Build from Source Code¶

This page describes how to build the application from source code.

Get the Source Code¶

Download the source code from git repository

git clone https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ.git

or download the latest source code archive from:

Install Dependencies¶

The build requires:

CMake
Qt

On Ubuntu you can install all build dependencies with:

sudo apt install cmake qtbase5-private-dev qtscript5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libqt5svg5-dev

Following is optional but recommended:

sudo apt install libxfixes-dev libxtst-dev

Build and Install¶

Build the source code with CMake and make or using an IDE of your choice (see next sections).

cd CopyQ    # set root source code directory as current
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local .
make
make install

Qt Creator¶

Qt Creator is IDE focused on developing C++ and Qt applications.

Install Qt Creator from your package manager or by selecting it from Qt installation utility.

Set up Qt library, C++ compiler and CMake.

Visual Studio¶

You need to install Qt for given version Visual Studio.

In Visual Studio 2017 open folder containing repository clone using “File - Open - Folder”.

In older versions, create solution manually by running cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" . (select appropriate generator name) in repository clone folder.