Compiling from source

The following is essentially a log showing how it was done for one user. YMMV, and there's an assumption that you are familiar with compiling C++ from a BASH prompt.

Build WHIP

Please note you should cd to another appropriate place where your user has write access.

1. Clone or download the repository
2. cd into the folder containing the WHIP sources.
3. Execute the build script.

Ubuntu

Please be aware of issue #2 "Compile fails on Ubuntu & Linux in general" - we'd love your help with this.

./build.sh

Windows

build.bat

Configure WHIP

You'll find the resulting binaries in the bin folder along with a sample config file.

1. Copy whip.cfg.sample to whip.cfg
2. Edit whip.cfg
   1. Change the password entry to have a value that you'll later add to the appropriate Halcyon configuration files.
   2. Change the disk_storage_root entry to point to where you wan the asset files to be stored. Be sure to create this folder as WHIP will not create it for you. Please note that on Linux the path can be relative from the CWD or absolute from root.