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En distribuciones recientes de linux, FreeCAD es sencillo de construir ya que todas las dependencias usualmente las provee el administrador de paquetes. Involucra 3 pasos básicamente:

Debajo encontrarás explicaciones detalladas sobre todo el proceso y peculiaridades que puedas encontrar. Si encuentras que algo está mal o no está actualizado en el texto debajo (distribuciones Linux cambian frecuentemente), o si usas una distribución que no está listada, por favor ayúdanos a corregirlo.

Obteniendo el código fuente
Antes de que puedas compilar FreeCAD, necesitas el código fuente. Hay 3 maneras de conseguirlo:

Git
El modo más rápido y el mejor para obtener el código es clonar el repositorio de Git (necesitas tener instalado el paquete Git):

Esto colocará una copia de la versión más reciente del código fuente de FreeCAD en el directorio llamado "free-cad-code". La primera vez que intentes conectarte al servidor free-cad.git.sourceforge.net recibirás un mensaje solicitándote que autentifiques la clave SSH de sourceforge, la cual es segura de aceptar normalmente (puedes checar sus claves SSH en la página web de sourceforge si no estás seguro)

Github
Siempre hay un repositorio actualizado de FreeCAD en Gihub: github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD

Paquete fuente
Alternativamente, puedes descargar un paquete fuente, pero podrían ser demasiado antiguos por lo que es mejor obtener el código más reciente vía git o github.


 * Paquetes oficiales de FreeCAD (independientes de distribución): https://sourceforge.net/projects/free-cad/files/FreeCAD%20Source/
 * Debian (no actualizado): http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/freecad
 * Ubuntu (no actualizado): http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/precise/freecad

Obtener las dependencias
Para compilar FreeCAD en Linux debes de instalar todas las librerías mencionadas en Third Party Libraries/es primero. Ten en cuenta que los nombres y disponibilidad de las librerías dependen de tu distribución. Considera que si no estás en la versión más reciente de tu distribución algunos de los paquetes debajo pueden estar faltando en tus repositorios. En ese caso ve la sección de Distribuciones antiguas y no convencionales debajo.

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Debian and Ubuntu
On Debian-based systems (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc...) it is quite easy to get all needed dependencies installed. Most of the libraries are available via apt-get or synaptic package manager.

either:
 * build-essential
 * cmake
 * python
 * python-matplotlib
 * libtool
 * libcoin60-dev (Debian Wheezy, Wheezy-backports, Ubuntu 13.04 and before)

or:
 * libcoin80-dev (Debian unstable(Jesse), testing, Ubuntu 13.10 and forward)

either:
 * libsoqt4-dev
 * libxerces-c-dev
 * libboost-dev
 * libboost-filesystem-dev
 * libboost-regex-dev
 * libboost-program-options-dev
 * libboost-signals-dev
 * libboost-thread-dev
 * libboost-python-dev
 * libqt4-dev
 * libqt4-opengl-dev
 * qt4-dev-tools
 * python-dev
 * python-pyside
 * pyside-tools
 * libopencascade-dev (official opencascade version)

or:
 * liboce*-dev (opencascade community edition)
 * oce-draw


 * libeigen3-dev
 * libqtwebkit-dev
 * libshiboken-dev
 * libpyside-dev
 * libode-dev
 * swig
 * libzipios++-dev
 * libfreetype6
 * libfreetype6-dev

Additional instruction for libcoin80-dev Debian wheezy-backports, unstable, testing, Ubuntu 13.10 and forward

Note that liboce*-dev includes the following libraries: You may have to install these packages by individual name.
 * liboce-foundation-dev
 * liboce-modeling-dev
 * liboce-ocaf-dev
 * liboce-visualization-dev
 * liboce-ocaf-lite-dev

Optionally you can also install these extra packages:
 * libsimage-dev (to make Coin to support additional image file formats)
 * checkinstall (to register your installed files into your system's package manager, so yo can easily uninstall later)
 * python-pivy (needed for the 2D Drafting module)
 * python-qt4 (needed for the 2D Drafting module)
 * doxygen and libcoin60-doc (if you intend to generate source code documentation)
 * libspnav-dev (for 3Dconnexion devices support like the Space Navigator or Space Pilot)

Ubuntu 16.04 users please see also these Additional instructions.

