Solved FreeCAD

[fernandel]

Hi!

After long time of using wifes computer with FreeCAD and I try it to compile today and looks like wifes computer will be good still because FreeCAD for whatever reason needs QT5-engine which needs Python 2.7. I thought we are done with version 2.7 but no. Is it possible to install FreeCAD withou qt5-engiine and avoid Python 2.7, please?

Thank you.

 

[Alain De Vos]

dependency is normally python3.7 so it should work.
"pkg install freecad" pulls in python3.7 for me.

 

[fernandel]

dependency is normally python3.7 so it should work.
"pkg install freecad" pulls in python3.7 for me.

...but it pulls QT5-Webengine which pulls Python 2.7. FreeCAD doesn't have any options except "collada".

 

[Alain De Vos]

I just installed and started FreeCad. It runs fine here. And it did not pulled in python2.
Only python37.
Do you use FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE ?

 

[fernandel]

I just installed and started FreeCad. It runs fine here. And it did not pulled in python2.
Only python37.
Do you use FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE ?

Yes, 13.0-RELEASE. Did you install QT5-webengine, because it aks for Python 2.7.

 

[Tieks]

Take a look at /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk, the line PYTHON_DEFAULT? tells you your current default version. Should at least be 3.7 or 3.8 if your ports tree is up to date.
Check /etc/make.conf too, there may be an override there.

 

[fernandel]

Take a look at /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk, the line PYTHON_DEFAULT? tells you your current default version. Should at least be 3.7 or 3.8 if your ports tree is up to date.
Check /etc/make.conf too, there may be an override there.

In /usr/ports/MK/bsd.default.versions.mk I have Python 3.8 default and there are also PYTHON2_DEFAULT?=2.7. If commented 2.7 then FreeCAD cannot build. In /etc/make.conf I do not have anything related to Python.

 

[jbo@]

I'm a FreeCAD user and on FreeBSD I build it myself from ports (using poudriere).
The default configuration works out of the box for me.

Did you modify the build options/configuration?

 

[fernandel]

No, I didn't change any options.

 

[jbo@]

I might be missing something obvious here but I looked at the dependencies of cad/freecad and it doesn't list www/qt5-webengine as a dependency.
It does list www/qt5-webkit as a dependency but that one does not rely on an upstream python 2.7 dependency.

Did you update your ports tree?

 

[fernandel]

I did and I do not know why and which port call for qt5-webengine.

Maybe is something related to devel/pyside2

 

[Lamia]

I'm a FreeCAD user and on FreeBSD I build it myself from ports (using poudriere).
The default configuration works out of the box for me.

Did you modify the build options/configuration?

I prefer OpenSCAD!

 

[Lamia]

OpenSCAD is not bad. It requires scripting ability though.

FreshPorts -- cad/openscad: Programmer's solid 3D CAD modeller

OpenSCAD is a software for creating 3D CAD objects. Unlike most free software for creating 3D models, it does not focus on the artistic aspects of 3D modelling but instead on the CAD aspects. Thus it is more suitable for creating 3D models of machine parts but perhaps not when creating...

www.freshports.org

 

[jmos]

cad/freecad -> www/qt5-webkit -> www/qt5-webchannel -> www/qt5-webengine

On a blank machine the FreeCAD package pulls in 281 other packages, but no lang/python27; The old Python port is just a build dependency of www/qt5-webengine, and can be removed afterwards again.

 

[fernandel]

OpenSCAD is not bad. It requires scripting ability though.

FreshPorts -- cad/openscad: Programmer's solid 3D CAD modeller

OpenSCAD is a software for creating 3D CAD objects. Unlike most free software for creating 3D models, it does not focus on the artistic aspects of 3D modelling but instead on the CAD aspects. Thus it is more suitable for creating 3D models of machine parts but perhaps not when creating...

www.freshports.org

Thank you. I knew about it but I need just for simple things and FreeCAD is good for me but anywhere I do not understand why it needs cad/freecad -> www/qt5-webkit -> www/qt5-webchannel -> www/qt5-webengine, sound...

 

[Lamia]

Thank you. I knew about it but I need just for simple things and FreeCAD is good for me but anywhere I do not understand why it needs cad/freecad -> www/qt5-webkit -> www/qt5-webchannel -> www/qt5-webengine, sound...

You may be better build with ports and set make.conf e.g. to use only python37.

 

[Lamia]

That will reduce the number of dependences it will pull be in buildtime or runtime dep. Pkg install will request for tonnes; like I saw it above that it needed 289 deps.

 

[jmos]

You may be better build with ports and set make.conf e.g. to use only python37.

Won't help - python27 is an explicit build dependency named with "27" in the Makefile - you cannot built it with python37 or python38.

 

[Lamia]

Won't help - python27 is an explicit build dependency named with "27" in the Makefile - you cannot built it with python37 or python38.

I won't expect that it must by python=python37 but python=+python37. Building via ports reduces the deps that come with its installation let alone cleaning up for unnecessary pkgs.

 

[jbo@]

I prefer OpenSCAD!

OpenSCAD is not bad. It requires scripting ability though.

I don't see how this is relevant for this topic.
FreeCAD and OpenSCAD are not interchangable products anyway.

 

[Lamia]

I don't see how this is relevant for this topic.
FreeCAD and OpenSCAD are not interchangable products anyway.

Thanks Joel. It must have been informational to one or more other members.

Other relevant texts on how to fix the problem were subsequently posted.

 

[fernandel]

I did install FreeCAD with success and after installation removed Python27. It works.

Thank you for help.

 

[Vlatiha]

dependency is normally python3.7 so it should work.
"pkg install freecad" pulls in python3.7 for me.

May I ask you, how you did this? Unfortunately FreeCAD is not in my FREEBSD-13.0 repository (any more)? Do I need some extra repository?

 

[tingo]

Have you updated your repository?

root@kg-vm5:~ # freebsd-version -ku
13.0-RELEASE-p1
13.0-RELEASE-p2
root@kg-vm5:~ # pkg search freecad
FreeCAD-0.19.1                 General purpose 3D CAD modeller

FreeCAD seems to be there. Also, FreshPorts reports that a FreeCAD package is available for FreeBSD 13.0 on the amd64 and aarch64 architectures

 

[fernandel]

May I ask you, how you did this? Unfortunately FreeCAD is not in my FREEBSD-13.0 repository (any more)? Do I need some extra repository?