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Downloading KVIrcs nightly source or binaries

Alexey Sokolov edited this page Jan 4, 2019 · 14 revisions

Prebuilt binaries

OS Details
img-windows https://nightly.kvirc.net/
img-apple https://nightly.kvirc.net/
img-ubuntu KVIrc Official PPA
img-debian deb http://notesalexp.org/kvirc/jessie/ jessie main
img-debian deb http://notesalexp.org/kvirc/stretch/ stretch main
img-debian deb http://notesalexp.org/kvirc/buster/ buster main
img-debian deb http://notesalexp.org/kvirc/sid/ sid main

Ubuntu instructions

  • Add the ppa to your system update and install.
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kvirc/kvirc
$ apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kvirc

Note: ppa provides nightly builds for 14.04 LTS, 15.10 and 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu and variants.
Earlier or newer versions require manual compilation for nightly source at this time.

Debian instructions

  • Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
  • Add the link above for your current release e.g.
deb http://notesalexp.org/kvirc/codename/ codename main
  • Save and close sources.list and run the following commands:
$ wget -O - http://notesalexp.org/kvirc/alexp_key.asc | apt-key add -
$ apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kvirc

Source downloads

Via Git

$ git clone https://github.com/kvirc/KVIrc.git

Via tarball

$ wget https://github.com/kvirc/KVIrc/archive/master.tar.gz
Compiling: notes and information

If your preferred OS is not listed above, refer to the generic building instructions article. We also have an article on how to compile for macOS.

Alternatively if you are familiar with source code packaging and providing / maintaining repositories for your preferred distro(s), you could instead help us extend the availability list above.