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Building
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########
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The following instructions will help you build Looking Glass for yourself
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from source code. Before you attempt to do this, you should have a basic
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understanding of how to use the shell.
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The following instructions will help you build Looking Glass from source code.
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Before attempting this, you should have a basic understanding of
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how to use the shell.
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.. _download_source:
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Downloading
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-----------
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Either visit the Looking Glass website's `Download
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Page <https://looking-glass.io/downloads>`_, or pull the lastest **bleeding-edge
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version** with ``git``.
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Visit the Looking Glass `Download Page <https://looking-glass.io/downloads>`__,
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and download the stable version (**recommended**).
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You can also download a *bleeding-edge version*, or the latest RC version
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during a Release Candidate cycle.
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Developers can clone the source code repo with ``git``.
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.. code:: bash
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These dependencies are required by default, but may be omitted if their
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feature is disabled when running :ref:`cmake <client_building>`.
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- Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_BACKTRACE=no``
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- Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_BACKTRACE=no ..``
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- binutils-dev
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- Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_X11=no``
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- Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_X11=no ..``
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- libx11-dev
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- libxfixes-dev
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- libxi-dev
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- libxss-dev
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- Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_WAYLAND=no``
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- Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_WAYLAND=no ..``
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- libwayland-bin
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- libwayland-dev
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@ -100,9 +103,9 @@ wayland-protocols``
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Building
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~~~~~~~~
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If you've downloaded the source code as a zip file, simply unzip and cd into the
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new directory. If you've cloned the repo with ``git``, then ``cd`` into the
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'LookingGlass' directory.
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If you've downloaded the source code as a zip file, simply unzip and ``cd``
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into the new directory. If you've cloned the repo with ``git``, then ``cd``
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into the *LookingGlass* directory.
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.. code:: bash
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cmake ../
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make
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Should this all go well, you will build the **looking-glass-client**.
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This will build the **looking-glass-client** binary, which is used to display
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frames from the guest.
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.. seealso::
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:ref:`Installing the Client <client_install>`
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- :ref:`Installing the Client <client_install>`
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- :ref:`Client Usage <client_usage>`
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.. note::
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The most common compile error is related to backtrace support. This can be
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disabled by adding the following option to the cmake command:
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**-DENABLE_BACKTRACE=0**, however, if you disable this and need support for a
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crash please be sure to use gdb to obtain a backtrace manually or there is
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nothing that can be done to help you.
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``-DENABLE_BACKTRACE=0``. However, if you disable this and need support for
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a crash, use ``gdb`` to obtain a backtrace manually.
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.. _host_building:
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Host
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----
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These instructions help you build the host yourself from the :ref:`downloaded
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source code <download_source>`.
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These instructions help you build the host yourself from the
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:ref:`downloaded source code <download_source>`.
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.. warning::
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Building the host from source code is not recommended for most purposes,
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1. Download and install msys2 x86_64 from
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`http://www.msys2.org/ <http://www.msys2.org/>`__ following the setup
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instructions provided
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2. Run the MSYS2 shell.
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2. Run the MSYS2 shell
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3. Download build dependencies with pacman
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.. code:: bash
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pacman -Fy
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pacman -Sy git make mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
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4. Checkout the project
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.. code:: bash
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git clone https://github.com/gnif/LookingGlass.git
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4. Change directory to the source tree with ``cd``
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5. Configure the project and build it
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.. code:: bash
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mkdir LookingGlass/host/build
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cd LookingGlass/host/build
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mkdir host/build
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cd host/build
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cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles" ..
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make
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.. _host_linux_on_linux:
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For Linux on Linux
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Make a ``host/build`` direstory, then run ``cmake``
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Make a ``host/build`` directory, then run ``cmake``
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.. code:: bash
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cd host
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mkdir build
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cd build
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mkdir host/build
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cd host/build
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cmake ..
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make
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For Windows cross compiling on Linux
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Like :ref:`host_linux_on_linux`, but specifying the mingw64 toolchain in cmake
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for building.
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Like :ref:`host_linux_on_linux`, but using the mingw64 toolchain to
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cross-compile a Windows ``.exe`` file.
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.. code:: bash
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cd host
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mkdir build
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cd build
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mkdir host/build
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cd host/build
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cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../toolchain-mingw64.cmake ..
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make
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Building the Windows installer
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1. :ref:`Build <host_win_cross_on_linux>` the host for Linux.
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1. :ref:`Build <host_win_cross_on_linux>` the host on Linux.
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2. Install ``nsis``
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