.. _building: Building ######## The following instructions will help you build Looking Glass from source code. Before attempting this, you should have a basic understanding of how to use the shell. .. _download_source: Downloading ----------- Visit the Looking Glass `Download Page `__, and download the stable version (**recommended**). You can also download a *bleeding-edge version*, or the latest RC version during a Release Candidate cycle. Developers can clone the source code repo with ``git``. .. code:: bash git clone --recursive https://github.com/gnif/LookingGlass.git .. warning:: Please only clone from Git if you're a developer, and know what you're doing. Looking Glass requires git submodules that must be setup and updated when building. Source code downloads from the website come bundled with the necessary submodules. .. note:: When using the latest bleeding-edge client version, you *MUST* download and install the corresponding host application. .. _build_client_section: Client ------ .. _installing_build_dependencies: Installing Build Dependencies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These required libraries and tools should be installed first. .. _client_dependencies: Required Dependencies ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - cmake - gcc \| clang - fonts-freefont-ttf - libegl-dev - libgl-dev - libfontconfig1-dev - libgmp-dev - libspice-protocol-dev - make - nettle-dev - pkg-config .. _client_deps_may_be_disabled: May be disabled <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< These dependencies are required by default, but may be omitted if their feature is disabled when running :ref:`cmake `. - Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_BACKTRACE=no ..`` - binutils-dev - Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_X11=no ..`` - libx11-dev - libxfixes-dev - libxi-dev - libxinerama-dev - libxss-dev - Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_WAYLAND=no ..`` - libwayland-bin - libwayland-dev - wayland-protocols .. _client_deps_deprecated: Deprecated <<<<<<<<<< These dependencies may be used, but are not required, and will be removed in the future. - Enable with ``cmake -DENABLE_SDL=yes ..`` - libsdl2-dev - libsdl2-ttf-dev .. _client_fetching_with_apt: Fetching with APT ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You can fetch these dependencies with the following command: ``apt-get install binutils-dev cmake fonts-freefont-ttf libfontconfig1-dev libegl-dev libspice-protocol-dev nettle-dev libx11-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libxss-dev libwayland-dev wayland-protocols`` You may omit some dependencies, if you disable the feature which requires them when running :ref:`cmake `. (See :ref:`client_deps_may_be_disabled`) .. _client_building: Building ~~~~~~~~ If you've downloaded the source code as a zip file, simply unzip and ``cd`` into the new directory. If you've cloned the repo with ``git``, then ``cd`` into the *LookingGlass* directory. .. code:: bash mkdir client/build cd client/build cmake ../ make This will build the **looking-glass-client** binary, which is used to display frames from the guest. .. seealso:: - :ref:`Installing the Client ` - :ref:`Client Usage ` .. note:: The most common compile error is related to backtrace support. This can be disabled by adding the following option to the cmake command: ``-DENABLE_BACKTRACE=0``. However, if you disable this and need support for a crash, use ``gdb`` to obtain a backtrace manually. .. _host_building: Host ---- These instructions help you build the host yourself from the :ref:`downloaded source code `. .. warning:: Building the host from source code is not recommended for most purposes, and should only be attempted by users who are prepared to handle issues on their own. Please download the pre-built binary installers from https://looking-glass.io/downloads for stability, and increased support. .. note:: The pre-built binaries also include NvFBC support built in, which is only available to current Nvidia SDK license holders, and cannot be enabled when building the host without also having a license. .. _host_win_on_win: For Windows on Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Download and install msys2 x86_64 from `http://www.msys2.org/ `__ following the setup instructions provided 2. Run the MSYS2 shell 3. Download build dependencies with pacman .. code:: bash pacman -Fy pacman -Sy git make mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake 4. Change directory to the source tree with ``cd`` 5. Configure the project and build it .. code:: bash mkdir host/build cd host/build cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles" .. make .. _host_linux_on_linux: For Linux on Linux ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make a ``host/build`` directory, then run ``cmake`` .. code:: bash mkdir host/build cd host/build cmake .. make .. _host_win_cross_on_linux: For Windows cross compiling on Linux ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Like :ref:`host_linux_on_linux`, but using the mingw64 toolchain to cross-compile a Windows ``.exe`` file. .. code:: bash mkdir host/build cd host/build cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../toolchain-mingw64.cmake .. make .. _host_build_installer: Building the Windows installer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. :ref:`Build ` the host on Linux. 2. Install ``nsis`` .. code:: bash apt-get install nsis 3. Use ``makensis`` to build the installer. .. code:: bash cd host/build/platform/Windows makensis installer.nsi .. _host_questions: This will build ``looking-glass-host-setup.exe`` under ``host/build/platform/Windows/looking-glass-host-setup.exe`` .. seealso:: :ref:`Installing the Host `