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44 lines
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### Dependencies
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This program has five main dependencies
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* Qt 5.6+ (https://www.qt.io/download)
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* BASS (http://www.un4seen.com/bass.html)
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* BASS Opus Plugin (http://www.un4seen.com/bass.html#addons)
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* Discord Rich Presence (https://github.com/discordapp/discord-rpc/releases)
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* Qt Apng Plugin (https://github.com/Skycoder42/QtApng/releases)
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### How to build dynamically (the easy way)
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What you want to do is first download the latest version of Qt from the first link. (get the prebuilt dynamic version)
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If you're on Ubuntu, go to the scripts/ folder and run configure_ubuntu.sh. This should fetch all the required dependencies automatically.
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If not, go to each one of the links above and find the right dynamic library for your platform:
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* Windows: .dll
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* Linux: .so
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* Mac: .dylib
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And put them in BOTH lib/ and the repository root (lib/ is required for linking and root is required for runtime)
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Launch Qt creator, open the .pro file and try running it. Ask in the Discord if you're having issues: https://discord.gg/wWvQ3pw
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### How to build statically (the hard way)
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You're gonna have a bad time.
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Building statically means you can distribute the final program without needing to pack alongside a lot of dynamic libraries.
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This is a tricky process and is not recommended unless you know what you're doing.
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First, you need to build the entirety of Qt statically. To do this, check the desired version under "Sources" in the Qt maintenance tool.
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After this is done, follow these instructions: https://dimitris.apeiro.gr/2015/06/24/build-a-static-qt5-for-windows-by-compiling/
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This guide is specifically for Windows, but Qt is cross-platform and you should be good with or without some minor adjustments to the guide.
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Note that this **is** a computationally heavy process and will take a lot of time on a slow computer.
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After this, you need to configure the project to use the static version of qmake (see http://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-build-settings.html)
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BASS and BASS Opus only comes as dynamic libraries and is not open-source. That means you can't link it statically in the program.
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For Discord RPC, you can download prebuilt static libraries for your platform. Just put them in lib/.
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For Qt Apng Plugin, you need to compile it statically. This guide does not go into detail how to configure this to build a static library. You may have to add Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(ApngImagePlugin); in main.cpp. See more about importing static plugins here: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/plugins-howto.html#static-plugins
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It's also possible to just link this dynamically.
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