build headless?

[p4tpr0]

Hello,
Is there a way to build translateLocally «headless» so it does not need any GUI dependencies?

thanks

[XapaJIaMnu]

Hi,
We depend only on QT, so if you compile a headless QT, it can technically be compiled headless, but most distros don't package it like that. We don't intend to add a completely headless build option.

Is there something preventing you from compiling the full mode and using only the console app?

[p4tpr0]

I would not say it prevents me from trying to compile, but on FreeBSD dependencies can become a bit overwhelming:

# pkg install qt6-svg
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 95 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
	adwaita-icon-theme: 42.0
	at-spi2-core: 2.52.0
	avahi-app: 0.8_2
	brotli: 1.1.0,1
	cairo: 1.17.4_2,3
	colord: 1.4.7
	cups: 2.4.10_1
	dbus: 1.14.10_5,1
	dbus-glib: 0.112_1
	double-conversion: 3.3.0
	duktape-lib: 2.7.0
	fontconfig: 2.15.0_3,1
	freetype2: 2.13.2
	fribidi: 1.0.15
	gdbm: 1.23
	gdk-pixbuf2: 2.42.10_3
	glib: 2.80.4,2
	gmp: 6.3.0
	gnome_subr: 1.0
	gnutls: 3.8.5_3
	graphite2: 1.3.14
	gsettings-desktop-schemas: 42.0
	gtk-update-icon-cache: 3.24.31_1
	gtk3: 3.24.43
	harfbuzz: 9.0.0
	hicolor-icon-theme: 0.18
	hwdata: 0.384,1
	icu: 74.2_1,1
	jbigkit: 2.1_3
	jpeg-turbo: 3.0.3
	lcms2: 2.16_2
	lerc: 4.0.0
	libICE: 1.1.1,1
	libSM: 1.2.3_1,1
	libX11: 1.8.9,1
	libXau: 1.0.9_1
	libXcomposite: 0.4.6_1,1
	libXcursor: 1.2.2
	libXdamage: 1.1.6
	libXdmcp: 1.1.5
	libXext: 1.3.6,1
	libXfixes: 6.0.0_1
	libXft: 2.3.8
	libXi: 1.8_1,1
	libXinerama: 1.1.4_3,1
	libXrandr: 1.5.2_1
	libXrender: 0.9.10_2
	libXtst: 1.2.3_3
	libdaemon: 0.14_1
	libdatrie: 0.2.13_2
	libdeflate: 1.20
	libdrm: 2.4.122,1
	libepoll-shim: 0.0.20240608
	libepoxy: 1.5.9
	libevdev: 1.13.2
	libglvnd: 1.7.0
	libgudev: 237
	libgusb: 0.3.10_1
	libinput: 1.26.1
	libmtdev: 1.1.7
	libpaper: 1.1.28_1
	libpciaccess: 0.18
	librsvg2-rust: 2.58.2
	libtasn1: 4.19.0_1
	libthai: 0.1.29_1
	libudev-devd: 0.5.2
	libwacom: 1.5_1
	libxcb: 1.17.0
	libxkbcommon: 1.7.0_1
	libxml2: 2.11.8
	nettle: 3.10_1
	p11-kit: 0.25.3_2
	pango: 1.52.2_1
	pixman: 0.42.2
	png: 1.6.43
	polkit: 124_3
	py311-evdev: 1.7.0
	py311-packaging: 24.1
	py311-pyudev: 0.24.1
	py311-setuptools: 63.1.0_1
	py311-six: 1.16.0
	qt6-base: 6.7.2
	qt6-svg: 6.7.2
	shared-mime-info: 2.2_3
	tiff: 4.6.0
	vulkan-loader: 1.3.289
	wayland: 1.23.0
	xcb-util: 0.4.1,1
	xcb-util-cursor: 0.1.3
	xcb-util-image: 0.4.1
	xcb-util-keysyms: 0.4.1
	xcb-util-renderutil: 0.3.10
	xcb-util-wm: 0.4.2
	xkeyboard-config: 2.41_4
	xorgproto: 2024.1

Number of packages to be installed: 95

The process will require 421 MiB more space.

Edit: nevermind, it won’t compile on FreeBSD anyway.

[XapaJIaMnu]

Oh? What compilation issue do face on BSD? We have not tested on a BSD system so far

[p4tpr0]

There seems to be many issues but one of them is the absence of intel-mkl. The freshport page I’ve found is for an old package : https://www.freshports.org/math/mkl-dnn/ . It has been renamed onednn. I’ve installed onednn but it looks like it’s not enough.
The compilation fails when dealing with 3rd_party/*

[XapaJIaMnu]

You could use openblas instead, but performance would be worse. Onednn doesn't expose all Blas routines so we can't just rely on it.

[p4tpr0]

I’ll give it a try later in August, and I’ll open a proper issue about compiling translateLocally on FreeBSD

[ROBERT-MCDOWELL]

it would be very nice if we can compile it without Qt dependencies, especially if we use it on a server that never uses Qt.
more, the version of qt differs from versions and package names and linux distribution which start to be a hassle.
for example on Fedora 40 the package is qt5-qtsvg. but no Qt5SvgConfig.cmake nor qt5svg-config.cmake are found on the hard drive....