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How do you install and run slic3r from the tarball on Ubuntu 14.04

Posted by DavidTangye 
How do you install and run slic3r from the tarball on Ubuntu 14.04
May 31, 2014 08:30PM
There do not seem to be any instructions at [slic3r.org] for tarball installs.

I downloaded and extracted the tarball into /opt. I had also installed all the dependent ubuntu packages as per that page and [slic3r.org] with synaptic, although it appears they are only needed when installing from a git clone. I assume that it should not hurt to have them installed anyway, as slic3r presumably should need to use some of their object files. Perhaps the tarball install cannot find them. Anyway, I run -
$(cd /opt/Slic3r && /opt/Slic3r/bin/slic3r & )
and get -
Failed to initialize virtual file system at /Application::Loader line 1183.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /opt/Slic3r/lib/std/File/Glob.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /Application::Loader line 1433.
I don't want the git install if possible, as I would rather a stable tarball.
Re: How do you install and run slic3r from the tarball on Ubuntu 14.04
May 31, 2014 08:59PM
OK, I decided to install from git.

FYI:
The perl Build.PL step includes output of -
Running Slic3r under Perl >= 5.16 is not supported nor recommended
Ubuntu 14.04 has 5.18. However it ends OK:
All tests successful.
Files=31, Tests=331, 122 wallclock secs ( 0.16 usr  0.03 sys + 133.39 cusr  1.53 csys = 135.11 CPU)
Result: PASS

("perl Build.PL --gui " runs OK, and slic3r starts up OK)

It looks like the tarball is not the way to go with Ubuntu.
Re: How do you install and run slic3r from the tarball on Ubuntu 14.04
June 06, 2014 10:35PM
FYI there is a Debian 3D Printer group since last year, they are working on packaging a few apps including slic3r. Once they appear in Debian, Ubuntu should follow.

I found their git repo, I plan to try building my own slic3r deb package from it.
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