Compiling on Debian

OTClient

Supported OS

• Debian 12

1. Install the required software

The following command will install Git, CMake, a compiler and the libraries used by OTClient.

Git will be used to download the source code, and CMake will be used to generate the build files.

sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
sudo apt install git cmake build-essential autoconf libtool ca-certificates curl zip unzip tar pkg-config ninja-build libglew-dev libx11-dev ccache linux-headers-$(uname -r) -y

Update cmake

sudo apt remove --purge cmake -y
hash -r
sudo apt install snapd -y
sudo snap install cmake --classic
cmake --version

Update gcc

- Edit repository file: 
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

- Append these lines to the end:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
- Save the file.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gcc-14 -t testing && sudo apt install g++-14 -t testing
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-14 14 
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-14 14
gcc-14 --version
g++-14 --version

Install vcpkg

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
cd vcpkg
./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
cd ..

2. Download the source code

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mehah/otclient.git
cd otclient

3. Checkout nightly branch (optional)

git checkout main

4. Folder structure

.
├── otclient
└── vcpkg

5. Configure and build

mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=~/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake .. --preset linux-release
cmake --build linux-release

-- Running vcpkg install

This step will take a long time on the first run, as it needs to download and install all the dependencies, so be patient!

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