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Building CodeLite from sources

Windows

Important

We only support MSYS2 terminal

  • Open MSYS2 terminal, and type:
git clone https://github.com/eranif/codelite.git
cd codelite
git submodule update --init --recursive

# Use the build script to build CodeLite along with its dependencies
./build.sh
  • To run the new CodeLite:
(cd .build-release/install/bin && ./codelite.exe)

Linux

  • To build CodeLite on your computer you will first need to install wXWidget 3.1+ (sudo apt install libwxgtk3.2-dev libgtk-3-dev) or Build wxWidgets from sources
  • Install libssh-dev and libsqlite3-dev packages (or similar, depending on your distro). On Ubuntu / Debian, you can use this command:
sudo apt install build-essential            \
                 git cmake                  \
                 libssh-dev libsqlite3-dev  \
                 libmariadb-dev             \
                 libpq-dev                  \
                 libpcre2-dev bison flex    \
                 universal-ctags            \
                 fonts-noto
sudo fc-cache -fv

Note

fonts-noto is required for proper display of Unicode symbols in the editor.

  • Git clone the sources and build CodeLite:
git clone https://github.com/eranif/codelite.git
cd codelite
git submodule update --init --recursive
./build.sh
  • To uninstall CodeLite:
cd .build-release # cd to the build directory created by build.sh script
sudo xargs rm -vf < install_manifest.txt

macOS

Prerequisites:

  • CMake
  • Git
  • clang++ / clang
  • Flex
  • autoconf

Preparation:

  • (Optional) Make a separate folder for building if you want to get rid of all except the .app file after building
  • Install Xcode from Mac App Store
  • Install Xcode command-line tools: xcode-select --install (or you can type clang from the command line and if it is missing you will be prompted to install it)
  • Install Homebrew:
 ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  • Install the required libraries:
brew update
brew install git            \
             cmake          \
             universal-ctags\
             flex           \
             autoconf       \
             automake       \
             libtool        \
             mariadb        \
             postgresql     \
             gettext
  • Usually, brew will install everything under /opt/homebrew, so run this from the terminal:
echo 'export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.$(basename $SHELL)rc
source $HOME/.$(basename $SHELL)rc
  • Finally, Build CodeLite:
mkdir -p $HOME/devl
cd $_
git clone https://github.com/eranif/codelite.git
cd codelite
git submodule update --init --recursive
./build.sh

You should now have an app bundle $HOME/devl/codelite/build-release/codelite.app

To launch CodeLite:

  • open $HOME/devl/codelite/build-release/codelite.app