RetroShare/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/Linux_RedHat_InstallGuide.md

Compilation on Red Hat-based Linux

Install package dependencies:

RedHat/Fedora

   sudo dnf install mesa-libGL-devel gcc cmake rapidjson-devel \
   libupnp openssl sqlcipher sqlcipher-devel \
   botan2 botan2-devel json-c-devel bzip2-devel asio-devel libsecret libXScrnSaver-devel

To compile with Qt5:

   sudo dnf install qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtmultimedia qt5-qtx11extras

To compile with Qt6:

   sudo dnf install qt6-qtbase-devel qt6-qtmultimedia-devel qt6-qt5compat-devel

Additional dependencies for Feedreader plugin:

   sudo dnf install libxml2-devel libxslt-devel libcurl-devel

Checkout the source code

   cd ~ 
   git clone https://github.com/RetroShare/RetroShare.git retroshare

Checkout the submodules

   cd retroshare
   git submodule update --init --remote libbitdht/ libretroshare/ openpgpsdk/ retroshare-webui/
   git submodule update --init --remote supportlibs/librnp supportlibs/restbed supportlibs/rapidjson

Compile

   qmake CONFIG+=release CONFIG+=rs_jsonapi CONFIG+=rs_webui
   make

The executable produced will be:

   ./retroshare-gui/src/retroshare

Install

   sudo make install

The executable produced will be:

   ~/usr/bin/RetroShare  

For packagers

Packagers can use PREFIX and LIB_DIR to customize the installation paths:

   qmake PREFIX=/usr LIB_DIR=/usr/lib64 "CONFIG-=debug" "CONFIG+=release"
   make
   make INSTALL_ROOT=${PKGDIR} install

SQLCipher

If libsqlcipher is not available as a package

You need to place sqlcipher so that the hierarchy is:

    ~Home
      |
      +--- retroshare
      |
      +--- lib
            |
            +---- sqlcipher

	mkdir lib
	cd lib
	git clone https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.git --depth=1 --branch v3.4.1
	cd sqlcipher
	./configure --enable-tempstore=yes CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC" LDFLAGS="-lcrypto"
	make
	cd ..

Build infos

Note: If you installed Qt6 you need to use qmake6 on the command line.

For the FeedReader it is required to append the config option CONFIG+=retroshare_plugins. Make sure plugins/plugins.pro contains FeedReader in the list of plugins to compile.

Do not mix plugins compiled with Qt5 with those compiled with Qt6. They work only if they are compiled with the same Qt version as RetroShare.

Voip is outdated and is not compileable on the latest Debian.

For Autologin it is required to append the config option CONFIG+=rs_autologin.

Build options

• Mandatory
  • release or debug: normally you would like to use the release option
• Extra features (optional)
  • rs_autologin: enable autologin
  • retroshare_plugins: build plugins
  • rs_webui: enable Web interface
  • rs_jsonapi: enable json api interface, required by rs_webui
  • gxsthewire: enable Wire service (experimental)
  • wikipoos: enable Wiki service (experimental)
  • rs_use_native_dialogs: enable native dialogs (may cause crashes with some versions of Gtk)
  • rs_deep_channels_index: build with deep channel indexing support
  • rs_deep_files_index: build with deep file indexing support
  • "CONFIG+=..." enable other extra compile time features, you can find the almost complete list in file <sourcefolder>\retroshare.pri

Example:

qmake CONFIG+=debug CONFIG+=release CONFIG+=rs_use_native_dialog CONFIG+=rs_gui_cmark
qmake CONFIG+=rs_jsonapi CONFIG+=rs_webui CONFIG+=rs_autologin