Allow installing OpenSim-Core into UNIX /usr/ or /usr/local

[chrisdembia]

The number of unix users is increasing. The organization of our installation currently does not permit one to safely install into /usr/ or /usr/local. The following changes should occur:

• On UNIX, do not copy over simbody libraries. Create CMake option for copying Simbody headers and libraries. #343
• Clean up CMake for api examples. Cleanup cmake for examples, and other misc cmake cleanup #229
• Clean up CMake for lepton. Have Lepton and simmFileWriter use the OPENSIM_ADD_LIBRARY macro. #327
• Clean up "USING_NAMESPACE". Create CMake option for copying Simbody headers and libraries. #343
• Allow copying libraries to be an option. Create CMake option for copying Simbody headers and libraries. #343
• Create versioned libraries (SOVERSION), as is now done with Simbody.
• Follow the FHS filesystem hierarchy standard for the layout of the installation. This is facilitated by using CMake GNUInstallDirs. (gnu-install-dirs; chrisdembia:unix-install-2) [cmake] Clean up how we specify installation layout #671
  • configureOpenSim.m
  • location of Java wrapping (look at vtk).
  • location of python bindings (look at vtk). http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-science/packages/vtk6.git/tree/debian/python-vtk6.install, http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/amd64/python-vtk/filelist
• Rename the executables so their names are distinguishable. Right now, e.g., linux already has an id executable, and our id would overwrite this. I suggest a single executable that takes a tool name as an argument, or renaming the executables as opensim-ik, and creating an opensim executable that calls opensim-ik when opensim ik is called (this is how command-line git works I think).

[chrisdembia]

Reminder to self: https://github.com/chrisdembia/opensim-core/tree/unix-install-2

[chrisdembia]

next branches to merge: unix-dont-copy-simbody and unix-install-2

[moorepants]

@chrisdembia just came across this: http://click.pocoo.org

I think it is setup to do command line interfaces with lots of nested subcommands. Same guy that wrote Flask wrote this, so it is likely good. There example implements the git subcommands:

http://click.pocoo.org/3/complex/#complex-guide

Maybe you can use it for Opensim's command line access (although you'd have to provide Python then).

[chrisdembia]

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing that. That's exactly what I was thinking about. Having to use python might be a serious limitation though.

[moorepants]

I'm not sure how Python is a limitation :)

You can embed a Python interpreter with the open sim app on Windows and just use the system python on other OS's.