Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 13:17:41 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info>, "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: Ludovit Koren <ludovit.koren@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: (slicers and linux ports) was: Re: running FreeBSD on Notebook Message-ID: <ee0688b7-0a5b-6024-29cd-6b7cd370af5b@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjnG6VtDtOzw_6G3A8CR92BZsXYooWGT3Q%2Bbt0vtYmN-ZA@mail.gmail.com> References: <86fslmhi3r.fsf@gmail.com> <f3ae7e14-7aa5-0234-9f44-3edbc2a885a2@dreamchaser.org> <20220506185541.e3f85e4418f73749eba8cac9@sohara.org> <CAFYkXjnG6VtDtOzw_6G3A8CR92BZsXYooWGT3Q%2Bbt0vtYmN-ZA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/6/22 12:31 PM, Tomek CEDRO wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 7:56 PM Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >> On Fri, 6 May 2022 11:38:29 -0600 >> Gary Aitken wrote: >>> I don't currently run fbsd on a laptop; I run ubuntu only because some >>> apps I need like prusa-slicer aren't available on fbsd. >> I run slicer, Flashprint and Simplify3d[1] in a Linux VM under >> Bhyve. > > I did port CURA (both GUI and CLI part) some time ago around 2014.. > but I have switched to Zortrax UV LCD printer and that one uses closed > source Z-Suite.. so I need to have one (and only) windoze machine for > 3D printer and CNC machine control with windoze only soft for them. > > It is possible to use most Linux ELF binaries directly on FreeBSD, but > the tools are Open-Source so it is a good thing to port them to > FreeBSD so you can have a native port/package :-) > >>>From what I can see, Prusa software [1] is Open-Source and based on > Slic3r [2]. I was using Slic3r too before I ported Cura. I cannot see > the Slic3r anymore (maybe I was running it from the sources directly), > but all Cura ports [3][4] and PrusaSlicer [5] seems to be still > maintained natively on FreeBSD :-) Here is a forum thread on how to > run Slic3r from the sources [6] :-) > > [1] https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer > [2] https://github.com/slic3r/Slic3r > [3] https://www.freshports.org/cad/cura/ > [4] https://www.freshports.org/cad/cura-engine/ > [5] https://www.freshports.org/cad/PrusaSlicer/ > [6] https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/laser-cutter-3d-printer.62273/ I started working on porting prusa-slicer; the main problem I found was there were conditional compiles based on "ifdef linux", most of which were actually *nix dependencies. I sent a note to the developers about changing them but never heard back. I got busy and haven't had time to look at it. Unfortunately, I've had nothing but incredibly bad experiences trying to adapt linux-based ports; I've never gotten anywhere, starting with the configure stuff. I'm sure it's my mushy brain, but it would be nice if there was some reasonable "walk-me-through-it" somewhere. Gary
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