Building Pointcaster

Source code for Pointcaster is available on Github.

Start by cloning the repository.

Linux

Builds on Linux use a containerised environment created using the Dockerfile in the root of the repository. This handles download, installation and configuration of all dependencies.

The Pointcaster AppImage can be built using Docker or Podman from the repository root like so:

docker build -t pointcaster .
docker run --rm -it -v ./:/pointcaster:Z -w/pointcaster pointcaster ./scripts/build-linux-release.sh

The docker run command arguments ensure that the repository is mounted inside the container and set as the working directory.

For a development shell, invoke bash or fish, where you can configure and build using cmake:

docker run --rm -it -v ./:/pointcaster:Z -w/pointcaster pointcaster bash
# then inside the dev shell:
> cmake --preset linux-release
> cmake --build build/linux-release --target install

This places a portable build at build/linux-release/install/bin/pointcaster which can be run outside the container.

Windows