This is a very short description of the FBReader build procedure.

Compiler

All version of FBReader are configured for building on linux desktop computer. You need the gcc compiler for building the desktop version or cross gcc compiler for building the package for another platform.

Libraries

FBReader requires:

• expat -- library for XML parsing
  AFAIK, all popular distributions include packages with names like 'expat-dev' or 'libexpat-dev'.
  If you cannot find expat in your distribution, please visit https://libexpat.github.io.

• libz and libbz2 -- libraries for zip and bzip2 (de)compression

• UI library -- this depends on your target platform
  For desktop:

  1. Qt library, version 3.* or 4.*
     OR
  2. GTK+ library, version >= 2.4

• libunibreak (https://github.com/adah1972/libunibreak) -- library for line breaking in a Unicode sequence

• libfribidi -- for bidirectional text support

• libcurl, version >= 7.17 -- for network libraries integration

• libsqlite3

For the win32 version we also require:

• libpng
• libungif
• libjpeg
• libtiff

How to configure

Before building FBReader, you should check (and maybe edit) 2 files:

• makefiles/target.mk

  In this file you should define 3 variables:

  • TARGET_ARCH -- target platform for building FBReader
  • UI_TYPE -- UI library
  • TARGET_STATUS -- "release", "debug" or "profile". "release" is a reasonable choice for almost all users

  Possible pairs for TARGET_ARCH + UI_TYPE are:

  TARGET_ARCH = desktop               UI_TYPE = gtk
  TARGET_ARCH = desktop               UI_TYPE = qt
  TARGET_ARCH = desktop               UI_TYPE = qt4
  TARGET_ARCH = pepperpad3            UI_TYPE = gtk
  TARGET_ARCH = zaurus                UI_TYPE = qtopia-240x320
  TARGET_ARCH = zaurus                UI_TYPE = qtopia-640x480
  TARGET_ARCH = openzaurus            UI_TYPE = opie
  TARGET_ARCH = openzaurus            UI_TYPE = gpe
  TARGET_ARCH = pdaxrom               UI_TYPE = gtk
  TARGET_ARCH = pdaxrom               UI_TYPE = qt
  TARGET_ARCH = opensimpad-0.9.0      UI_TYPE = opie
  TARGET_ARCH = maemo                 UI_TYPE = maemo2
  TARGET_ARCH = maemo                 UI_TYPE = maemo4
  TARGET_ARCH = pma400                UI_TYPE = qtopia
  TARGET_ARCH = moto                  UI_TYPE = ezx
  TARGET_ARCH = win32                 UI_TYPE = win32
  TARGET_ARCH = macosx                UI_TYPE = cocoa
  

• makefiles/arch/$(TARGET_ARCH).mk
  This file defines compiler name and location, headers and libraries locations, compilation flags, installation path (for desktop), etc.

How to build

Just type make in FBReader root directory. (FBReader root directory == directory containing this file.)

How to install

If you want to install FBReader on your desktop computer, just run make install as root in FBReader root directory.

If you want to create package for another platform, run make packages in FBReader root directory.