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+# Building Slic3r PE on Linux/UNIX
+
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+# Building Slic3r PE on Microsoft Windows
+
+The currently supported way of building Slic3r PE on Windows is with MS Visual Studio 2013
+using our Perl binary distribution (compiled from official Perl sources).
+You can use the free [Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/older-downloads/).
+
+Other setups (such as mingw + Strawberry Perl) _may_ work, but we cannot guarantee this will work
+and cannot provide guidance.
+
+
+### Geting the dependencies
+
+First, download and upnack our Perl + wxWidgets binary distribution:
+
+  - 32 bit, release mode: [wperl32-5.24.0-2018-03-02.7z](https://bintray.com/vojtechkral/Slic3r-PE/download_file?file_path=wperl32-5.24.0-2018-03-02.7z)
+  - 64 bit, release mode: [wperl64-5.24.0-2018-03-02.7z](https://bintray.com/vojtechkral/Slic3r-PE/download_file?file_path=wperl64-5.24.0-2018-03-02.7z)
+  - 64 bit, release mode + debug symbols: [wperl64d-5.24.0-2018-03-02.7z](https://bintray.com/vojtechkral/Slic3r-PE/download_file?file_path=wperl64d-5.24.0-2018-03-02.7z)
+
+It is recommended to unpack this package into `C:\`.
+
+Apart from wxWidgets and Perl, you will also need additional dependencies:
+
+  - Boost
+  - Intel TBB
+  - libcurl
+
+We have prepared a binary package of the listed libraries:
+
+  - 32 bit: [slic3r-destdir-32.7z](https://bintray.com/vojtechkral/Slic3r-PE/download_file?file_path=slic3r-destdir-32.7z)
+  - 64 bit: [slic3r-destdir-64.7z](https://bintray.com/vojtechkral/Slic3r-PE/download_file?file_path=slic3r-destdir-64.7z)
+
+It is recommended you unpack this package into `C:\local\` as the environment
+setup script expects it there.
+
+Alternatively you can also compile the additional dependencies yourself.
+There is a [powershell script](./deps-build/windows/slic3r-makedeps.ps1) which automates this process.
+
+### Building Slic3r PE
+
+Once the dependencies are set up in their respective locations,
+go to the `wperl*` directory extracted earlier and launch the `cmdline.lnk` file
+which opens a command line prompt with appropriate environment variables set up.
+
+In this command line, `cd` into the directory with Slic3r sources
+and use these commands to build the Slic3r from the command line:
+
+    perl Build.PL
+    perl Build.PL --gui
+    mkdir build
+    cd build
+    cmake .. -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+    nmake
+    ctest --verbose    # TODO: ???
+    cd ..
+    perl slic3r.pl
+
+The above commands use `nmake` Makefiles.
+You may also build Slic3r PE with other build tools:
+
+
+### Building with Visual Studio
+
+To build, lanuch and/or debug Slic3r PE with Visual Studio (64 bits), replace the `cmake` command with:
+
+    cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 12 Win64" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=Release;RelWithDebInfo || exit /b
+
+For the 32-bit variant, use:
+
+    cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 12" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=Release;RelWithDebInfo || exit /b
+
+After `cmake` has finished, go to the `Slic3r\build` directory and open the `Slic3r.sln` solution file.
+This should open Visual Studio and load all the Slic3r solution containing all the projects.
+Make sure you use Visual Studio 2013 to open the solution.
+
+You can then use the usual Visual Studio controls to build Slic3r.
+If you want to run or debug Slic3r from within Visual Studio, make sure the `slic3r` project is activated.
+There are multiple projects in the Slic3r solution, but only the `slic3r` project is configured with the right
+commands to run Slic3r.
+
+
+### Building with ninja
+
+To use [Ninja](TODO), replace the `cmake` and `nmake` commands with:
+
+    cmake .. -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+    ninja
diff --git a/doc/deps-build/unix-static/Makefile b/doc/deps-build/unix-static/Makefile
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+
+#
+# This makefile downloads, configures and builds Slic3r PE dependencies for Unix.
+# (That is, all dependencies except perl + wxWidgets.)
+# The libraries are installed in DESTDIR, which you can customize like so:
+#
+#     DESTDIR=foo/bar make
+#
+# The default DESTDIR is ~/slic3r-destdir
+# If the DESTDIR doesn't exits, the makefile tries to create it
+#
+# To pass the DESTDIR path along to cmake, set the use CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH variable
+# and set it to $DESTDIR/usr/local
+#
+# You can also customize the NPROC variable in the same way to configure the number
+# of cores the build process uses. By default this is set to what the `nproc` command says.