Fedora
You need the following packages :


 * gcc-c++ (or possibly another C++ compiler?)
 * cmake
 * doxygen
 * swig
 * gettext
 * dos2unix
 * desktop-file-utils
 * libXmu-devel
 * freeimage-devel
 * mesa-libGLU-devel
 * OCE-devel
 * python
 * python-devel
 * python-pyside-devel
 * pyside-tools
 * boost-devel
 * tbb-devel
 * eigen3-devel
 * qt-devel
 * qt-webkit-devel
 * ode-devel
 * xerces-c
 * xerces-c-devel
 * opencv-devel
 * smesh-devel
 * coin3-devel

(if coin2 is the latest available for your version of Fedora, use packages from http://www.zultron.com/rpm-repo/)
 * soqt-devel
 * freetype
 * freetype-devel

And optionally :


 * libspnav-devel (for 3Dconnexion devices support like the Space Navigator or Space Pilot)
 * pivy ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458975 Pivy is not mandatory but needed for the Draft module)

Gentoo
Easiest way to check which packages are needed to compile FreeCAD is to check via portage:

emerge -pv freecad

This should give a nice list of extra packages that you need installed on your system.

If FreeCAD is not available on portage, it is available on the waebbl overlay. The issue tracker on the waebbl overlay Github may help guide through some issues you may come across. The overlay provides freecad-9999, which you can choose to compile, or simply use to get the dependencies.

layman -a waebbl

OpenSUSE
You need the following packages: For FreeCAD 0.14 stable and 0.15 unstable, if Eigen3 and swig libraries are not found in standard repos, you can get them with a one-click install here: Also, note that the Eigen3 Library from Factory Education was causing problems sometimes, so use the one from the KDE 4.8 Extra repo
 * gcc
 * cmake
 * OpenCASCADE-devel
 * libXerces-c-devel
 * python-devel
 * libqt4-devel
 * libshiboken-devel
 * python-pyside-devel
 * python-pyside-tools
 * Coin-devel
 * SoQt-devel
 * boost-devel
 * libode-devel
 * libQtWebKit-devel
 * libeigen3-devel
 * gcc-fortran
 * freetype2
 * freetype2-devel
 * Eigen3
 * swig
 * Eigen3
 * swig

Starting with 0.17pre Opensuse 13.2 is too old to build due to too old boost.

Arch Linux
You will need the following libraries from the official repositories:


 * boost-libs
 * curl
 * hicolor-icon-theme
 * libspnav
 * opencascade
 * python2-matplotlib
 * shared-mime-info
 * xerces-c
 * boost
 * cmake
 * desktop-file-utils
 * eigen
 * gcc-fortran
 * swig

Also, make sure to check the AUR for any missing packages that are not on the repositories, currently:
 * coin
 * python2-pivy
 * python2-pyside
 * python2-pyside-tools
 * python2-shiboken
 * qtwebkit
 * med (Modelisation et Echanges de Donnees)

Older and non-conventional distributions
On other distributions, we have very few feedback from users, so it might be harder to find the required packages. Try first locating the required libraries mentioned in Third Party Libraries. Beware that some of them might have a slightly different package name in your distribution (such as name, libname, name-dev, name-devel, etc...).

You also need the GNU gcc compiler version equal or above 3.0.0. g++ is also needed because FreeCAD is completely written in C++. During the compilation some Python scripts get executed. So the Python interpreter has to work properly. To avoid any linker problems during the build process it is also a good idea to have the library paths either in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable or in your ld.so.conf file. This is normally already the case in recent distributions.

Debajo hay información adicional para algunas librería que podrían no estar presentes en los repositorios de tu distribución.

