🐧 Build for Linux

[probonopd]

Since BambuStudio is based on PrusaSlicer, could it be built for Linux (and FreeBSD) like PrusaSlicer can?

https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/blob/master/doc/How%20to%20build%20-%20Linux%20et%20al.md

Maybe we could use https://github.com/supermerill/SuperSlicer/blob/master/BuildLinux.sh to build AppImage files for Linux?

[tapir]

This is kinda deal breaker. There are lots of linux users in the maker space. Could we at least get a roadmap or official plan on linux support?

[probonopd]

Getting src/nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp:23:14: fatal error: filesystem: No such file or directory.

What am I doing wrong?

[ 14%] Building CXX object src/libslic3r/CMakeFiles/libslic3r.dir/ArcFitter.cpp.o
[ 14%] Building CXX object src/libslic3r/CMakeFiles/libslic3r.dir/BoundingBox.cpp.o
[ 15%] Building CXX object src/libslic3r/CMakeFiles/libslic3r.dir/BridgeDetector.cpp.o
[ 15%] Building CXX object src/libslic3r/CMakeFiles/libslic3r.dir/FaceDetector.cpp.o
[ 15%] Building CXX object src/libslic3r/CMakeFiles/libslic3r.dir/Brim.cpp.o
In file included from /home/runner/work/BambuStudio/BambuStudio/src/nlohmann/adl_serializer.hpp:6:0,
                 from /home/runner/work/BambuStudio/BambuStudio/src/nlohmann/json.hpp:51,
                 from /home/runner/work/BambuStudio/BambuStudio/src/libslic3r/Format/../GCode/ThumbnailData.hpp:6,
                 from /home/runner/work/BambuStudio/BambuStudio/src/libslic3r/Format/bbs_3mf.hpp:4,
                 from /home/runner/work/BambuStudio/BambuStudio/src/libslic3r/Model.hpp:18,
                 from /home/runner/work/BambuStudio/BambuStudio/src/libslic3r/FaceDetector.cpp:4:
/home/runner/work/BambuStudio/BambuStudio/src/nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp:23:14: fatal error: filesystem: No such file or directory
     #include <filesystem>
              ^~~~~~~~~~~~

Full build log:
https://github.com/probonopd/BambuStudio/runs/7379382060?check_suite_focus=true#step:8:43411

Workflow (based on SuperSlicer):
https://github.com/probonopd/BambuStudio/blob/master/.github/workflows/ccpp_ubuntu.yml

Related?

• GCC 7.5.0 with --std=c++17: filesystem: No such file or directory nlohmann/json#3090

Any help appreciated.

[Waffull]

Having no Linux build is pretty bad. Worse yet, no road map for one. A piece of software based on code that runs on a Linux, shouldn't be that hard to engineer.

[Waffull]

Any update? This is a pretty huge bug, leaving Linux users out. Sitting here with a very expensive paperweight at this point!

[deftdawg]

I had a go at building, but got stuck at wxWidgets trying to link against -dep-name-NOTFOUND... Might be possible to get past that problem by bumping from v3.1.5 to v3.1.7 or v3.2.0...

Since building bambu-studio seems to require building virtually all the dependencies from source in the deps folder and that takes a long while on my laptop, I'm going to see how functional the Windows build runs under wine. It installs and starts at least.

Under wine (GE-proton7-28):

• Blank Splash: you'll get the macOS known issue "setup wizard/splash screen blank on first run" from the previous version's release notes, close and reopen bambu-studio fixes the splash.
• Webcam says FIXME: WMP on a Red background
• Home screen is blank - either white or black depending on which tab you switch to it from

[deftdawg]

Under Wine doesn't work... Can't get past the issues I saw before, no option to login, nor does it detect the printer.

I spent a LOT of time the past two days and finally got bambuStudio to compile and link, unfortunately it core dumps immediately after the first dialog box. 😞

~/source/BambuStudio/build/package/bin$ ./bambu-studio --debug 5
[2022-08-12 00:33:26.041983] [0x00007f099043c940] [trace]   Initializing StaticPrintConfigs
[2022-08-12 00:33:26.049592] [0x00007f099043c940] [info]    finished setup params, argc=3

[2022-08-12 00:33:26.049639] [0x00007f099043c940] [info]    no action, start gui directly

[2022-08-12 00:33:26.049650] [0x00007f099043c940] [info]    run, normal mode, input_files size = 0
[2022-08-12 00:33:26.049653] [0x00007f099043c940] [info]    begin to launch BambuStudio GUI soon
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[deftdawg]

The build work is now basically done with my PR.

We need someone with access to the bambu labs private repo to build and integrate the bambu_networking plugin which is missing from this repo. Maybe @YifanWuBambu, @lanewei120 or @StoneLiBambulab can assist in making that happen?

Without it we'll be stuck unable to communicate with the printer...

[2022-08-13 11:45:24.198648] [0x00007ff1ab318940] [trace]   Initializing StaticPrintConfigs
loading network module at /home/deftdawg/.BambuStudio/plugins/libbambu_networking.so
error, dlerror is /home/deftdawg/.BambuStudio/plugins/libbambu_networking.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
after dlopen, network_module is (nil)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[lhwei120]

The build work is now basically done with my PR.

We need someone with access to the bambu labs private repo to build and integrate the bambu_networking plugin which is missing from this repo. Maybe @YifanWuBambu, @lanewei120 or @StoneLiBambulab can assist in making that happen?

Without it we'll be stuck unable to communicate with the printer...

[2022-08-13 11:45:24.198648] [0x00007ff1ab318940] [trace]   Initializing StaticPrintConfigs
loading network module at /home/deftdawg/.BambuStudio/plugins/libbambu_networking.so
error, dlerror is /home/deftdawg/.BambuStudio/plugins/libbambu_networking.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
after dlopen, network_module is (nil)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

great
we will build the linux plugins soon

anyway, without the plugins, the software should work except the networking operations

[tapir]

@lhwei120 above error message suggests otherwise. It might be a good idea to have libbambu_networking.so as optional to be able to still use the slicer

[deftdawg]

@lhwei120 above error message suggests otherwise. It might be a good idea to have libbambu_networking.so as optional to be able to still use the slicer

No I think he's right... I think it's seg faulting after that, like when it's trying to paint the UI or something... Gdb said in combobox::setfont and somewhere else when I commented out that function...

I didn't do a debug-symbol build and I'd need to figure out how to get VS Code to step a C++ program.

Unfortunately, I have some happy IRL stuff to deal with for a couple of days. I'll try to push up a podman Containerfile (basically same as a Dockerfile), so anyone who wants to have a go building would be able to give it a try.

[uncjgh]

Not having a Linux build, preferably as an applimage to be distribution agnostic, is in my opinion criminal as it ignores the fact that there are hundreds if not thousands of Linux users in the maker space. And without access to a usable Linux build of the Studio software makes the X1 little more than a very expensive paperweight!

Bambu Lab should at least provide access to any missing deps so someone in the community could successfully create a Linux build of the Bambu Studio software.

[tapir]

@deftdawg any chance we get a docker image to build it?