Merge pull request #1385 from fspindle/feat_venv_python_findings_ci

Introduce ci for Python bindings using virtualenv

.github/workflows/ubuntu-venv.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+name: Ubuntu-python-bindings-venv
+
+# https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/running-github-actions-workflow-on-schedule-and-other-events
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 2 * * SUN'
+
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66335225/how-to-cancel-previous-runs-in-the-pr-when-you-push-new-commitsupdate-the-curre#comment133398800_72408109
+# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#concurrency
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-ubuntu-dep-apt:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Print system information
+      run: lscpu
+
+    - name: Print OS information
+      run: lsb_release -a
+
+    - name: Print compiler information
+      run: dpkg --list | grep compiler
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y libx11-dev libdc1394-dev libv4l-dev liblapack-dev libopenblas-dev libeigen3-dev
+        sudo apt-get install libopencv-dev nlohmann-json3-dev
+        sudo apt-get install python3
+
+    - name: Upgrade pip3
+      run: |
+        python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+
+    - name: pip3 version
+      run: |
+        pip3 --version
+
+    - name: Install virtualenv
+      run: |
+        pip3 install virtualenv
+
+    - name: Setup PATH
+      run: |
+        echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo ${PATH}
+
+    - name: Create build folder
+      run: |
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+
+    - name: Build Python bindings
+      working-directory: build
+      run: |
+        echo "Create virtual env"
+        virtualenv venv
+        echo "Activate virtual env"
+        . venv/bin/activate
+        echo "Install pybind11"
+        pip install pybind11[global]
+        echo "Configure"
+        cmake .. -DBUILD_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_TUTORIALS=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DBUILD_APPS=OFF -DBUILD_DEMOS=OFF
+        echo "Build python bindings"
+        make -j$(nproc) visp_python_bindings
+        echo "Build python tests"
+        make -j$(nproc) visp_python_bindings_test
+        echo "Build python doc"
+        make -j$(nproc) visp_python_bindings_doc

doc/tutorial/python/tutorial-install-python-bindings.dox

@@ -293,11 +293,11 @@ Then, install or upgrade pip3:
 
     $ python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
     $ pip3 --version
-    $ pip 23.3.1 from /Users/username/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/pip (python 3.9)
+    pip 23.3.1 from /Users/username/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/pip (python 3.9)
 
 Install virtualenv:
 
-    $ pip install virtualenv
+    $ pip3 install virtualenv
 
 To use virtualenv as a standard executable make sure that the bin folder of your python install is in the PATH variable