Build Instructions (Linux)

Build Instructions (Linux)

You can also build cool-retro-term from source.

Dependencies

Let's start by grabbing the correct dependencies for the most popular distros:

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# Ubuntu 22.04, Debian Bookworm and above

sudo apt install build-essential qmlscene qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-localstorage qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qml-module-qt-labs-platform qtquickcontrols2-5-dev

# Ubuntu, Debian Jessie and above

sudo apt install build-essential qmlscene qt5-qmake qt5-default qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-localstorage qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qtquickcontrols2-5-dev

# Debian Bullseye

sudo apt install build-essential qmlscene qt5-qmake qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-localstorage qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qtdeclarative5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qml-module-qt-labs-platform

# Extra packages needed for at least Ubuntu 20.04

sudo apt install qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qml-module-qt-labs-platform qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qtquick-localstorage


# Fedora

sudo dnf -y install qt5-qtbase qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtdeclarative qt5-qtdeclarative-devel qt5-qtgraphicaleffects qt5-qtquickcontrols qt5-qtquickcontrols2-devel redhat-rpm-config && sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/bin/qmake


# Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S qt5-base qt5-declarative qt5-quickcontrols qt5-graphicaleffects

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Anyone else

Install Qt directly from here http://qt-project.org/downloads . Once done export them in you path (replace "/opt/Qt5.12.x/Qt5.12.x/gcc_64/bin" with your correct folder):

export PATH=/opt/Qt5.12.x/Qt5.12.x/gcc_64/bin/:$PATH

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Compile

Once you installed all dependencies (Qt is installed and in your path) you need to compile and run the application:

# Get it from GitHub
git clone --recursive https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term.git

# Build it
cd cool-retro-term

# Compile
qmake && make

# Have fun!
./cool-retro-term