Scripts for building Slicer on Ubuntu ARM aarch64

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Slicer on ARM aarch64

These scripts were initially created to support building Slicer on ARM aarch64 associated with NVIDIA IGX running Ubuntu.

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Release:	22.04
Codename:	jammy

$ uname -m
aarch64

$ uname -a
Linux demos-NVIDIA-IGX-Orin-Development-Kit 5.15.0-1012-nvidia-tegra-igx #12-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 24 15:57:28 UTC 2024 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

Download scripts

Assuming we build Slicer and related projects in ~/Projects:

1. Download scripts

mkdir -p ~/Projects
git clone [email protected]:487f5d846bc86e374969be5565c6d95e.git ~/Projects/scripts

2. Prepare scripts

cp ~/Projects/scripts/build-* ~/Projects

Run scripts

1. Build CTKAppLauncher

./build-CTKAppLauncher.sh

2. Build TBB

sudo apt-get install \
  hwloc \
  libhwloc-dev

./build-tbb.sh

2. Build Slicer

./build-Slicer.sh

License

It is covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0:

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

build-CTKAppLauncher.sh

#!/bin/bash

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin <[email protected]>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

set -eo pipefail

script_dir=$(cd $(dirname $0) || exit 1; pwd)

err() { echo -e >&2 ERROR: $@\\n; }
die() { err $@; exit 1; }

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
build_type=Release

source_dir=$script_dir/CTKAppLauncher
build_dir=$script_dir/CTKAppLauncher-$build_type
install_dir=$script_dir/CTKAppLauncher-install

if [[ ! -d $source_dir ]]; then
  git clone https://github.com/commontk/AppLauncher $source_dir
fi

echo "source_dir [$source_dir]"
echo "build_dir  [$build_dir]"

NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_CORES=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
echo "Found $NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_CORES CPU cores"

cmake \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=$build_type \
  -DCTKAppLauncher_QT_VERSION:STRING=5 \
  -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF \
  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$install_dir \
  -S $source_dir \
  -B $build_dir

cmake \
  --build $build_dir --target install \
  --parallel $NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_CORES

build-Slicer.sh

#!/bin/bash

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin <[email protected]>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

set -eo pipefail

script_dir=$(cd $(dirname $0) || exit 1; pwd)

err() { echo -e >&2 ERROR: $@\\n; }
die() { err $@; exit 1; }

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
CTKAppLauncher_DIR=$script_dir/CTKAppLauncher-install
echo "CTKAppLauncher_DIR [$CTKAppLauncher_DIR]"

if [[ ! -d $CTKAppLauncher_DIR ]]; then
  die "CTKAppLauncher_DIR does not exist"
fi

tbb_install_dir=$script_dir/tbb-install

TBB_DIR=$tbb_install_dir/lib/cmake/TBB
TBB_BIN_DIR=$tbb_install_dir/lib
TBB_LIB_DIR=$TBB_BIN_DIR

echo "TBB_DIR [$TBB_DIR]"
echo "TBB_BIN_DIR [$TBB_BIN_DIR]"
echo "TBB_LIB_DIR [$TBB_LIB_DIR]"

if [[ ! -d $TBB_DIR ]]; then
  die "TBB_DIR does not exist"
fi
if [[ ! -d $TBB_BIN_DIR ]]; then
  die "TBB_BIN_DIR does not exist"
fi
if [[ ! -d $TBB_LIB_DIR ]]; then
  die "TBB_LIB_DIR does not exist"
fi

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
build_type=Release

source_dir=$script_dir/Slicer
build_dir=$script_dir/Slicer-$build_type

if [[ ! -d $source_dir ]]; then
  git clone https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer $source_dir
fi

echo "source_dir [$source_dir]"
echo "build_dir  [$build_dir]"

NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_CORES=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
echo "Found $NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_CORES CPU cores"

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
cmake \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=$build_type \
  -DSlicer_BUILD_EXTENSIONMANAGER_SUPPORT:BOOL=OFF \
  -DSlicer_USE_SimpleITK:BOOL=OFF \
  -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF \
  -DCTKAppLauncher_DIR:PATH=$CTKAppLauncher_DIR \
  -DTBB_DIR:PATH=$TBB_DIR \
  -DTBB_BIN_DIR:PATH=$TBB_BIN_DIR \
  -DTBB_LIB_DIR:PATH=$TBB_LIB_DIR \
  -S $source_dir \
  -B $build_dir

cmake \
  --build $build_dir \
  --parallel $NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_CORES

build-tbb.sh

#!/bin/bash

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin <[email protected]>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

set -eo pipefail

script_dir=$(cd $(dirname $0) || exit 1; pwd)

err() { echo -e >&2 ERROR: $@\\n; }
die() { err $@; exit 1; }

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
if command -v hwloc-ls >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "Binary 'hwloc-ls' is available."
else
  echo "Binary 'hwloc-ls' is not available. Considering running 'sudo apt-get install hwloc libhwloc-dev'\nSee https://uxlfoundation.github.io/oneTBB/GSG/next_steps.html#check-hwloc-on-the-system"
fi

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
build_type=Release

source_dir=$script_dir/tbb
build_dir=$script_dir/tbb-$build_type
install_dir=$script_dir/tbb-install

if [[ ! -d $source_dir ]]; then
  git clone https://github.com/uxlfoundation/oneTBB.git $source_dir
fi

echo "source_dir [$source_dir]"
echo "build_dir  [$build_dir]"

NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_CORES=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
echo "Found $NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_CORES CPU cores"

cmake \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=$build_type \
  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$install_dir \
  -DTBB_TEST:BOOL=OFF \
  -S $source_dir \
  -B $build_dir

cmake \
  --build $build_dir --target install \
  --parallel $NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_CORES