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7.9 KiB
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278 lines
7.9 KiB
Markdown
nheko
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[](https://travis-ci.org/Nheko-Reborn/nheko)
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/redsky17/nheko/branch/master)
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[](https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/releases/v0.6.3)
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[](https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/releases/nightly)
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[](https://matrix.to/#/#nheko-reborn:matrix.org)
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[](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nheko)
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The motivation behind the project is to provide a native desktop app for [Matrix] that
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feels more like a mainstream chat app ([Riot], Telegram etc) and less like an IRC client.
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### Note regarding End-to-End encryption
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Currently the implementation is at best a **proof of concept** and it should only be used for
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testing purposes.
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## Features
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Most of the features you would expect from a chat application are missing right now
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but we are getting close to a more feature complete client.
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Specifically there is support for:
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- E2E encryption (text messages only: attachments are currently sent unencrypted).
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- User registration.
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- Creating, joining & leaving rooms.
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- Sending & receiving invites.
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- Sending & receiving files and emoji (inline widgets for images, audio and file messages).
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- Typing notifications.
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- Username auto-completion.
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- Message & mention notifications.
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- Redacting messages.
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- Read receipts.
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- Basic communities support.
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- Room switcher (ctrl-K).
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- Light, Dark & System themes.
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## Installation
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### Releases
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Releases for Linux (AppImage), macOS (disk image) & Windows (x64 installer)
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can be found in the [Github releases](https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/releases).
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### Repositories
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#### Arch Linux
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```bash
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pacaur -S nheko # nheko-git
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```
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#### Fedora
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```bash
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sudo dnf install nheko
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```
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#### Gentoo Linux
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```bash
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sudo layman -a matrix
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sudo emerge -a nheko
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```
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#### Alpine Linux (and postmarketOS)
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Make sure you have the testing repositories from `edge` enabled. Note that this is not needed on postmarketOS.
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```sh
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sudo apk add nheko
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```
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#### Flatpak
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```
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flatpak install flathub io.github.mujx.Nheko
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```
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#### macOS (10.12 and above)
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with [macports](https://www.macports.org/) :
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```sh
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sudo port install nheko
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```
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### Build Requirements
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- Qt5 (5.7 or greater). Qt 5.7 adds support for color font rendering with
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Freetype, which is essential to properly support emoji.
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- CMake 3.1 or greater.
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- [mtxclient](https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/mtxclient)
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- [LMDB](https://symas.com/lightning-memory-mapped-database/)
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- [cmark](https://github.com/commonmark/cmark)
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- Boost 1.66 or greater.
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- [libolm](https://git.matrix.org/git/olm)
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- [libsodium](https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium)
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- [spdlog](https://github.com/gabime/spdlog)
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- A compiler that supports C++ 14:
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- Clang 5 (tested on Travis CI)
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- GCC 7 (tested on Travis CI)
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- MSVC 19.13 (tested on AppVeyor)
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#### Linux
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If you don't want to install any external dependencies, you can generate an AppImage locally using docker.
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```bash
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make docker-app-image
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```
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##### Arch Linux
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```bash
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sudo pacman -S qt5-base \
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qt5-tools \
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qt5-multimedia \
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qt5-svg \
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cmake \
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gcc \
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fontconfig \
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lmdb \
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cmark \
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boost \
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libsodium
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```
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##### Gentoo Linux
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```bash
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sudo emerge -a ">=dev-qt/qtgui-5.7.1" media-libs/fontconfig
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```
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##### Ubuntu (e.g 14.04)
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```bash
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:beineri/opt-qt592-trusty
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install -y g++-7 qt59base qt59svg qt59tools qt59multimedia cmake liblmdb-dev libsodium-dev
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```
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##### macOS (Xcode 8 or later)
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```bash
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brew update
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brew install qt5 lmdb cmake llvm libsodium spdlog boost cmark
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```
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##### Windows
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1. Install Visual Studio 2017's "Desktop Development" and "Linux Development with C++"
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(for the CMake integration) workloads.
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2. Download the latest Qt for windows installer and install it somewhere.
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Make sure to install the `MSVC 2017 64-bit` toolset for at least Qt 5.9
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(lower versions does not support VS2017).
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3. Install dependencies with `vcpkg`. You can simply clone it into a subfolder
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of the root nheko source directory.
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```powershell
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git clone http:\\github.com\Microsoft\vcpkg
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cd vcpkg
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.\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
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.\vcpkg install --triplet x64-windows \
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boost-asio \
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boost-beast \
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boost-iostreams \
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boost-random \
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boost-signals2 \
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boost-system \
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boost-thread \
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cmark \
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libsodium \
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lmdb \
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openssl \
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zlib
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```
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4. Install dependencies not managed by vcpkg. (libolm, libmtxclient, libmatrix_structs)
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Inside the project root run the following (replacing the path to vcpkg as necessary).
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```bash
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cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -Hdeps -B.deps
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-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/Users/<your-path>/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
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-DUSE_BUNDLED_BOOST=OFF
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cmake --build .deps --config Release
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cmake --build .deps --config Debug
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```
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### Building
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First we need to install the rest of the dependencies that are not available in our system
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```bash
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cmake -Hdeps -B.deps \
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-DUSE_BUNDLED_BOOST=OFF # if we already have boost & spdlog installed.
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-DUSE_BUNDLED_SPDLOG=OFF
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cmake --build .deps
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```
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We can now build nheko by pointing it to the path that we installed the dependencies.
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```bash
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cmake -H. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=.deps/usr
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cmake --build build
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```
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If the build fails with the following error
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```
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Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Qt5Widgets" with
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any of the following names:
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Qt5WidgetsConfig.cmake
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qt5widgets-config.cmake
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```
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You might need to pass `-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH` to cmake to point it at your qt5 install.
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e.g on macOS
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```
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cmake -H. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$(brew --prefix qt5)
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cmake --build build
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```
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The `nheko` binary will be located in the `build` directory.
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#### Windows
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After installing all dependencies, you need to edit the `CMakeSettings.json` to
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be able to load and compile nheko within Visual Studio.
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You need to fill out the paths for the `CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` and the `Qt5_DIR`.
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The toolchain file should point to the `vcpkg.cmake` and the Qt5 dir to the `lib\cmake\Qt5` dir.
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Examples for the paths are:
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- `C:\\vcpkg\\scripts\\buildsystems\\vcpkg.cmake`
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- `C:\\Qt\\5.10.1\\msvc2017_64\\lib\\cmake\\Qt5`
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Now right click into the root nheko source directory and choose `Open in Visual Studio`.
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You can choose the build type Release and Debug in the top toolbar.
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After a successful CMake generation you can select the `nheko.exe` as the run target.
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Now choose `Build all` in the CMake menu or press `F7` to compile the executable.
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To be able to run the application the last step is to install the needed Qt dependencies next to the
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nheko binary.
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Start the "Qt x.xx.x 64-bit for Desktop (MSVC 2017)" command promt and run `windeployqt`.
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```cmd
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cd <path-to-nheko>\build-vc\Release\Release
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windeployqt nheko.exe
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```
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The final binary will be located inside `build-vc\Release\Release` for the Release build
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and `build-vc\Debug\Debug` for the Debug build.
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### Contributing
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See [CONTRIBUTING](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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### Screens
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Here are some screen shots to get a feel for the UI, but things will probably change.
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### Third party
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- [Emoji One](http://emojione.com)
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- [Font Awesome](http://fontawesome.io/)
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- [Open Sans](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans)
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[Matrix]:https://matrix.org
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[Riot]:https://riot.im
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