Flatpak

It is basically impossible to build a generic executable for any linux distribution without a framework such as flatpak; nor is it feasible with our time budget to build a separate binary release package for all linux distributions currently in use out there.

Therefore, we provide a flatpak repository for the installation of open_iA under linux. Please see the user manual or community of your distribution on how to install flatpak itself; to install the open_iA flatpak package, enter:

$ sudo flatpak install https://flatpak.3dct.at/openia.flatpakref

$ designates the shell prompt, do not enter this; additionally, on non-Ubuntu systems, you might have to use another way than sudo to gain administrator privileges, please again, refer to the user manual or community of your distribution!

Note: The flatpak package does not include:

• the AI and ASTRA modules (requires CUDA; as far as we know there is no way to address CUDA devices from flatpak yet)
• the DreamCaster module (requires OpenCL; not supported yet from within flatpak as far as we are aware)
• the VR module (since we didn't have a chance to test yet whether OpenVR hardware can be accessed from within the flatpak sandbox)

If you need to run any of these modules on Linux, please refer to our Build instructions to build a version for your distribution.

Should you encounter any issues, please submit an issue!