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qbittorrent-nox-static

Prerequisite Check list

⭐ The rules of engagement are:

  1. Use Docker - to avoid conflicts with the host system, especially with Qt. Docker is the recommended method.

  2. Use Alpine - It is the main supported system and Debian is a testing and fallback. You do not need to build on an older host to use these binaries there.

  3. sudo - root is not required to run the script, but it is required to install the core dependencies if they are missing.

  4. Using additional flags and switches can add dependencies, like -c for cmake and -cd for cache dependencies.

  5. Executing the script with no arguments will only install the dependencies and configure the build environment.

  6. Nothing is built until you provide the all or a specific module name as a positional parameter to the script.

  7. The script has a comprehensive built-in help system. Use bash ~/qbittorrent-nox-static.sh -h to see the help.

  8. You can fork the repo and build on Github using Github Actions to create your own custom releases.

Prerequisite Check list

Section titled “Prerequisite Check list”

If you want to self host you need to be able to meet these conditions on your host in order to use the script.

🟩 Supported host build platforms

  • Debian: Bookworm
  • Ubuntu: Noble
  • Alpine: 3.15 or greater

🟩 Build environment

  • Docker via a shell like Bash or Powershell
  • Docker Desktop : Windows MacOS WSL2
  • WSL2
    • Run directly in the Debian or Ubuntu image ❌ (works but not recommended)
    • Via Docker Desktop ✅ (recommended method)
    • Docker installed in WSL2 image ✅ (alternative recommendation)

🟩 Bash Shell script

  • This is 100% a modern bash shell script and it requires having access to bash to run it.

🟧 Host permissions

  • The script needs to install some system dependencies in order to proceed and if you do not have permission or access to do this or no access to docker to use a container you must find a more suitable host environment.

🟥 Qt6 requirements

  • If you build using Qt6 you will need to have these dependencies installed on the host, qemu and binmtfs 
sudo apt install qemu-user-static binfmt-support