- Dependencies
- Linux
- OS X
- Windows
| Name | Version | Modules |
|---|---|---|
| Qt | >= 5.3.0 | core, gui, network, opengl, sql, svg, widget, xml |
| GCC/MinGW | >= 4.8 | C++11 enabled |
| toxcore | most recent | core, av |
| FFmpeg | >= 2.6.0 | avformat, avdevice, avcodec, avutil, swscale |
| OpenAL Soft | >= 1.16.0 | |
| qrencode | >= 3.0.3 | |
| sqlcipher | >= 3.2.0 | |
| libXScrnSaver | >= 1.2 | |
| pkg-config | >= 0.28 | |
| libX11 | >= 1.6.0 |
There are community builds for wide range of distrubutions:
| Link | Distros | Architecture |
|---|---|---|
| OBS | Arch, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu | x86, x86_64 |
| Ubuntu PPA | Ubuntu | arm64, armhf, ppc64el |
There are available generic binaries for Linux:
====
#### ArchPKGBUILD is available in the community repo, to install:
pacman -S qtoxqTox is available in Gentoo.
To install:
emerge qtoxqTox SlackBuild and all of its dependencies can be found here: http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/network/qTox/
#### FreeBSDA qTox port is available at net-im/qTox. To build and install qTox:
cd /usr/ports/net-im/qTox/
make installIf your distribution is not listed, or you want / need to compile qTox, there are provided instructions.
Most of the dependencies should be available through your package manger. You
may either follow the directions below, or simply run ./simple_make.sh after
cloning this repository, which will attempt to automatically download
dependencies followed by compilation.
In order to clone the qTox repository you need Git.
#### Arch Linux ```bash sudo pacman -S --needed git ``` #### Debian ```bash sudo apt-get install git ``` #### Fedora *`yum` is now officially deprecated by `dnf`. using `yum` will redirect to `dnf` on Fedora 21 and fail on future versions.* ```bash sudo dnf install git ``` #### openSUSE ```bash sudo zypper install git ``` #### Ubuntu ```bash sudo apt-get install git ```Afterwards open a new terminal, change to a directory of your choice and clone the repository:
cd /home/user/qTox
git clone https://github.com/qTox/qTox.git qToxThe following steps assumes that you cloned the repository at /home/user/qTox.
If you decided to choose another location, replace corresponding parts.
If you use stable, you have to add backports to your sources.list for FFmpeg
and others. Instructions here: http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
sudo apt-get install build-essential qt5-qmake qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools \
libqt5opengl5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libopenal-dev libxss-dev qrencode \
libqrencode-dev libglib2.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev ffmpeg \
libsqlcipher-devThis means that you have to compile sqlcipher yourself, otherwise compiling qTox will fail.
sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" "C Development Tools and Libraries"
# (can also use sudo dnf install @"Development Tools")
sudo dnf install qt-devel qt-doc qt-creator qt5-qtsvg qt5-qtsvg-devel \
openal-soft-devel libXScrnSaver-devel qrencode-devel ffmpeg-devel \
qtsingleapplication qt5-linguist gtk2-devel libtool openssl-develGo to sqlcipher section to compile it.
#### openSUSEsudo zypper install patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis libqt5-qtbase-common-devel \
libqt5-qtsvg-devel libqt5-linguist libQt5Network-devel libQt5OpenGL-devel \
libQt5Concurrent-devel libQt5Xml-devel libQt5Sql-devel openal-soft-devel \
qrencode-devel libXScrnSaver-devel libQt5Sql5-sqlite libffmpeg-devel \
sqlcipher-develList of all the qTox dependencies and their SlackBuilds can be found here: http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/network/qTox/
#### Ubuntu >=15.04 ```bash sudo apt-get install build-essential qt5-qmake qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools \ libqt5opengl5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libopenal-dev libxss-dev qrencode \ libqrencode-dev libavutil-ffmpeg-dev libswresample-ffmpeg-dev \ libavcodec-ffmpeg-dev libswscale-ffmpeg-dev libavfilter-ffmpeg-dev \ libavdevice-ffmpeg-dev libglib2.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev \ libsqlcipher-dev ``` #### Ubuntu >=16.04: ```bash sudo apt-get install build-essential qt5-qmake qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools libqt5opengl5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libopenal-dev libxss-dev qrencode libqrencode-dev libavutil-dev libswresample-dev libavcodec-dev libswscale-dev libavfilter-dev libavdevice-dev libglib2.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libsqlcipher-dev ```Install all of the toxcore dependencies.
