Added build instructions in the main repository as a temporary reference

Signed-off-by: Sergio <42090377+SSUPII@users.noreply.github.com>

2022-10-18 15:35:40 +02:00

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Build Instructions

Full build instructions will are available on the website.

If you would like to contribute or fix an issue with the Build instructions you will be able to do so here.

Getting the source

Clone the source code using git, and grab all the submodules. This is generic for all platforms you want to build on.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/PlaceholderMC/PrismLauncher
cd PrismLauncher

Linux

This guide will mostly mention dependant packages by their Debian naming.

Dependencies

A C++ compiler capable of building C++17 code.
Qt Development tools 5.12 or newer (on Debian 11 or Debian-based distributions, qtbase5-dev qtchooser qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools libqt5core5a libqt5network5 libqt5gui5).
cmake 3.15 or newer.
extra-cmake-modules.
zlib (zlib1g-dev on Debian 11 or Debian-based distributions).
Java Development Kit (Java JDK) (openjdk-17-jdk on Debian 11 or Debian-based distributions).
Mesa GL headers (libgl1-mesa-dev on Debian 11 or Debian-based distributions).
(Optional) scdoc to generate man pages.

Compiling

BUilding and installing on the system

``` cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" -DENABLE_LTO=ON cmake --build build -j$(nproc) sudo cmake --install build ```

Building a portable binary

``` cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=install cmake --build build -j$(nproc) cmake --install build cmake --install build --component portable ```

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