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
