Assimp compilation

This page explains how to recompile the Assimp dependency on every platforms. Assimp is used internally in Webots to import mesh assets.

Windows

On Windows, assimp is provided as a MSYS2 pacman package and is automatically installed when installing the msys dependencies.

Linux

Compilation of the latest Assimp version

git clone https://github.com/assimp/assimp
cd assimp
git checkout v5.0.1
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DASSIMP_NO_EXPORT=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -DASSIMP_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DASSIMP_BUILD_STATIC_LIB=OFF ..
make -j4

Mac

Compilation of the latest Assimp version

Download Assimp

cd ~/software
git clone https://github.com/assimp/assimp.git
cd assimp
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DASSIMP_NO_EXPORT=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -DASSIMP_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DASSIMP_BUILD_STATIC_LIB=OFF ..

# Copy the generated lib files (they are in `build/code`) into `~/webots/lib`, for example, on macOS:
cp code/libassimp.dylib ~/webots/lib

make assimp -j X

On macOS you will need to add to cmake:

-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=x86_64 -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9
install_name_tool -id @rpath/lib/libassimp.dylib dependencies/assimp/build/code/libassimp.dylib

Create the package

tar -cvjSf assimp.tar.bz2 assimp/include/assimp assimp/build/include/assimp/config.h assimp/build/code/*dylib