+#
+
+
+DESTDIR ?= $(HOME)/slic3r-destdir
+NPROC ?= $(shell nproc)
+
+
+BOOST = boost_1_66_0
+TBB_SHA = a0dc9bf76d0120f917b641ed095360448cabc85b
+TBB = tbb-$(TBB_SHA)
+OPENSSL = openssl-OpenSSL_1_1_0g
+CURL = curl-7.58.0
+
+.PHONY: all destdir boost libcurl libopenssl libtbb
+
+all: destdir boost libtbb libcurl
+	@echo
+	@echo "All done!"
+	@echo
+
+destdir:
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)
+
+
+
+boost: $(BOOST).tar.gz
+	tar -zxvf $(BOOST).tar.gz
+	cd $(BOOST) && ./bootstrap.sh --with-libraries=system,filesystem,thread,log,locale,regex --prefix=$(DESTDIR)/usr/local
+	cd $(BOOST) && ./b2 \
+		-j $(NPROC) \
+		link=static \
+		variant=release \
+		threading=multi \
+		boost.locale.icu=off \
+		cxxflags=-fPIC cflags=-fPIC \
+		install
+
+$(BOOST).tar.gz:
+	curl -L -o $@ https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.66.0/source/$@
+
+
+
+libtbb: $(TBB).tar.gz
+	tar -zxvf $(TBB).tar.gz
+	mkdir -p $(TBB)/mybuild
+	cd $(TBB)/mybuild && cmake .. -DTBB_BUILD_SHARED=OFF -DTBB_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
+	$(MAKE) -C $(TBB)/mybuild -j$(NPROC)
+	$(MAKE) -C $(TBB)/mybuild install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
+
+$(TBB).tar.gz:
+	curl -L -o $@ https://github.com/wjakob/tbb/archive/$(TBB_SHA).tar.gz
+
+
+
+libopenssl: $(OPENSSL).tar.gz
+	tar -zxvf $(OPENSSL).tar.gz
+	cd $(OPENSSL) && ./config --openssldir=/etc/ssl shared no-ssl3-method no-dynamic-engine '-Wa,--noexecstack'
+	make -C $(OPENSSL) depend
+	make -C $(OPENSSL) -j$(NPROC)
+	make -C $(OPENSSL) install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
+
+$(OPENSSL).tar.gz:
+	curl -L -o $@ 'https://github.com/openssl/openssl/archive/OpenSSL_1_1_0g.tar.gz'
+
+
+
+libcurl: libopenssl $(CURL).tar.gz
+	tar -zxvf $(CURL).tar.gz
+# XXX: disable shared?
+# Setting PKG_CONFIG_PATH should make libcurl find our previously built openssl
+	cd $(CURL) && PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(DESTDIR)/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure \
+		--enable-static \
+		--enable-shared \
+		--with-pic \
+		--enable-ipv6 \
+		--enable-versioned-symbols \
+		--enable-threaded-resolver \
+		--with-random=/dev/urandom \
+		--with-ca-bundle=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt \
+		--disable-ldap \
+		--disable-ldaps \
+		--disable-manual \
+		--disable-rtsp \
+		--disable-dict \
+		--disable-telnet \
+		--disable-pop3 \
+		--disable-imap \
+		--disable-smb \
+		--disable-smtp \
+		--disable-gopher \
+		--disable-crypto-auth \
+		--without-gssapi \
+		--without-libpsl \
+		--without-libidn2 \
+		--without-gnutls \
+		--without-polarssl \
+		--without-mbedtls \
+		--without-cyassl \
+		--without-nss \
+		--without-axtls \
+		--without-brotli \
+		--without-libmetalink \
+		--without-libssh \
+		--without-libssh2 \
+		--without-librtmp \
+		--without-nghttp2 \
+		--without-zsh-functions-dir
+	$(MAKE) -C $(CURL) -j$(NPROC)
+	$(MAKE) -C $(CURL) install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
+
+$(CURL).tar.gz:
+	curl -L -o $@ https://curl.haxx.se/download/$@
+
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(BOOST) $(BOOST).tar.gz $(TBB) $(TBB).tar.gz $(OPENSSL) $(OPENSSL).tar.gz $(CURL) $(CURL).tar.gz
diff --git a/doc/deps-build/windows/slic3r-makedeps.ps1 b/doc/deps-build/windows/slic3r-makedeps.ps1
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+#!powershell
+#
+# This script downloads, configures and builds Slic3r PE dependencies for Unix.
+# (That is, all dependencies except perl + wxWidgets.)
+#
+# To use this script, launch the Visual Studio command line,
+# `cd` into the directory containing this script and use this command:
+#
+#     powershell .\slic3r-makedeps.ps1
+#
+# The dependencies will be downloaded and unpacked into the current dir.
