mirror-chatterino2/BUILDING_ON_LINUX.md

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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.

Install dependencies

Ubuntu 20.04

Most likely works the same for other Debian-like distros

Install all of the dependencies using sudo apt install qttools5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev qt5-image-formats-plugins libqt5svg5-dev libboost-dev libssl-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev cmake g++

Arch Linux

Install all of the dependencies using sudo pacman -S --needed qt5-base qt5-multimedia qt5-imageformats qt5-svg qt5-tools gst-plugins-ugly gst-plugins-good boost rapidjson pkgconf openssl cmake

Alternatively you can use the chatterino2-git package to build and install Chatterino for you.

Fedora 28 and above

Most likely works the same for other Red Hat-like distros. Substitute dnf with yum.

Install all of the dependencies using sudo dnf install qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtmultimedia-devel qt5-imageformats qt5-qtsvg-devel qt5-linguist libsecret-devel openssl-devel boost-devel cmake

NixOS 18.09+

Enter the development environment with all of the dependencies: nix-shell -p openssl boost qt5.full pkg-config cmake

Compile

Through Qt Creator

  1. Install C++ IDE Qt Creator by using sudo apt install qtcreator
  2. Open CMakeLists.txt with Qt Creator and select build

Manually

  1. In the project directory, create a build directory and enter it
    mkdir build
    cd build
    
  2. Generate build files
    cmake ..
    
  3. Build the project
    make