Documentation/Nightly/Developers/Build ExtensionsIndex

Overview

Locally building an extension index provides a convenient way to:

• check extension description files are valid
• upload one or more extensions at ones to check that Slicer can download and install them

Given a directory containing one or more extension description files, it is possible to manually configure and build the associated extensions specifying the following CMake options:

Slicer_DIR	Path to Slicer build tree
Slicer_EXTENSION_DESCRIPTION_DIR	Path to folder containing extension description files

Optionally, it is also possible to specify:

CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE	On unix-like platform, should match the build type of the associated Slicer build directory
Slicer_UPLOAD_EXTENSIONS	By default set to OFF. If enabled, extension builds will be submitted to Slicer dashboard and associated packages will be uploaded to extensions server
MIDAS_PACKAGE_URL	MIDAS extensions server URL specifying where the extension should be uploaded. For example http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3
MIDAS_PACKAGE_EMAIL	Email allowing to authenticate to the extensions server.
MIDAS_PACKAGE_API_KEY	Token allowing to authenticate to the extensions server.

TBD