BitWrk releases usually come with compiled binaries for all major platforms, but if you plan to hack on it or want to be on the cutting edge, you are encouraged to create your own builds.

BitWrk, in its current form, consists of two separate modules:

• bitwrk-client, the background daemon that manages communication with other participants and with the BitWrk service, and provides a web-based user interface. It is written in Go and compiled to native code.
• render_bitwrk, the add-on for Blender which integrates into Blender's user interface and communicates with the local bitwrk-client. It is written in Python and just needs to be packaged into a zip file.

Compiling bitwrk-client

Prerequisites

Download and install Google's Go SDK to be able to compile BitWrk: http://golang.org/doc/install

From a command prompt, you should be able to run the go command.

If you want to compile from git (the recommended way), make sure that you are able to run the git command.

Compiling from git

First check out the most recent version of BitWrk:

    # You may also clone from your private branch on github.com
    git clone https://github.com/indyjo/bitwrk.git
    

Then compile:

    cd bitwrk
    go build ./client/cmd/bitwrk-client/
    ./bitwrk-client

Packaging render_bitwrk

Due to Blender's naming conventions, the add-on is packaged into a file called render_bitwrk-x.y.z.zip, where x.y.z is the version number. To aid with packaging, there is a Makefile which can be used with GNU make:

    cd bitwrk/bitwrk-blender
    
    # The version number doesn't really matter, but it helps to keep an overview
    make version=0.7.0-snapshot
    

Alternatively, in case you don't have GNU make installed, just put the contents of bitwrk/bitwrk-blender (except Makefile) into a .ZIP archive.