I have a few questions about the QCAD Server Version. I am trying to install the QCAD Server version onto my server for my website to process DXF to PDF conversions for users. Is QCAD compatible with CentOS 6.9? Do I need root access on my server to install it? I assume that to install it, I SSH onto my server and then install the software. Is there a better way? Also, does the software come with installation instructions?
Thanks in advance
QCAD Server Installation
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Re: QCAD Server Installation
Very likely, yes. Please try to install the free trial version first:
https://qcad.org/download
It's quite possible that you have to install dependencies as well. You can check for unmet dependencies as follows:
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cd ~/opt/qcad-3.21.2-trial-linux-x86_64
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ldd qcad-bin
https://qcad.org/download
-> All Downloads
For QCAD not. You can install QCAD anywhere you like and it is installed into one directory, e.g. ~/opt/qcad-3.21.2-trial-linux-x86_64.Do I need root access on my server to install it? I assume that to install it
However, if dependencies are not met, you might want to install those system-wide. You can also put any missing libraries into the QCAD installation directory if you prefer.
You can find installation instructions at:Also, does the software come with installation instructions?
https://qcad.org/qcad-installation
Unfortunately, it's impossible to provide more specific instructions for Linux due to its heterogeneous nature.
Re: QCAD Server Installation
Thanks. I will try the trial
Re: QCAD Server Installation
I'm late to this thread. FWIW, we use it on Linux CentOS 7 as part of an internal web service. So, I install it as "apache" as follows. I don't remember any dependencies I had to pre-install.
sudo -u apache qcad-3.21.2-pro-linux-x86_64.run
Here's an example command line call to build PDF:
/usr/share/httpd/opt/qcad-3.21.2-pro-linux-x86_64/dwg2pdf -platform offscreen -a -f -block="Schematic" -m 2 -landscape -p "ANSI C (431.8x558.8)" drawing.dxf
sudo -u apache qcad-3.21.2-pro-linux-x86_64.run
Here's an example command line call to build PDF:
/usr/share/httpd/opt/qcad-3.21.2-pro-linux-x86_64/dwg2pdf -platform offscreen -a -f -block="Schematic" -m 2 -landscape -p "ANSI C (431.8x558.8)" drawing.dxf