### Install MakeHuman Community Plugins on Mint

Source: https://static.makehumancommunity.org/makehuman/releases/releases_120a4.html

Installs MakeHuman Community and its plugins on Mint. This command explicitly installs plugins that are automatically installed on Ubuntu.

```bash
sudo apt-get install makehuman-community-plugins-assetdownload makehuman-community-plugins-socket makehuman-community-plugins-massproduce mhx2-makehuman-exchange

```

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### Add MakeHuman PPA and Install

Source: https://static.makehumancommunity.org/makehuman/releases/releases_120a1.html

Enables the MakeHuman PPA and installs the MakeHuman Community package on Ubuntu systems.

```bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makehuman-official/makehuman-community
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install makehuman-community

```

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### Start a local Hugo webserver

Source: https://static.makehumancommunity.org/contributing/help_edit_this_site.html

Run this command in the root of the cloned repository to start a local Hugo development server. The `-D` flag includes draft content. The server will automatically re-render files upon changes.

```bash
hugo server -D 

```

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### Start MakeHuman Event Loop

Source: https://static.makehumancommunity.org/makehuman/docs/application_design_and_code_overview.html

Initiates the MakeHuman application's event loop and related services. This method is called to start event handling.

```python
self.OnInit()

self.callAsync(self.started)

self.messages.start()

self.exec_()
```

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### Create Human Mesh using HumanService API

Source: https://static.makehumancommunity.org/mpfb/releases/release_20a1.html

Demonstrates how to create a new human mesh using the HumanService API. This is an example of how MPFB's codebase can be used as an API by third-party addons.

```python
from mpfb.services.humanservice import HumanService
basemesh_object = HumanService.create_human()
```

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### Bone Definition Example (Left Upper Arm)

Source: https://static.makehumancommunity.org/mpfb/developer/rigging_and_posing.html

An example bone definition for the left upper arm, detailing its head, tail, parent, roll, and inheritance properties.

```json
"upperarm01.L": {
    "head": {
        "cube_name": "joint-l-shoulder",
        "default_position": [
            0.1700395941734314,
            -0.019311200827360153,
            0.5021342039108276
        ],
        "strategy": "CUBE"
    },
    "inherit_scale": "FULL",
    "parent": "shoulder01.L",
    "rigify": {},
    "roll": 2.3827133178710938,
    "tail": {
        "default_position": [
            0.217001274228096,
            -0.017674963921308517,
            0.4479554295539856
        ],
        "strategy": "MEAN",
        "vertex_indices": [
            8057,
            17023
        ]
    },
    "use_connect": false,
    "use_inherit_rotation": true,
    "use_local_location": true
},

```

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### Clone the website repository recursively

Source: https://static.makehumancommunity.org/contributing/help_edit_this_site.html

Use this command to clone the MakeHuman static website repository, ensuring that git submodules (like the Hugo theme) are also downloaded.

```bash
git clone --recursive https://github.com/makehumancommunity/makehuman-static-website.git

```

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### MakeHuman Weight File Naming Conventions

Source: https://static.makehumancommunity.org/mpfb/docs/rigging_mesh_assets.html

Use these filename conventions to specify which rig a weight file should be loaded for. MPFB supports various rig types including default, game engine, and Rigify.

```text
NAME.default.mhw
NAME.default_no_toes.mhw
NAME.game_engine.mhw
NAME.rigify.human.mhw
NAME.rigify.human_toes.mhw
```