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Xournal++ Linux Build

Install dependencies

Xournal++ is programmed with c++17 and needs the header and one filesystem library, either the STL or the boost implementation. Therefore it is required to install a compiler implementing those features. We recommend g++-8 or clang-9 and above.

Please create pull requests (or file issues) if you have more precise dependencies.

Lua is needed for plugins, if it is missing, the plugins will be disabled.

CMake Generator

The installation instructions don't assume any specific build tool (other than CMake), but they do require make, ninja, or another supported CMake generator. It is required that such a tool is installed in order to build xournalpp.

The minimum required CMake version is 3.10, but we recommend to use >=3.15.

Distribution specific commands

For Arch

sudo pacman -S cmake gtk3 base-devel libxml2 cppunit portaudio libsndfile \
poppler-glib texlive-bin texlive-pictures gettext libzip

For Fedora/CentOS/RHEL:

sudo dnf install gcc-c++ cmake gtk3-devel libxml2-devel cppunit-devel portaudio-devel libsndfile-devel \
poppler-glib-devel texlive-scheme-basic texlive-dvipng 'tex(standalone.cls)' gettext libzip-devel

For Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get install cmake libgtk-3-dev libpoppler-glib-dev portaudio19-dev libsndfile-dev \
libcppunit-dev dvipng texlive libxml2-dev liblua5.3-dev libzip-dev

For openSUSE:

sudo zypper install cmake gtk3-devel cppunit-devel portaudio-devel libsndfile-devel \
texlive-dvipng texlive libxml2-devel libpoppler-glib-devel libzip-devel

For Solus:

sudo eopkg it -c system.devel
sudo eopkg it cmake libgtk-3-devel libxml2-devel poppler-devel libzip-devel \
portaudio-devel libsndfile-devel alsa-lib-devel cppunit-devel lua-devel

Compiling

The basic steps to compile Xournal++ are:

git clone https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp.git
cd xournalpp
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
# For a faster build, set the flag -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo

Use cmake-gui .. to graphically configure compilation.

With Cairo 1.16 PDF Bookmarks will be possible, but this Version is not yet common available, therefore the Cairo PDF Export is without PDF Bookmarks.

The binary executable will be placed in the build/src/ subdirectory.

Packaging and Installation

Creating Packages for Package Managers

After compilation, select which packages you want to generate (see the relevant sections below) and then run the package target. The generated packages will be located in build/packages. For example:

cmake .. -DCPACK_GENERATOR="TGZ;DEB"  # Generate .tar.gz and .deb packages
cmake --build . --target package

By default, a standalone .tar.gz package will be generated. For distro-agnostic packaging platforms such as AppImages and Flatpaks, see the relevant sections below.

.deb packages

cmake .. -DCPACK_GENERATOR="DEB" ..
cmake --build . --target package

.rpm packages

TODO

AppImage

TODO

Flatpak

The Flatpak manifest for Xournal++ is located at https://github.com/flathub/com.github.xournalpp.xournalpp, which should be cloned into a separate directory before building.

git clone https://github.com/flathub/com.github.xournalpp.xournalpp xournalpp-flatpak

By default, the Flatpak manifest will build the latest stable version of Xournal++. You can change the built version to a specific commit by editing the commit information of the manifest to the desired commit (also specify tags if building a stable version):

   - name: xournalpp
     buildsystem: cmake-ninja
     sources:
       - type: git
         url: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp
-        commit: 14e9012b94e005112387dbb7d2ed59274d542885
-        tag: 1.0.10
+        commit: a911a3911df7c588c23997a29ad6a2e8d48b4aea
+        tag: 1.0.15

You can also build your local clone of Xournal++ by changing the source type to dir and specifying the path to the clone.

Installation from source

We highly discourage installation from source, as it may lead to issues when upgrading to newer versions later on. Please think about creating a native package, an AppImage or Flatpak instead. Instructions are below.

If you don't want to make a package, you can install Xournal++ into your user folder (or any other folder) by specifying CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:

cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local
cmake --build . --target install
./cmake/postinst configure

If you want to install Xournal++ systemwide directly from the build directory, run

cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
sudo cmake --build . --target install
./cmake/postinst configure