sethLabels/docs/BUILD-INSTRUCTIONS-LINUX.md

gLabels Linux Build Instructions

General

Prerequisites

• g++
• CMake 2.8.12+
• Qt5 5.4+ Development Packages ( Qt5Core, Qt5Widgets, Qt5PrintSupport, Qt5Xml, Qt5Svg )
• zlib 1.2+ Development Package

Even if the above library packages are installed, their corresponding development packages may also need to be installed. Development packages are usually named something like libraryName-dev or libraryName-devel.

Compile and Install

gLabels uses the CMake meta build system. Use the following commands to build and install gLabels:

$ cd glabels_source_directory
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
$ sudo make install

Example: Ubuntu 19.04

Installing Prerequisites

sudo apt install cmake
sudo apt install qtbase5-dev libqt5svg5-dev qttools5-dev zlib1g-dev

QREncode (Optional)

sudo apt install pkgconf libqrencode-dev

Zint (Optional)

wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zint/zint/2.6.3/zint-2.6.3_final.tar.gz
tar xzf zint-2.6.3_final.tar.gz
cd zint-2.6.3.src
mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make
sudo make install

Compile and Install gLabels

$ cd glabels-qt
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
$ sudo make install