Guitar

Building Guitar on Ubuntu

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for building Guitar, a cross-platform Git GUI client, on Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you’ll need to install the required dependencies:

sudo apt install build-essential ruby qmake6 libqt6core6 libqt6gui6 libqt6svg6-dev libqt6core5compat6-dev zlib1g-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libssl-dev

These packages include:

• C++ build tools
• Ruby (required for the preparation script)
• Qt6 development libraries
• Other necessary dependencies

Building Process

1. Clone the Repository

First, clone the Guitar repository:

git clone https://github.com/soramimi/Guitar.git
cd Guitar

2. Run the Preparation Script

The preparation script sets up the build environment:

ruby prepare.rb

This script performs necessary setup tasks for the build process.

3. Configure and Build

Create a build directory and compile the project:

mkdir build
cd build
qmake6 ../Guitar.pro
make -j8

The -j8 flag enables parallel compilation using 8 threads. You can adjust this number based on your CPU cores.

4. Running Guitar

After successful compilation, you can run Guitar from the build directory:

../_bin/Guitar

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