#### Arch Linux ```bash sudo pacman -S --needed opus libvpx libsodium ``` #### Debian ```bash sudo apt-get install libtool autotools-dev automake checkinstall check \ libopus-dev libvpx-dev libsodium-dev libavdevice-dev ``` #### Fedora ```bash sudo dnf install libtool autoconf automake check check-devel libsodium-devel \ opus-devel libvpx-devel ``` #### openSUSE ```bash sudo zypper install libsodium-devel libvpx-devel libopus-devel \ patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis ``` #### SlackwareList of all the toxcore dependencies and their SlackBuilds can be found here: http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/network/toxcore/
#### Ubuntu >=15.04 ```bash sudo apt-get install libtool autotools-dev automake checkinstall check \ libopus-dev libvpx-dev libsodium-dev ```If you are not using Fedora, skip this section, and go directly to compiling toxcore.
git clone https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher
cd sqlcipher
./configure --enable-tempstore=yes CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC" \
LDFLAGS="-lcrypto"
make
sudo make install
cd ..Provided that you have all required dependencies installed, you can simply run:
git clone https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore.git
cd toxcore
autoreconf -if
./configure
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install
echo '/usr/local/lib/' | sudo tee -a /etc/ld.so.conf.d/locallib.conf
sudo ldconfigMake sure that all the dependencies are installed. If you experience problems with compiling, it's most likely due to missing dependencies, so please make sure that you did install all of them.
Run in qTox directory to compile:
qmake
makeNow you can start compiled qTox with ./qtox
Congratulations, you've compiled qTox :)
Note to Fedora users: check qt5 version before building default is 4.8 on fedora
21 / 22, everything up until qmake-qt5 will build fine but then qmake-qt5
will freak out.
qmake-qt5
makeIf the compiling process stops with a missing dependency like:
... libswscale/swscale.h missing try:
apt-file search libswscale/swscale.hAnd install the package that provides the missing file.
Start make again. Repeat if necessary until all dependencies are installed. If
you can, please note down all additional dependencies you had to install that
aren't listed here, and let us know what is missing ;)
====
Alternately, qTox now has the experimental and probably-dodgy ability to package
itself (in .deb form natively, and .rpm form with
alien).
After installing the required dependencies, run bootstrap.sh and then run the
buildPackages.sh script, found in the tools folder. It will automatically get
the packages necessary for building .debs, so be prepared to type your
password for sudo.
Compiling qTox on OS X for development requires 3 tools: Xcode, Qt 5.4+ and homebrew.
You can now set up your OS X system to compile qTox automatically thanks to the
script in: ./osx/qTox-Mac-Deployer-ULTIMATE.sh
This script can be run independently of the qTox repo and is all that's needed to build from scratch on OS X.
To use this script you must launch terminal which can be found:
Applications > Utilities > Terminal.app
If you wish to lean more you can run ./qTox-Mac-Deployer-ULTIMATE.sh -h
If you are running the script for the first time you will want to make sure your
system is ready. To do this simply run ./qTox-Mac-Deployer-ULTIMATE.sh -i to
run you through the automated install set up.
After running the installation setup you are now ready to build qTox from
source, to do this simply run: ./qTox-Mac-Deployer-ULTIMATE.sh -b
If there aren't any errors then you'll find a locally working qTox application
in your home folder under ~/qTox-Mac_Build
If you want to update your application for testing purposes or you want to run a
nightly build setup then run: ./qTox-Mac-Deployer-ULTIMATE.sh -u and follow
the prompts. (NOTE: If you know you updated the repos before running this hit Y)
followed by ./qTox-Mac-Deployer-ULTIMATE.sh -b to build the application once
more. (NOTE: This will delete your previous build.)
