Build from source

After unzipping a :

     osc_[vis,batch]_source-<version>.zip

source kit, go under the osc_[vis,batch] directory and follow instructions found in the README file.

Note that in the 17.x versions we get rid of the obuild system. The build is now done by a set of bash scripts which, we though, are much more comprehensive and manageable than obuild (and any build system in fact!). A major problematic point for any build system is the way to find/attach the "external" packages (zip, freetype, OpenMotif, gtk, Qt, Python, etc...). To bypass that, the 17.x series come from the code of the lightest ones (as expat, freetype, zlib) (found under inexlib/ourex) and with an easy tunable way to attach the most heaviest ones (as Qt, Python) not coming with our source kit (and which are then assumed to be already installed on your computer). For them the access customization is done with the :

     inexlib/exlib/mgr/use_[Qt,Python,etc...]

bash scripts which, we though, are easy to modify. (The customization of compilers is done in the inexlib/inlib/mgr/use_[cc,cpp] scripts).