Run SCIRun's configure script. Do this from a sub-directory of directory SCIRun (but not SCIRun/src) as follows:

mkdir SCIRun/build-dir
cd SCIRun/build-dir

../src/configure --with-thirdparty=third-party-dir \
--enable-package="package-name1 package-name2 …"
	

in which case SCIRun is built in the directory SCIRun/build-dir.

Build-dir is often bin or a name that reflects the machine architecture.

Above, replace third-party-dir by the path given to the third-party installation script.

Replace "package-name1 package-name2 …" by a list of package names, e.g. "BioPSE MatlabInterface". An example configure command is:

../src/configure \
--with-thirdparty=/usr/local/SCIRun/Thirdparty_osx \
--enable-package="BioPSE MatlabInterface" \
--with-png=/sw
	

Option --with-png is needed if PNG support is desired and PNG libraries are not in /usr/lib. Option --with-png above tells SCIRun to find PNG libraries in /sw's lib directory.

Use option --with-unipetsc to add support for PETSc. For example:

../src/configure \
--with-thirdparty=/usr/local/SCIRun/Thirdparty_osx \
--enable-package="BioPSE MatlabInterface" \
--with-unipetsc=/usr/local/petsc \
--with-png=/sw
	

Use option --with-insight to add support for Insight. Packages Teem and Insight must also be enabled when using --with-insight. For example:

../src/configure \
--with-thirdparty=/usr/local/SCIRun/Thirdparty_osx \
--enable-package="BioPSE Teem Insight" \
--with-insight=/usr/local/lib/InsightToolkit \
--with-png=/sw
	

Use option --with-hdf5 to add HDF5 support. Use option --with-mdplus to add MDSplus support. Also enable packages Teem and DataIO. For example:

../src/configure \
--with-thirdparty=/usr/local/SCIRun/Thirdparty_osx \
--enable-package="Fusion Teem DataIO" \
--with-hdf5=/usr/local/hdf5 \
--with-mdsplus=/usr/local/mdsplus \
--with-png=/sw
	

Support for TrueType (scalable anti-aliased) fonts in PowerApp BioImage and module ViewSlices is enabled with option --with-freetype=path-to-freetype-lib-directory. Path-to-freetype-lib-directory is the path to a directory containing freetype2 libraries, for example /sw/lib. Option --with-freetype is not needed when freetype2 libraries exist in /usr/lib.

Not all of configure's options have been mentioned. Running configure --help lists them all.

Run GNU make from build-dir.

cd build-dir
make
	

Be sure that make invokes GNU make. GNU make is sometimes named gmake or gnumake.

For a multiprocessor system GNU make's -j option can be used to reduce the build time:

make -j N
	

where N is the number of processors available for use by make. Using this option on a multiprocessor machine can significantly reduce the time to build SCIRun.