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Linux

1. Install Dependencies
   • Archlinux: pacman -s git make cmake gcc qt6-base
   • Debian/Ubuntu/Mint: apt install git make cmake g++ qt6-base-dev
   • Fedora: yum install git make cmake gcc qt6-qtbase-devel
2. Initilize the repository
   1. git clone https://github.com/Puxtril/TexViewer && cd TexViewer
   2. Initilize the submodules
      1. cd lib
      2. git submodule update --init --depth 1
3. Compile
   1. Create a folder to compile (can be anywhere), then cd into it.
   2. cmake <path_to_repo> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
   3. cmake --build . -j8
      • The -j8 flag adds multi-threading

Windows

1. Install vcpkg and Packages
   1. Open terminal in a directory to clone/install vcpkg. Binaries will be installed here.
   2. git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git and cd vcpkg
   3. Initilize vcpkg with .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
   4. Install Qt with .\vcpkg.exe install qtbase
2. Initilize the repository
   1. git clone https://github.com/Puxtril/TexViewer && cd TexViewer
   2. Initilize the submodules
      1. cd lib
      2. git submodule update --init --depth 1
3. Compile
   1. Create a folder to compile (can be anywhere), then cd into it.
   2. cmake <path_to_repo> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=<vcpkg_install_dir>\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake
   3. cmake --build . -j8
      • The -j8 flag adds multi-threading