NitroShare

A cross-platform network file transfer application designed to make transferring any file to any device as painless as possible.

Features

• Runs on Windows / Mac OS X / Linux
• Automatic discovery of devices on the local network
• Simple and intuitive user interface
• Transfer entire directories
• Completely free and open-source

Build Requirements

The requirements for building NitroShare are as follows:

• C++ compiler with support for C++11:
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2013+
  • GCC 4.7+
  • Clang 3.1+
• Qt 5.1+

In order to use application indicators on supported Linux platforms, you also need the following development packages installed:

• GTK+ 2
• libappindicator
• libnotify

Building the Application

The instructions below describe the build process for each of the supported platforms.

Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10, & 15.04

1. Install GCC and the Qt 5 development files:

    sudo apt-get install build-essential qtbase5-dev libqt5svg5 libgtk2.0-dev libappindicator-dev libnotify-dev
   

   Note: the last three packages add support for application indicators and are optional.

2. Change to the root of the source directory and build the project:

    qmake
    make
   

3. The NitroShare binary will be in the out/install directory and can be run with:

    out/install/nitroshare
   

Windows 7, 8, & 8.1

1. Download and install the following tools:

   • Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop [requires sign-in]
   • Qt Online Installer for Windows

2. Ensure that the bin directory for Qt has been added to the PATH environment variable.

3. Open the appropriate command prompt for Visual C++. In Visual C++ 2013, these shortcuts are labeled as follows:

   • VS2013 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt
   • VS2013 x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt

4. Change to the root of the source directory and build the project

    qmake
    nmake
   

5. The NitroShare binary will be in the out\install directory and can be run with:

    out\install\nitroshare.exe
   

Important: By default, Visual C++ 2013 will build a binary that will not run on Windows XP. To avoid this behavior, ensure that the following environment variables are set before running nmake:

set CL=/D_USING_V110_SDK71_
set LINK=/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,5.01

OS X 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, & 10.10

1. Download and install the following tools:

   • Xcode
   • Qt Online Installer for Mac

2. Ensure that the bin directory for Qt has been added to /etc/paths.

3. Open the terminal app, change to the root source directory, and build the project:

    qmake
    make
   

4. The NitroShare bundle will be in the out/install directory and can be run with:

    open out/install/nitroshare.app
   

Building the Installers and Packages

The instructions below describe the steps necessary to create installers or packages on each of the supported platforms.

Ubuntu

Ensure that the devscripts package is installed and build the package by running the following commands:

sudo apt-get install devscripts
debuild -b

Windows

Building the installers for 32 and 64-bit editions of Windows requires Inno Setup. You also need to ensure that the Inno Setup installation directory is added to the PATH environment variable.

Important: The Express editions of Visual C++ do not include the redistributable installers. You will need to download the appropriate installers for the x86 and x64 architectures. (The Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable can be downloaded here.) Locate the Visual C++ redist directory and create a directory inside named "1033". Place the two installers inside this directory.

Run the following command to build a Windows EXE installer:

nmake exe

OS X

Run the following command to build a compressed disk image:

make dmg