[Bf-committers] the install prefix

[Matthew]

On 01/02/2014 09:33 PM, YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to create a package for my distro where blender is installed in /opt/blender.
> I do this:
> $ tar xvf blender-2.69.tar.gz
> $ mkdir blender
> $ cd blender
> $ cmake ../blender-2.69 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/blender
> $ make install DESTDIR=/tmp/blender-2.69
> 
> I expect to have this:
> /tmp/blender-2.69/opt/bin/blender
> 
> But I got this:
> /tmp/blender-2.69/home/yugiohjcj/documents/downloads/software/blender/bin
> In this folder, there is no "blender" binary file.
> 
> Blender works well in my blender build directory.
> I can do:
> $ bin/blender
> and it runs.
> Just a minor problem is I need to copy the "../blender-2.69/release/scripts" directory to the "release" directory in order to avoid these errors:
> $ bin/blender 
> Color management: using fallback mode for management
> BLF_lang_init: 'locale' data path for translations not found, continuing
> AL lib: alcOpenDevice: Option 'format' is deprecated, please use 'channels' and 'sample-type'
> AL lib: UpdateDeviceParams: Failed to set 44100hz, got 48000hz instead
> bpy: couldnt find 'scripts/modules', blender probably wont start.
> ImportError: No module named 'bpy_types'
> ImportError: No module named 'bpy_types'
> pyrna_srna_ExternalType: failed to find 'bpy_types' module
> ImportError: No module named 'bpy_types'
> ImportError: No module named 'bpy_types'
> pyrna_srna_ExternalType: failed to find 'bpy_types' module
> ImportError: No module named 'bpy_types'
> pyrna_srna_ExternalType: failed to find 'bpy_types' module
> ImportError: No module named 'bpy'
> ImportError: No module named 'bpy_types'
> [...]
> Aborted
> 
> So, the only problem I have is that the install prefix "/opt/blender" is not recognised.
> As you can see, the destination directory does not contain the "/opt/blender" prefix, but the full path from the build directory (including my home folder).
> 
> Can you explain me how to have the correct install prefix ? (and also the "blender" binary in the bin folder)
> 
> Thank you.
> Best regards.
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You need to unset the WITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE option as well, which is by
default on and ignores your CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX in favor of installing
to where you built blender.