Prerequisites¶

The following tools are required to develop, build , test, run, and package OpenCOR:

• Git: a distributed version control system;

• CMake 3.22 or later: a cross-platform build system;

• C++ toolchain: a set of C++ tools:

  • Windows: Visual Studio Community 2019 ( Desktop development with C++ with MSVC v142 - VS 2019 C++ x64/x86 build tools and Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041.0));

  • Linux: G++ and OpenGL (g++, libgl1-mesa-dev and libtinfo5 packages, respectively) on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS; and

  • macOS: Xcode 16 (including its Command Line Tools).

• Qt 5.12 LTS: a cross-platform application and UI framework (Qt Creator is its supporting IDE):

  • Windows;

  • Linux; and

  • macOS.

Additionally, you may also want to rely on the following optional tools:

• Ninja 1.8.2 or later: a small build system with a focus on speed;

• buildcache: a compiler cache;

• clcache (Windows only): a compiler cache;

• ccache (Linux/macOS only): a compiler cache;

• ClangFormat: a tool to format C/C++ code; and

• Clang-Tidy: a Clang-based C++ linter tool;

• NSIS 3.0 or later (Windows only): a program to create Windows installers.

Note: the HelpWindow plugin only gets built if Python 3.12 is installed on your system, as well as the Sphinx, sphinx-copybutton, and sphinx-inline-tabs packages.