Building on Linux

The instructions below apply to Ubuntu 14.04, 15.10, and 16.04. If your distribution is not Debian-based, you may need to adapt the commands.

1. Versions of Ubuntu prior to 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) include an outdated version of CMake and therefore you will need to add the following PPA before installing CMake:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x
    sudo apt-get update
   

2. Install GCC, CMake, and the Qt 5 development files:

    sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake qtbase5-dev
   

   To enable support for application indicators, you will need to install the following packages:

    sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libappindicator-dev libnotify-dev
   

3. Change to the root of the source directory and build the project:

    mkdir build && cd build
    cmake ..
    make
   

4. The NitroShare binary will be in the out/ directory and can be run with:

    out/nitroshare
   

Packaging

Debian packaging for NitroShare can be found here:
https://github.com/nitroshare/nitroshare-desktop-debian