OS X requires an extra step to make the qTox.app file shareable on a system
that doesn't have the required libraries installed already.
If you want to share the build you've made with your other friends who use OS X
then simply run: ./qTox-Mac-Deployer-ULTIMATE.sh -d
Install homebrew if you don't have it:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"First, let's install the dependencies available via brew.
brew install git ffmpeg qrencode libtool automake autoconf check qt5 libvpx \
opus sqlcipher libsodiumNext, install toxcore
Then, clone qTox:
git clone https://github.com/qTox/qToxFinally, copy all required files. Whenever you update your brew packages, you may skip all of the above steps and simply run the following commands:
cd ./git/qTox
sudo bash bootstrap-osx.shYou can build qTox with Qt Creator
seperate download or you can
hunt down the version of home brew qt5 your using in the
/usr/local/Cellar/qt5/ directory. e.g.
/usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.5.1_2/bin/qmake with 5.5.1_2 being the version of
Qt5 that's been installed.
With that; in your terminal you can compile qTox in the git dir:
/usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.5.1_2/bin/qmake ./qtox.proOr a cleaner method would be to:
cd ./git/dir/qTox
mkdir ./build
cd build
/usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.5.1_2/bin/qmake ../qtox.proIf you compiled qTox properly you can now deploy the qTox.app that's created
where you built qTox so you can distribute the package.
Using your qt5 homebrew installation from the build directory:
/usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.5.1_2/bin/macdeployqt ./qTox.appYou've got 2 choices, either click on the qTox app that suddenly exists, or do the following:
qtox.app/Contents/MacOS/qtoxEnjoy the snazzy CLI output as your friends and family congratulate you on becoming a hacker
## WindowsDownload the Qt online installer for Windows from
qt.io. While installation you have
to assemble your Qt toolchain. Take the most recent version of Qt compiled with
MinGW. Although the installer provides its own bundled MinGW compiler toolchain
its recommend installing it separately because Qt is missing MSYS which is
needed to compile and install OpenAL. Thus you can - if needed - deselect the
tab Tools. The following steps assume that Qt is installed at C:\Qt. If you
decided to choose another location, replace corresponding parts.
Download the MinGW installer for Windows from
sourceforge.net. Make
sure to install MSYS (a set of Unix tools for Windows). The following steps
assume that MinGW is installed at C:\MinGW. If you decided to choose another
location, replace corresponding parts. Select mingw-developer-toolkit,
mingw32-base, mingw32-gcc-g++, msys-base and mingw32-pthreads-w32
packages using MinGW Installation Manager (mingw-get.exe). Check that the
version of MinGW, corresponds to the version of the QT component!
Download the Wget installer for Windows from
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm. Install them. The following
steps assume that Wget is installed at C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\. If you
decided to choose another location, replace corresponding parts.
Download the UnZip installer for Windows from
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/unzip.htm. Install it. The following
steps assume that UnZip is installed at C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\. If you
decided to choose another location, replace corresponding parts.
Add MinGW/MSYS/CMake binaries to the system path to make them globally
accessible. Open Control Panel -> System and Security -> System ->
Advanced system settings -> Environment Variables... (or run sysdm.cpl
select tab Advanced system settings -> button Environment Variables). In the
second box search for the PATH variable and press Edit.... The input box
Variable value: should already contain some directories. Each directory is
separated with a semicolon. Extend the input box by adding
;C:\MinGW\bin;C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake 2.8\bin;C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin.
The very first semicolon must only be added if it is missing. CMake may be added
by installer automatically. Make sure that paths containing alternative sh,
bash implementations such as C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin are at the end of
PATH or build may fail.
Clone the repository (https://github.com/qTox/qTox.git) with your preferred Git
client. SmartGit is very nice for this task
(you may need to add the path to the git.exe system variable Path). The
following steps assume that you cloned the repository at C:\qTox. If you
decided to choose another location, replace corresponding parts.
Run bootstrap.bat in cloned C:\qTox directory. Script will download rest of
dependencies compile them and put to appropriate directories.