opensim-build

Opensim Core & Gui Build

Building from the source code

NOTE: On all platforms (Windows, OSX, Linux), you should build all OpenSim dependencies (Simbody, etc) with the same CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE (Linux) / CONFIGURATION (MSVC/Xcode) (e.g., Release, Debug) as OpenSim. Failing to do so may result in mysterious runtime errors like segfaults.

Arch Linux Platform Dependencies

1. Install platform specific dependencies from pacman

sudo pacman -S base-devel cmake autoconf pkg-config automake blas lapack freeglut libxi libxmu doxygen python3 python-numpy git openssl pcre pcre2 libtool gcc-fortran ninja patchelf byacc bison glu jdk8-openjdk

2. Install this specific outdated version of SWIG (4.1.1):

sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/s/swig/swig-4.1.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

NOTE: If you run sudo pacman -Syu it will update the SWIG version so you'll have to run the command again to revert to the older version

3. Install Netbeans 12.3

mkdir -p ~/opensim-workspace/Netbeans12.3 || true && cd ~/opensim-workspace/Netbeans12.3
wget -nc -q --show-progress https://archive.apache.org/dist/netbeans/netbeans/12.3/Apache-NetBeans-12.3-bin-linux-x64.sh
chmod 755 Apache-NetBeans-12.3-bin-linux-x64.sh
./Apache-NetBeans-12.3-bin-linux-x64.sh

Ubuntu Platform Dependencies

For now follow opensim build instructions 1

// TODO

Building on any Unix-Based Distribution (Ubuntu, Arch, Mac, NOT Windows)

1. Install platform dependencies first!

2. Build opensim-core by running build-core.sh. Add -n flag if you have and want to use Ninja instead of Makefiles

3. On first install you will need to add opensim-core to your path or symlink it to somewhere already on the path. Note that this script will ask for sudo so it is a good idea to inspect it's contents before running. This script will symlink opensim-core to usr/local/bin which should be on your path:

~/opensim-core/bin/opensim-install-command-line.sh

4. Optionally build the gui with build-gui.sh (you will need to build the core with java bindings)

Simbody build

1. Install platform dependencies (the opensim dependencies include all of these)

• cross-platform building: CMake 3.12 or later.
• compiler: Visual Studio 2015, 2017, or 2019 (Windows only), gcc 4.9.0 or later (typically on Linux), Clang 3.4 or later, or Apple Clang (Xcode) 8 or later.
• linear algebra: LAPACK 3.6.0 or later and BLAS
• visualization (optional): FreeGLUT, Xi and Xmu

2. Build simbody by running build-simbody.sh. Add -n flag if you have and want to use Ninja instead of Makefiles

Reference OpenSim Documentation

• Build Instructions 1 - Github

• Build Instructions 2 - Confluence

• Build Instructions 3 - Deprecated

• Build Instructions 4 - GUI

• Build Instructions 5 - GUI Installer

• Build Instructions 6 - Doxygen

• Build Instructions 7 - Linux Support

• Confluence Build C++ Example

• Code Standards