Install Dependencies

Compatibility

• ✅ 2.0 | ✅ 1.9 | ...

JDK

• QZ Tray 2.0

• ⚠️ JDK8 + JavaFX is required for high-resolution (>72 dpi) HTML printing.

• ⚠️ By default, JavaFX is NOT included in OpenJDK

  • 💡 Older Ubuntu versions can get Oracle JDK8 + JavaFX here: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/install-oracle-java-8-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html

• QZ Tray 1.9

• JDK7 is sufficient for building QZ Tray/QZ Print 1.9

Contents

• Windows
• Mac
• Ubuntu
• Fedora
• Cloning Source Code
• Compiling

Windows

1. Install ⚠️JDK 7 or higher:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/

1. Download and extract Apache Ant:

https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi

1. Setup environment variables JAVA_HOME, PATH, etc:

• Assume Ant is installed in c:\ant\. The following commands set up the environment:

 set ANT_HOME=c:\ant
 set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.7.0_51
 set PATH=%PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin

http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#setup

1. Install NSIS 3.0+:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download

1. Install git:

https://git-scm.com/download/win

Mac

1. Install command line tools for OS X (installation methods vary)

2. Install ⚠️JDK 7 or higher via: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/

3. Install homebrew via:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

1. Install ant dependencies via:

# Install ant
brew install ant

1. Install git:

https://git-scm.com/download/mac

Ubuntu

1. Install all dependencies (⚠️jdk7, ant, nsis, makeself) via:

sudo apt-get install git openjdk-7-jdk ant nsis makeself

Fedora

1. Install all dependencies (⚠️jdk, ant, nsis, makeself) via:

sudo yum install git java-1.?.0-openjdk-devel ant nsis makeself

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Clone Source Code

1. Clone the repository:

• QZ Tray 1.9

git clone -b 1.9 https://github.com/qzind/qz-print

Note: This will clone the source code for the 1.9 branch of the software. To clone an experimental branch, you would need to specify that branch name i.e. -b 1.9-pdfbox

• QZ Tray 2.0

git clone -b 2.0 https://github.com/qzind/qz-print

Note: This will clone the source code for the 2.0 branch of the software. To clone an experimental branch, you would need to specify that branch name i.e. -b 2.0-foobar

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Compile

1. See separate compiling tutorial.