Editing Client

== Build Looking Glass Client from Git ==


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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.
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Developers can clone the source code repo with git.

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git clone --recursive https://github.com/gnif/LookingGlass.git
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When checking out different versions use

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git checkout B4 --recurse-submodules
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or run after checkout:
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>git submodule update </syntaxhighlight>


=== Building on Ubuntu ===

you will probably need to install gawk

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sudo apt install gawk
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