GCodeWorkShop is written in C++ using the Qt5 framework. In general, the following steps are needed to build it:

• Install the C++11 compiler supported by Qt SDK. You should also install the make utility.
• Install Qt utilities such as qmake, moc, lrelease and the resource packer.
• Install the Qt5 framework with version 5.6 or higher.
• Obtain and unzip the GCodeWorkShop source code.
• Create a build folder and navigate to it.
• Run qmake specifying the path to GCodeWorkShop sources.
• Run make to build the application.

Install the following packages.

apt update
apt install build-essential \
    qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libqt5serialport5-dev

Switch to the folder with sources. Now you can either build the application step by step or use the script to automatically build the application and create an installation package.

mkdir -p build
cd build
qmake -r ..
make -j $(nproc)
make -j $(nproc) i18n

Run script:

install/build-deb.sh

The script creates a .deb package in the current folder and does not require root privileges.

Install the following packages. Note that Ubuntu jammy (version 22) does not have the qt6-serialport-dev package and libqt6serialport6-dev should be installed instead.

apt update
apt install build-essential \
    qt6-base-dev qt6-base-dev-tools qt6-serialport-dev qt6-5compat-dev \
    qt6-l10n-tools qt6-translations-l10n

Next, when building step-by-step, you should type qmake6 instead of qmake or add the -q qmake6 switch when running the automatic build script.

In addition to the listed above packages you should install qt5-default or specify the full path /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake instead of qmake.

If the build crashes at the linking stage because the GL library is missing even after installing the libgl-dev package, it may be needed to link /usr/lib/lib/libGL.so to the regular library:

sudo ln /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.7.0 /usr/lib/libGL.so

Install the following packages.

pacman -Syu
pacman -S make mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-nsis \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5-tools mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5-translations \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5-base mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5-serialport

Switch to the folder with sources. Now you can either build the application step by step or use the script to automatically build the application and create an installer.

mkdir -p build
cd build
qmake -r ..
make -j $(nproc)
make -j $(nproc) i18n

Run script:

install/build-win-msys2.sh

The script creates a .exe installer in the current folder.