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[Philipp Moeller <>]

David Arken 
<>
 writes:

> I would argue its far from simple. I've a bunch of Windows machines.
> The following:
>
>> git clone https://code.google.com/p/cgal-bindings
>> cd cgal-bindings
>> mkdir build/CGAL-3.9_release -p
>> cd build/CGAL-3.9_release
>> cmake -DCGAL_DIR=/usr/lib/CGAL -DBUILD_PYTHON=OFF 
>> -DJAVA_OUTDIR_PREFIX=../../examples/java ../..
>> make -j 4
>> cd ../../examples/java
>> javac test_kernel.java
>> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:lib
>> java test_kernel
> ... output of the example test_kernel.java ...
>
> Means:
>
> I have to not only install cmake on the system, but also java (java
> from Oracle?), make sure they are in the path.  

You don't need java if you don't want to generate the java bindings.

> And on windows, where do you get "make" from. 

CMake supports generators for different platforms. make is just the
default. You will need to chose a generator that suits you. You will not
be able to get around having a C++ compiler though.

> Its completely useless, unless there is an MSI for this code - that
> picks python 2.7.3 or 3.3 automatically and installs the bindings -
> like every other python library that works on windows. Thats just my
> opinion.

Please keep in mind that not "every other python library" has C++
bindings which complicates matters.

Anyway, an installer would certainly be useful and would make a great
feature, but this hasn't been done yet. Please write a feature request
in the issue tracker.

>
> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Philipp Moeller
> <>
>  wrote:
>> David Arken 
>> <>
>>  writes:
>>
>>> Is there an installer somewhere that I can download for python 2.7.3
>>> 32-bit for windows which will get me CGAL Bindings for python on
>>> windows?
>>
>> There is a separate mailing-list for CGAL-bindings [1] and the
>> installation instructions are here [2].
>>
>> Footnotes:
>> [1]  
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/cgal-bindings-discuss
>> [2]  http://code.google.com/p/cgal-bindings/wiki/Installation