+# This script WILL NOT try to guess the build architecture (64 vs 32 bits),
+# it will by default build the 64-bit variant. To build the 32-bit variant, use:
+#
+#     powershell .\slic3r-makedeps.ps1 -b32
+#
+# Built libraries are installed into $destdir,
+# which by default is C:\local\slic3r-destdir-$bits
+# You can customize the $destdir using:
+#
+#     powershell .\slic3r-makedeps.ps1 -destdir C:\foo\bar
+#
+# To pass the $destdir path along to cmake, set the use CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH variable
+# and set it to $destdir\usr\local
+#
+# Script requirements: PowerShell 3.0, .NET 4.5
+#
+
+
+param(
+    [switch]$b32 = $false,
+    [string]$destdir = ""
+)
+
+if ($destdir -eq "") {
+    $destdir = "C:\local\slic3r-destdir-" + ('32', '64')[!$b32]
+}
+
+$BOOST = 'boost_1_63_0'
+$CURL = 'curl-7.28.0'
+$TBB_SHA = 'a0dc9bf76d0120f917b641ed095360448cabc85b'
+$TBB = "tbb-$TBB_SHA"
+
+
+try
+{
+
+
+# Set up various settings and utilities:
+[Environment]::CurrentDirectory = Get-Location
+$NPROC = (Get-WmiObject -class Win32_processor).NumberOfLogicalProcessors
+Add-Type -A System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
+#   This fxies SSL/TLS errors, credit goes to Ansible; see their `win_get_url.ps1` file
+$security_protcols = [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::SystemDefault
+if ([Net.SecurityProtocolType].GetMember('Tls11').Count -gt 0) {
+    $security_protcols = $security_protcols -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls11
+}
+if ([Net.SecurityProtocolType].GetMember('Tls12').Count -gt 0) {
+    $security_protcols = $security_protcols -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
+}
+[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = $security_protcols
+$webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
+
+
+# Ensure DESTDIR exists:
+mkdir $destdir -ea 0
+mkdir "$destdir\usr\local" -ea 0
+
+
+# Download sources:
+echo 'Downloading sources ...'
+if (!(Test-Path "$BOOST.zip")) { $webclient.DownloadFile("https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.63.0/source/$BOOST.zip", "$BOOST.zip") }
+if (!(Test-Path "$TBB.zip")) { $webclient.DownloadFile("https://github.com/wjakob/tbb/archive/$TBB_SHA.zip", "$TBB.zip") }
+if (!(Test-Path "$CURL.zip")) { $webclient.DownloadFile("https://curl.haxx.se/download/$CURL.zip", ".\$CURL.zip") }
+
+
+# Unpack sources:
+echo 'Unpacking ...'
+if (!(Test-Path $BOOST)) { [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$BOOST.zip", '.') }
+if (!(Test-Path $TBB)) { [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$TBB.zip", '.') }
+if (!(Test-Path $CURL)) { [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$CURL.zip", '.') }
+
+
+# Build libraries:
+echo 'Building ...'
+
+# Build boost
+pushd "$BOOST"
+.\bootstrap
+$adr_mode = ('32', '64')[!$b32]
+.\b2 `
+    -j "$NPROC" `
+    --with-system `
+    --with-filesystem `
+    --with-thread `
+    --with-log `
+    --with-locale `
+    --with-regex `
+    "--prefix=$destdir/usr/local" `
+    "address-model=$adr_mode" `
+    toolset=msvc-12.0 `
+    link=static `
+    variant=release `
+    threading=multi `
+    boost.locale.icu=off `
+    install
+popd
+
+# Build TBB
+pushd "$TBB"
+mkdir 'mybuild' -ea 0
+cd 'mybuild'
+$generator = ('Visual Studio 12', 'Visual Studio 12 Win64')[!$b32]
+cmake .. `
+    -G "$generator" `
+    -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=Release `
+    -DTBB_BUILD_SHARED=OFF `
+    -DTBB_BUILD_TESTS=OFF "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$destdir\usr\local"
+msbuild /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj
+popd
+
+# Build libcurl:
+pushd "$CURL\winbuild"
+$machine = ("x86", "x64")[!$b32]
+nmake /f Makefile.vc mode=static VC=12 GEN_PDB=yes DEBUG=no "MACHINE=$machine"
+Copy-Item -R -Force ..\builds\libcurl-*-winssl\include\* "$destdir\usr\local\include\"
+Copy-Item -R -Force ..\builds\libcurl-*-winssl\lib\* "$destdir\usr\local\lib\"
+popd
+
+
+echo ""
+echo "All done!"
+echo ""
+
+
+}
+catch [Exception]
+{
+    # This prints errors in a verbose manner
+    echo $_.Exception|format-list -force
+}