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The dependencies for Nicotine+ are described in DEPENDENCIES.md.
To build source distribution files (.tar.bz2 & .tar.gz) from the git repository run:
python setup.py sdist --formats=bztar,gztar
The source distribution files will be located in the dist subdirectory of your git repository.
Unstable and stable PPAs are already provided for pre-compiled packages, as described in the README.md. However, if you wish to build your own package perform the following.
Start by installing the build dependencies:
sudo apt build-dep .
Generate the “upstream” tarball:
python setup.py sdist
mk-origtargz dist/nicotine-plus-*.tar.gz
Build the Debian source package:
debuild -S -sa
Build the binary from the source package and upstream tarball via sbuild:
sbuild ../nicotine_*.dsc
You need to install the RPM building tools first:
sudo dnf install rpm-build python3-gobject-devel
sudo apt install rpm
Then you can create an RPM with:
python setup.py bdist_rpm
The RPM package will be located in the dist subdirectory of your git repository.
GitHub Actions currently builds Nicotine+ installers for Windows, but the following information may be useful if you want to generate an installer on your own Windows machine.
First, follow the instructions on installing MSYS2: https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html#windows-logo-windows
Then, install dependencies:
packaging/windows/dependencies-core.sh
packaging/windows/dependencies-packaging.sh
Clone the Nicotine+ git repository:
pacman -S git
git clone https://github.com/Nicotine-Plus/nicotine-plus
cd nicotine-plus
Run PyInstaller:
pyinstaller packaging/windows/nicotine.spec
After the frozen application build finished you can find it in the dist\Nicotine+ subdirectory.
If you want to run the frozen application you can launch the executable dist\Nicotine+\Nicotine+.exe.
Run the following:
cd packaging/windows
makensis -DARCH=x86_64 nicotine.nsi
You should now find a Nicotine+-$(version).exe installer in the packaging/windows directory.
Start a MinGW 32-bit terminal, and follow the above instructions again, replacing any instance of “x86_64” with “i686” when installing packages.
Preferably, clone a fresh copy of the nicotine-plus git repository before freezing Nicotine+ with PyInstaller again.