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Packaging

GNU/Linux instructions

Building a source distribution

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.

Building a RPM package

You need to install the RPM building tools first:

  • On Redhat/Fedora based distributions: sudo dnf install rpm-build

  • On Debian/Ubuntu based distributions: sudo apt-get 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.

Windows

Building a frozen application via PyInstaller

First you need to install PyInstaller via pip:

python.exe -m pip install PyInstaller

Once PyInstaller is installed go to the git root folder and run via cmd.exe or Powershell:

C:\Python27\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe .\tools\nicotine+-win32.spec

When the frozen application finish to build you will find it under the dist\Nicotine+ subdirectory.

If you want to run the frozen application you can launch the executable dist\Nicotine+\Nicotine+.exe.

Building a NSIS installer from the frozen application

After building the frozen app download the last zip from NSIS2 version.

Extract it in the tools\win32-installer directory.

Then via cmd.exe or Powershell go to tools\win32-installer directory and run nsis-$(version)/makensis.exe nicotine+.nsi

You should now find a Nicotine+-$(version).exe installer in the tools\win32-installer directory.