | sed -e 's/^.* "Module" //' -e 's/-/::/g' | sort | uniq | xargs cpan -i
In order for Slic3r to use Growl you need to install the suggested Growl::GNTP module. If you neglected to install it when running perl Build.PL, install it by executing the following:
cpan Growl::GNTP
To instead install the Slic3r dependencies as root (not recommended), execute the following steps:
git clone git://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r
cd Slic3r
sudo perl Build.PL # Answer yes to installing Growl::GNTP and Wx, no to installing Net::DBus