Requirements

Installing and developing Simput is quite easy, there are just two dependencies:

  • Node.js
  • Git - only necessary for developing and committing to the library.

Instructions for installing these are located at the bottom of this page, if you don’t have them already.

If you’re adding a type to Simput, then clone the repository using git:

$ git clone https://github.com/kitware/simput.git
$ cd simput
$ npm install

Further instructions on development can be found on the build page.

Git

  • Windows: Download & install git.
  • Mac: Install it with Homebrew, MacPorts or installer.
  • Linux (Ubuntu, Debian): sudo apt-get install git-core
  • Linux (Fedora, Red Hat, CentOS): sudo yum install git-core
For Mac users

You may encounter some problems when compiling. Please install Xcode from the App Store first. After Xcode is installed, open Xcode and go to Preferences -> Download -> Command Line Tools -> Install to install command line tools.

Node.js

The best way to install Node.js is with nvm, or for Windows users, directly from nodejs.org.