Build from Source: Linux

Build instructions for BALL from source code including the ball_contrib package.

Prerequisites

• Git
• CMake >= 3.1.x
• Python 2.7

Build ball_contrib

git clone https://github.com/BALL-Project/ball_contrib.git
cd ball_contrib
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
// get a coffee and be patient, this can take hours ...

Build BALL

git clone https://github.com/BALL-Project/ball.git
cd ball
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DBALL_CONTRIB_PATH=<path_to_ball_contrib>/build/install
make
// Optional: build unit tests
make build_tests