Pivy
Pivy no es necesario para construir FreeCAD o ejecutarlo, pero es requerido para que el módulo 2D Drafting funcione. Si no planeas utilizar este módulo, no necesitas pivy. En e momento de escribir esto, Pivy es muy reciente y puede que no esté en los repositorios de tu distribución. Si no puedes encontrarlos, puedes descargar los paquetes debian/ubuntu en la página de descargas de FreeCAD:

Pivy instrucciones de compilación

Utilizando cMake
cMake es un nuevo sistema de construcción que tiene la gran ventaja de ser común en diferentes sistemas (Linux, Windows, MacOSX, etc). FreeCAD está utilizando el sistema cMake como el sistema principal de construcción. Compilar con cMake es usualmente simple y sucede en dos pasos. En el primero, cMake revisa que todos los programas y librerías estén presentes en tu sistema y prepara todo lo necesario para la compilación subsecuente. Te son dadas algunas alternativas detalladas debajo, pero FreeCAD trae consigo defaults sensibles. El segundo paso es la compilación misma, la cual produce el ejecutable FreeCAD.

Dado que FreeCAD es una aplicación pesada, compilarlo tomará un poco de tiempo (alrededor de 10 minutos en una máquina rápida, 30 minutos en una máquina lenta)

Construyendo en la fuente
Freecad puede ser construido en la fuente, lo que significa que todos los archivos resultantes de la compilación permanecen en la misma carpeta que el código fuene. Esto está bien si solamente estás probando FreeCAD, y quieres ser capaz de removerlo fácilmente con solo eliminar la carpeta. Pero si planeas compilar frecuentemente, se te recomienda crear una construcción fuera de la fuente, lo que ofrece varias ventajas. Los siguientes comandos compilarán FreeCAD:

Si instalaste pivy desde la fuente, indica al compilador que utilice el pivy correcto (vía FREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_PIVY=1). También, pon el modo de construcción en debug. (NOTA: el "." y espacio después de las instrucciones cmake son CRÍTICAS):

Or for a Release build
Tu ejecutable FreeCAD residirá entonces en la carpeta "bin", y podrás ejecutarlo con:

How to repair your source code directory after accidentally running an in-source build
This is a method, using Git, to repair your source code directory after accidentally running an in-source build. If you do not clear it, subsequent runs of cmake may not capture all of your new options.

The first line clears the .gitignore file. This ensures that the following clean and reset commands will affect everything in the directory and will not ignore items matching the expressions in .gitignore. The second line deletes all files and directories that are not tracked by the git repository, and then the reset will reset any changes to tracked files (including the first command which cleared the .gitignore file.

Construir fuera de la fuente
Si pretendes seguir la ráida evolución de FreeCAD, construir en una carpeta separada es mucho más conveniente. Cada vez que actualices el código fuente, cMake distinguirá inteligentemente que archivos han cambiado y recompilará solamente aquello que sea necesario. Construcciones fuera de la fuente son especialmente útiles al utilizar el sistema Git, ya que puedes probar fácilmente otras ramas sin confundir el sistema de construcción. Para construir fuera de la fuente, simplemente crea un directorio de construcción, distinto a tu carpeta fuente de freecad, y, desde la carpeta de construccion, indícale a cMake la carpeta fuente:

El ejecutable FreeCAD residirá en el directorio "bin" (dentro de tu directorio de construcción).

Configuration options
There are a number of experimental or unfinished modules you may have to build if you want to work on them. To do so, you need to set the proper options for the configuration phase. Do it either on the command line, passing -D : = options to cMake or using one of the available gui-frontends (eg for Debian, packages cmake-qt-gui or cmake-curses-gui). Changing any options for cmake away from their default values, is much easier with cmake-gui or other graphical cmake applications than with cmake on the command line, as they will give you interactive feed back. Alternatively, you can run cmake -LH to print a list of options as well as their default values.

As an example, to configure FreeCAD with the Assembly module built just tick the box in a cmake gui application (e.g. cmake-gui) or on the command line issue:

Possible options are listed in FreeCAD's root CmakeLists.txt file.

