From ecf699519a78988eed340c232ae7d58966b85a60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: awhiemstra Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:04:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Remove Protobuf build instructions They are outdated and should not be here in the first place. --- README.md | 34 +--------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 33 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d5d947c1..66004c7f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,42 +6,10 @@ and using this socket to send and receive messages based on the Protocol Buffers library. It is designed to facilitate the communication between Cura and its backend and similar code. -Installing Protobuf -------------------- -1. Be sure to have libtool installed. -2. Download ```protobuf``` >= 3.0.0 from https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases (download ZIP and unZIP at desired location, or clone the repo). The protocol buffer is used for communication between the CuraEngine and the GUI. -3. Compile protobuf from the protobuf directory: - $ ```$ mkdir build && cd build``` -4. Open CMAKE GUI and disable building of tests: - $ ```$ cmake-gui``` -5. $ ```$ make``` -6. $ ```# make install``` - (Please note the ```#```. It indicates the need of superuser, as known as root, priviliges.) -7. (In case the shared library cannot be loaded, you can try ```sudo ldconfig``` on Linux systems) - -Installing Protobuf on Windows ------------------------------- -C++ - -(Make sure to use the latest MinGW stable version, e.g. MinGW 4.8.1) - -1. Download and install MinGW-get from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/mingw-get/ -2. With MinGW-get, install the MSYS package for MinGW -3. With MinGW-get, install msys-autogen, msys-automake, msys-libtool -4. Download ProtoBuf from https://github.com/google/protobuf (tested with version 3.0.0) -5. Extract ProtoBuf to ```.../MinGW/msys/1.0/local``` -6. Launch ```.../MinGW/msys/1.0/msys.bat``` (run as administrator!) -7. Open a terminal and navigate to ```.../MinGW/msys/1.0/local/protobuf-3.0.0-alpha-1``` -8. ```$ ./autogen.sh``` - 1. If at this point you are getting errors of missing AM_PROG_AR, you must make sure the ```ar.exe``` binary is installed and the newest stable version. -9. ```$ ./configure``` -10. ```$ mingw32-make``` -11. ```$ mingw32-make install``` - Building ======== -To build the library, you need CMake and Protobuf installed (see below). In addition, if the +To build the library, you need [CMake](https://www.cmake.org) and [Protobuf 3](https://github.com/google/protobuf) installed. In addition, if the Python module should be installed, you need a python interpreter available withh the sip tool installed. Only Python 3 is supported.