# Install the required tools and dependencies sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install git cmake build-essential libQt4-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev python-dev # RPI ONLY: when you build on the rapberry pi and include the dispmanx grabber (which is the default) # you also need the firmware including headers installed. This downloads the firmware from the raspberrypi github # and copies the required files to the correct place. The firmware directory can be deleted afterwards if desired. export FIRMWARE_DIR="raspberrypi-firmware" git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware.git "$FIRMWARE_DIR" sudo cp -R "$FIRMWARE_DIR/hardfp/opt/" /opt # create hyperion directory and checkout the code from github # You might want to add "--depth 1" if you only want to recompile the current source or dont want to use git any further export HYPERION_DIR="hyperion" git clone --recursive https://github.com/tvdzwan/hyperion.git "$HYPERION_DIR" # if you forget the --resursive in above statement or you are updating an existing clone you need # to clone the protobuf submodule by runnning the follwing two statements: git submodule init git submodule update # create and enter the build directory mkdir "$HYPERION_DIR/build" cd "$HYPERION_DIR/build" # run cmake to generate make files on the raspberry pi cmake .. # or if you are not compiling on the raspberry pi and need to disable the Dispmanx grabber and support for spi devices cmake -DENABLE_DISPMANX=OFF -DENABLE_SPIDEV=OFF -DENABLE_X11=ON .. # as an alternative for the dispmanx grabber on non-rpi devices (e.g. cubox-i) you could try the framebuffer grabber cmake -DENABLE_DISPMANX=OFF -DENABLE_SPIDEV=OFF -DENABLE_FB=ON .. # for OSX build you need XCode, qt4 libraries and cmake. You can use macport (homebrew might work too) to install them sudo port install qt4-mac sudo port install cmake cmake -DENABLE_DISPMANX=OFF -DENABLE_SPIDEV=OFF -DENABLE_V4L2=OFF -DENABLE_OSX=ON . # run make to build Hyperion make # The binaries are build in "$HYPERION_DIR/build/bin". You could copy those to /usr/bin sudo cp ./bin/hyperion-remote /usr/bin/ sudo cp ./bin/hyperiond /usr/bin/ # Copy the effect folder (if you did not use the normal installation methode before) sudo mkdir -p /opt/hyperion/effects && sudo cp -R ../effects/ /opt/hyperion/