Building Ears Wide Open

Operating system specific instructions for creating a build from scratch.

  • On GNU/Linux
  • On MacOs
  • On Windows
  • On *BSD

Overview for setting up a build environment

This section is only to list main steps you have to follow on all platforms. This part is intended for anyone unfamiliar with the process of compiling C softwares from sources.

  • install dependencies (git, GCC),
  • checkout Ears Wide Open’s source code from version control,
  • use Make to compile the source code into an executable.

Todo

  • Create a /lib folder to add the necessary libraries in static and compile against these this would maybe avoid to download or install too many things for the person willing to contribute and avoid as well version issues (except the compiler of course)

Optionnaly you can:

  • install a text editor or IDE

Build the system

Blender uses Make build system through a Makefile. In order to perform the build you have to go to the /source folder and launch the command:

$ make

At the moment the official release build the software against GCC 5.3.0.

Todo

  • Add to the main Makefile a possibility to compile the documentation

Library versions

Here you’ll find a list of official libraries used in the project. We’ll try to use at maximum official supported version (i.e those used by official build environments).

Library Version
Portaudio V19