Install Dependencies

This tutorial is for installing the dependencies necessary for compiling QZ Tray (as well as QZ Print) on Windows, Mac or Ubuntu and accessing the source code repository using git.

To compile, see separate compiling tutorial.

##Install Dependencies

####Windows

1. Install JDK 7 or higher:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/

1. Download and extract Apache Ant:

https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi

1. Setup environment variables JAVA_HOME, PATH, etc:

• Assume Ant is installed in c:\ant\. The following commands set up the environment:

 set ANT_HOME=c:\ant
 set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.7.0_51
 set PATH=%PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin

http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#setup

1. Install NSIS 3.0+:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download

1. Install git:

https://git-scm.com/download/win

####Mac

1. Install command line tools for OS X (installation methods vary)

2. Install JDK 7 or higher via: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/

3. Install homebrew via:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

1. Install ant dependencies via:

# Install ant
brew install ant

1. Install git:

https://git-scm.com/download/mac

####Ubuntu

1. Install all dependencies (jdk, ant, nsis, makeself) via:

sudo apt-get install git openjdk-7-jdk ant nsis makeself

####Fedora

1. Install all dependencies (jdk, ant, nsis, makeself) via:

sudo yum install git java-1.?.0-openjdk-devel ant nsis makeself

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##Clone Source Code

1. Clone the repository:

git clone -b 1.9 https://github.com/qzind/qz-print

Note: This will clone the source code for the 1.9 branch of the software.

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##Compile

1. See separate compiling tutorial.