mirror-chatterino2/BUILDING_ON_LINUX.md

Linux

Note on Qt version compatibility: If you are installing Qt from a package manager, please ensure the version you are installing is at least Qt 5.12 or newer.

Ubuntu 18.04

most likely works the same for other Debian-like distros

1. Install dependencies (and the C++ IDE Qt Creator) sudo apt install qtcreator qtmultimedia5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libboost-dev libssl-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev cmake
2. Open chatterino.pro with QT Creator and build

Arch Linux

Through AUR

• chatterino2-git

Manually

1. sudo pacman -S qt5-base qt5-multimedia qt5-svg gst-plugins-ugly gst-plugins-good boost rapidjson pkgconf openssl cmake
2. go into project directory
3. create build folder mkdir build && cd build

Using QMake

1. qmake .. && make

Using CMake

1. cmake .. && make

Fedora 28 and above

most likely works the same for other Red Hat-like distros. Substitue dnf with yum.

1. sudo dnf install qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtmultimedia-devel qt5-qtsvg-devel libsecret-devel openssl-devel boost-devel cmake
2. go into project directory
3. create build folder mkdir build && cd build

Using QMake

1. qmake-qt5 .. && make -j$(nproc)

Using CMake

1. cmake .. && make -j$(nproc)

Optional dependencies

gstreamer-plugins-good package is retired in Fedora 31, see: rhbz#1735324

1. sudo dnf install gstreamer-plugins-good (optional: for audio output)

NixOS 18.09+

1. enter the development environment with all of the dependencies: nix-shell -p openssl boost qt5.full pkg-config cmake
2. go into project directory
3. create build folder mkdir build && cd build

Using QMake

1. qmake .. && make

Using CMake

1. cmake .. && make