Building for Qt5
By default, FreeCAD builds for Qt4. It is possible to build for Qt5 by enabling the -DBUILD-QT5</tt> option in cmake</tt>.

Building for a specific Python version
By default, FreeCAD may only detect Python 2. It is possible to choose how to build for a specific version of Python (e.g. Python 2 or Python 3) by setting some cmake</tt> options. An example for Python 3 is shown below:

The locations and version numbers of your Python files and directories will be different depending on which distribution you are using. You can find them using the Unix locate</tt> command.

Qt designer plugin
If you want to develop Qt stuff for FreeCAD, you'll need the Qt Designer plugin that provides all custom widgets of FreeCAD. Go to

So far we don't provide a makefile -- but calling

creates it. Once that's done, calling

will create the library libFreeCAD_widgets.so. To make this library known to Qt Designer you have to copy the file to $QTDIR/plugin/designer

Doxygen
If you feel bold enough to dive in the code, you could take advantage to build and consult Doxygen generated FreeCAD's Source documentation

Making a debian package
If you plan to build a Debian package out of the sources you need to install those packages first:

To build a package open a console, simply go to the FreeCAD directory and call

Once the package is built, you can use lintian to check if the package contains errors

Note for 64bit systems
When building FreeCAD for 64-bit there is a known issue with the OpenCASCADE 64-bit package. To get FreeCAD running properly you might need to run the ./configure script with the additional define _OCC64 set:

For Debian based systems this workaround is not needed when using the prebuilt package because there the OpenCASCADE package is built to set internally this define. Now you just need to compile FreeCAD the same way as described above.

Automatic build scripts
Here is all what you need for a complete build of FreeCAD. It's a one-script-approach and works on a fresh installed distro. The commands will ask for root password (for installation of packages) and sometime to acknowledge a fingerprint for an external repository server or https-subversion repository. These scripts should run on 32 and 64 bit versions. They are written for different versions, but are also likely to run on a later version with or without major changes.

If you have such a script for your preferred distro, please send it! We will incorporate it into this article.

Ubuntu
These scripts provide a reliable way to install the correct set of dependencies required to build and run FreeCAD on Ubuntu. They make use of the FreeCAD Ubuntu PPA repositories, and should work on any version of Ubuntu targeted by the PPA. The 'daily' PPA targets recent versions of Ubuntu, and the 'stable' PPA targets all officially supported versions of Ubuntu.

This script installs dependencies for the daily development snapshot of FreeCAD.

This script installs dependencies for the latest stable release of FreeCAD. (For Ubuntu 12.04, omit "--enable-source" from the add-apt-repository command.)

(These scripts also install the PPA build of FreeCAD itself, as a side effect. You could then uninstall that while leaving the dependencies in place. However, leaving it installed will enable the package manager to keep the set of dependencies up to date, which is useful if you are following the development for a long time.)

After installing the dependencies, please see the generic instructions for getting the source code, running CMake, and compiling. The following script is an example of one way to do this.

OpenSUSE 12.2
No external Repositories are needed to compile FreeCAD 0.13 with this release. However, there is an imcompatability with python3-devel which needs to be removed. FreeCAD can be compiled from GIT similar to in OpenSUSE 12.2

Since you are using git, next time you wish to compile you do not have to clone everything, just pull from git and compile once more

Fedora 27/28/29
Posted by user [PrzemoF] in the forum.

{ echo "~/$MAIN_DIR already exist. Quitting.."; exit; } cd $MAIN_DIR git clone https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD.git mkdir $BUILD_DIR

Updating the source code
FreeCAD development happens fast, everyday or so there are bug fixes or new features. The cmake systems allows you to intelligently update the source code, and only recompile what has changed, making subsequent compilations very fast. Updating the source code with git or subversion is very easy:

Move into the appropriate build directory and run cmake again (as cmake updates the version number data for the Help menu, ...about FreeCAD), however you do not need to add the path to source code after "cmake", just a space and a dot:

Links
See also Compiling - Speeding up How to speed up compilation