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<p>Kshepherd: /* Installing dependencies */</p> <hr /> <div>Note that these instructions are for running the development code which resides on github. They are specifically ''not'' for running the old python 2 based code from bitbucket. <br /> <br /> To run the code you will in summary need:<br /> <br /> * Python 3 (any python version, including Anaconda, from 3.5.0 and upwards)<br /> * PyQT5<br /> * PyOpenGL<br /> * numpy<br /> <br /> == Running from source on Linux ==<br /> <br /> These instructions are written for Ubuntu 20.04. Other systems might need a slightly adapted procedure.<br /> <br /> === Installing dependencies ===<br /> <br /> All dependencies are available via apt:<br /> <br /> sudo apt-get install python3 python3-opengl python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qtopengl python3-pyqt5.qtsvg python3-numpy git git-lfs<br /> <br /> === Getting the source ===<br /> <br /> As we fetch source code from several repos, let's make a subdir in our home to store everything:<br /> <br /> cd ~<br /> mkdir makehuman-devel<br /> cd makehuman-devel<br /> <br /> Fetch all source directories. For now we'll use a fork of MHX2, but once we're sure our py3 port works we'll send a pull request back to Thomas:<br /> <br /> git clone https://github.com/makehumancommunity/makehuman.git<br /> git clone https://github.com/makehumancommunity/community-plugins-mhapi.git<br /> git clone https://github.com/makehumancommunity/community-plugins-assetdownload.git<br /> git clone https://github.com/makehumancommunity/mhx2-makehuman-exchange<br /> <br /> === Link plugins ===<br /> <br /> We'll put symlinks in the plugin directory so that we can simply pull from the plugin repos and get the newest versions later on.<br /> <br /> cd makehuman/makehuman/plugins<br /> ln -s ../../../community-plugins-mhapi/1_mhapi<br /> ln -s ../../../community-plugins-assetdownload/8_asset_downloader<br /> ln -s ../../../mhx2-makehuman-exchange/9_export_mhx2<br /> <br /> === Download core assets ===<br /> <br /> Cd to the makehuman dir and run the download script<br /> <br /> cd ..<br /> python3 download_assets_git.py<br /> <br /> You can also optionally run the compile*.py scripts to generate NPZ files, but this is strictly speaking not necessary<br /> <br /> === Start makehuman ===<br /> <br /> To start MH be sure to use python3:<br /> <br /> python3 makehuman.py<br /> <br /> If you get a crash or no toon is visible in the window, try:<br /> <br /> python3 makehuman.py --noshaders<br /> <br /> == Running from source on windows ==<br /> <br /> These instructions should work independently of windows version. <br /> <br /> === Installing dependencies ===<br /> <br /> The only thing you need to download manually is Python. Any python from version 3.6.0 and upwards should work, including versions such as Anaconda. <br /> <br /> You can get an official python here: https://www.python.org/downloads/<br /> <br /> It should not matter if you download 32 or 64 bit versions. <br /> <br /> When installing python, opt to add python to PATH. <br /> <br /> After having installed python, start a command prompt (left windows key + r, enter &quot;cmd&quot;), run the following commands to install the dependencies:<br /> <br /> pip install numpy<br /> pip install pyopengl<br /> pip install pyqt5<br /> <br /> If it says it cannot find the command &quot;pip&quot;, you will have to specify the full path to it. This should be in the &quot;scripts&quot; dir where you installed python.<br /> <br /> === Getting the source ===<br /> <br /> Quickest and easiest is to download a zip file of the repository, although you will most likely want to use git. <br /> <br /> You can find the zip file here: https://github.com/makehumancommunity/makehuman/archive/master.zip<br /> <br /> If you use git, the address to clone is https://github.com/makehumancommunity/makehuman.git<br /> <br /> Unzip / clone the source at an appropriate location. <br /> <br /> === Download core assets ===<br /> <br /> Again start a command prompt, &quot;cd&quot; to the &quot;makehuman&quot; subdir of where you put the source, and run the download script<br /> <br /> python download_assets_git.py<br /> <br /> It is normal that this script takes a (very) long time to finish, but all subsequent updates should be more or less immediate. <br /> <br /> The above command requires that git is installed with support for git LFS, see https://git-lfs.github.com/. It it's not possible to use git with lfs, you can instead run<br /> <br /> python download_assets.py<br /> <br /> But this is deprecated and will currently fetch outdated assets.<br /> <br /> You can also optionally run the compile*.py scripts to generate NPZ files, but this is strictly speaking not necessary.<br /> <br /> === Start makehuman ===<br /> <br /> To start MH:<br /> <br /> python makehuman.py<br /> <br /> If you get a crash or no toon is visible in the window, try:<br /> <br /> python makehuman.py --noshaders<br /> <br /> == Running from source on Mac ==<br /> <br /> To be written</div>

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