How to build sni qt

If you're not using a Debian based distro, the best way to install the patched version of sni-qt is by building it from source code.

Dependencies

• cmake
• gcc
  • 32 bits
    • gcc-multilib package in Arch
    • gcc-multilib package in Ubuntu
• qt4-default
  • 64 bits
    • libqt4-dev in Ubuntu
    • qt-devel package in Fedora
  • 32 bits
    • lib32-qt4 package in Arch
    • libqt4-dev:i386 package in Ubuntu
• dbusmenu-qt
  
  • 64 bits
    • libdbusmenu-qt-dev package in Ubuntu
    • dbusmenu-qt-devel package in Fedora
    • libdbusmenu-qt4 package in Arch
    • libdbusmenu-qt package with flag qt4 in Gentoo
  • 32 bits
    • lib32-libdbusmenu-qt package in Arch
    • libdbusmenu-qt-dev:i386 package in Ubuntu

How to build

1. Install git
2. Clone our modified version of sni-qt
   git clone https://github.com/bil-elmoussaoui/sni-qt
3. Use terminal to go the cloned directory
   cd ./sni-qt
4. Create a build folder using
   mkdir build && cd ./build
5. • 64bits:
   1. Type in your terminal
      cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
   2. And afterwards
      make
   3. sudo make install
   • 32bits:
   1. Execute those commands one after an other to compile a 32 bits version of the code

     export CC="gcc -m32"
     export CXX="g++ -m32"
     export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig
     export CFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags QtCore) ${CFLAGS}"
     export CXXFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags QtCore) ${CXXFLAGS}"
     

   2. Type in your terminal
      

   cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DQT_PLUGINS_DIR=/usr/lib32/qt/plugins ../

   3. make && sudo make install

And voilá! You've built and installed the patched version of sni-qt, if you've any issue with that you can open a new issue here.