A linux based darktable builder and installer. The source can be either the development git version or a stable version via local tarball.
This project was initially created to automate the darktable clone (or pull), configure, build and install process.
The first script was never put on-line, it worked but wasn't flexible enough and became bloated with stuff that wasn't part of the core idea. This version is back to its leaner form and hopefully flexible enough for future ideas.
Being able to keep using the default, stable darktable that comes with your Linux distro and test or play with an up-to-date development version has always been the starting point when I started building the main script. Out-of-the-box this script will build and install locally.
Although multiple darktable's can be run with the --configdir option I prefer to separate the two versions even more by using two different users. This is less prone to ending up with a user environment that is only accessible by the newest, possibly unstable version.
The main script does not handle the above mentioned separation! Assuming that you want to run multiple darktable versions; It is up to you to set this up the way you like it. My personal preference is setting up functions and/or aliases to run the different versions.
In its simplest form dt.bldr.sh will keep things local, everything will be placed in ~/.local to be precise. Have a good look at the configuration options and the README files before running the main script.
The main script, dt.bldr.sh, can be used to clone, pull, build and install darktable. Each action can be done separately, all at once or in some combination. There's also an option to integrate one single outside branch, which can be used to check a bug fix that is still part of their personal repository.
A companion script, dt.cfg.sh, can be used to check the configuration file(s) or show some relevant information. This script is also run automatically when the main script is used.
After fetching this repo you can use the installer.sh script to put all the files and directories in their intended place: sudo sh install.sh There is also a very simple uninstall.sh script present in the bin directory.
Before you run dt.bldr.sh for the first time please read the README files and have a look at the provided configuration files in examples
All the scripts should always be run as a normal user. The sudo command will be used in two situations: manually when executing the install.sh script or, automatically, when installing darktable system wide instead of locally.
To get an idea of the options and settings you might want to run dt.bldr.sh -h first.
If a system wide installation of darktable is what you are after then it is safe to copy examples/dt.bldr.cfg.system.wide to ~/.local/cfg and rename it to dt.bldr.cfg.
The dt.bldr.cfg.system.wide configuration file is based on the settings used by the darktable development team when using their build.sh script. The only exception being the CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE setting, which is changed from RelWithDebInfo to Release.
The other options in the dt.bldr.cfg.system.wide file have settings that should be sane/safe. You can change these to your liking.
Run dt.cfg.sh -h to check and get an overview of the options.
Run dt.cfg.sh -s to see all the options and some darktable/build related information.
Do not rely on the default run option the first time you use dt.bldr.sh. Use the following commands one at the time to make sure all is well:
dt.bldr.sh -c # first time run, clone darktable
dt.bldr.sh -b # build darktable
dt.bldr.sh -i # if all looks good, install darktable
If the above steps went as expected you can now safely run dt.bldr.sh without any options and thus fall back to the default run options that you set in the configuration file.