Re: freecad 19.1 / flatpak

[Christophe Pisteur]

Le samedi 03 avril 2021 à 19:21 +0000, Ekaitz Zarraga a écrit :
> ....
> 
> At the moment we have the 18.5 version of freecad available.
> Surprising or not, I was the guy who updated it to that version (and
> fixed the package because it wasn't even working) and I have bad news
> for you.
> Freecad is very hard to compile. It has tons of dependencies and all
> of them require special effort (some are broken, have broken
> compilation tools...).
> Maybe they changed that in the new version but... I don't think so.
> I spent a hella lot of time trying to fix it.
> I will take a look to the Nix package and try to convert it to Guix
> but it will take time.
> 
> If anyone is interested on taking a look...
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/3ab6e84b79abc45855e666fff33078189b4960c3/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
> 
> > That said, why not give it a try if someone has the patience to
> > answer the 
> > countless questions I'm sure to have... with no guarantee of
> > success. 
> > See if the collective effort is worth it.
> I can (try to) answer every single question you have so please, don't
> be shy.
> 
> Best,
> Ekaitz

Ok, I will try. 
If I understand correctly, we will communicate privately, won't we?
I'll start by reading the document on the definition of package at
guix.

Christophe