Buildscripts

Ricochet Build Scripts

These are the scripts and instructions used to build distribution binaries for Ricochet, for various platforms.

If you don't know what Ricochet is or you're trying to find pre-built binaries, you're probably more interested in the main repository or website.

If you want to build your own Ricochet for local use, there are general build instructions. These scripts might still be useful to you, because they take care of all dependencies and create redistributable binaries.

Platforms

linux-static creates a portable Linux binary that statically links all non-standard libraries. It's intended to be a best-effort at creating one binary that can run unmodified on most modern Linux systems. The scripts are tailored to build from a Debian stable machine, but the resulting binaries should be compatible with many distributions.

mingw-cross cross-compiles 32bit Windows binaries using the MinGW-w64 toolchain. It's compatible with mingw packages included in many distributions. This is the recommended way to build for Windows machines.

mingw builds from a MSYS2/MinGW-w64 environment on Windows. This can be difficult to get working correctly, so cross-compilation is often a better choice.

osx builds a MacOS self-contained .app and packages it into .dmg. This requires MacOS with xcode and commandline tools.

Building

See individual directories for build instructions. Generally, set MAKEOPTS=-j6, run ./platform/build-deps.sh, checkout the commit you want to src/ricochet, and run ./platform/build.sh