meshlab/scripts/Windows/README.md

Windows Scripts

This folder contains a series of scripts to build and deploy MeshLab under a Windows environment. Note: scripts are written in bash, therefore they should be run in a linux subsystem environment.

• 1_build.sh: this script builds MeshLab in a Windows environment:
  • it requires a properly set Visual Studio (>=2015) and MSVC compiler;
  • it requires a properly set Qt environment;
  • cmake in the PATH env variable;
  • takes as arguments:
    • the build directory (default: src/build): --build_path=path/to/build
    • the install directory (default: src/install): --install_path=path/to/install
    • the number of cores used to build MeshLab (default: -j4)`
    • the possibility to build MeshLab with double precision scalar: --double_precision
• 2_deploy.sh: this script makes the given path a portable version of MeshLab. Takes as arguments:
  • the path where the output install path of the 1_build.sh script is placed (default: src/install): --install_path=path/to/install
• 3_installer.sh: this script computes, starting from the portable folder of MeshLab, an NSIS installer. Takes as arguments:
  • the path where the output install path of the 2_deploy.sh script is placed (default: src/install): --install_path=path/to/install
  • if MeshLab has been built with double precision scalar, add: --double_precision
  • it requires makensis.exe in the PATH env variable.

Examples

Building MeshLab on Windows, having VisualStudio, MSVC and Qt installed, cmake in the PATH (build placed in meshlab/src/build):

git clone --recursive https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab
sh meshlab/scripts/Windows/1_build.sh