BUILD.md

Building OnionShare

GNU/Linux

Start by getting a copy of the source code:

git clone https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare.git
cd onionshare

For .deb-based distros (like Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint):

Then install the needed dependencies:

sudo apt-get install -y python3-flask python3-stem python3-pyqt5 python-nautilus

After that you can try both the CLI and the GUI version of OnionShare:

./install/scripts/onionshare
./install/scripts/onionshare-gui

A script to build a .deb package and install OnionShare easily is also provided for your convenience:

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential fakeroot python3-all python3-stdeb dh-python python-nautilus
./install/build_deb.sh
sudo dpkg -i deb_dist/onionshare_*.deb

Note that OnionShare uses stdeb to generate Debian packages, and python3-stdeb is not available in Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty). Because of this, you can't use the build_install.sh script to build the .deb file in versions of Ubuntu 14.04 and earlier. However, .deb files you build in later versions of Ubuntu will install and work fine in 14.04.

For .rpm-based distros (Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS):

sudo sudo dnf install -y rpm-build python3-flask python3-stem python3-qt5 nautilus-python
./install/build_rpm.sh
sudo yum install -y dist/onionshare-*.rpm

Depending on your distribution, you may need to use yum instead of dnf.

For ArchLinux:

There is a PKBUILD available here that can be used to install OnionShare.

Mac OS X

Install Xcode from the Mac App Store. Once it's installed, run it for the first time to set it up.

If you don't already have it installed, install Homebrew.

Install some dependencies using Homebrew:

brew install python3 pyqt5 qt5

Install some dependencies using pip3:

sudo pip3 install pyinstaller flask stem

Get the source code:

git clone https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare.git
cd onionshare

To build the .app:

install/build_osx.sh

Now you should have dist/OnionShare.app.

To codesign and build a .pkg for distribution:

install/build_osx.sh --sign

Now you should have dist/OnionShare.pkg.

Windows

Setting up your dev environment

These instructions include adding folders to the path in Windows. To do this, go to Start and type "advanced system settings", and open "View advanced system settings" in the Control Panel. Click Environment Variables. Under "System variables" double-click on Path. From there you can add and remove folders that are available in the PATH.

First, download and install the 32-bit (x86) version of Python 3.4.x from https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/. You need 3.4 instead of 3.5 because PyQt5 was built with 3.4. Add C:\Python34 and C:\Python34\Scripts to the path.

Open a command prompt and install some dependencies with pip: pip3 install pyinstaller pypiwin32 flask stem

Download and install Qt5 from https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/. I downloaded qt-unified-windows-x86-2.0.2-2-online.exe. There's no need to login to a Qt account during installation. Make sure you install the latest Qt 5.x.

Download and install the latest PyQt5 for 32-bit Windows from https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download5. I downloaded PyQt5-5.5.1-gpl-Py3.4-Qt5.5.1-x32.exe.

Download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86).

If you want to build the installer:

• Go to http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download and download the latest NSIS. I downloaded nsis-3.0b0-setup.exe.
• Add C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS to the path.

If you want to sign binaries with Authenticode:

• You'll need a code signing certificate. I roughly followed this guide to make one using my StartSSL account.
• Once you get a code signing key and certificate and covert it to a pfx file, import it into your certificate store.
• Windows 7:
  • Go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa496123 and install the latest .NET Framework. I installed .NET Framework 4.6.
  • Go to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=8279 and install the Windows SDK.
  • Add C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin to the path.
• Windows 10:
  • Go to https://dev.windows.com/en-us/downloads/windows-10-sdk and install the standalone Windows 10 SDK. Note that you may not need this if you already have Visual Studio.
  • Add C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x86 to the path.

To make a .exe:

• Open a command prompt, cd into the onionshare directory, and type: pyinstaller install\pyinstaller.spec -y. onionshare.exe and all of its supporting files will get created inside the dist\onionshare folder.

To build the installer:

Note that you must have a codesigning certificate installed in order to use the install\build_exe.bat script, because it codesigns onionshare.exe, uninstall.exe, and OnionShare_Setup.exe.

Open a command prompt, cd to the onionshare directory, and type: install\build_exe.bat

This will prompt you to codesign three binaries and execute one unsigned binary. When you're done clicking through everything you will have dist\OnionShare_Setup.exe.

Tests

OnionShare includes nose unit tests. First, sudo apt-get install python3-nose or sudo pip3 install nose.

To run the tests:

nosetests3 test