Build from source

1. Clone this repo and submodules:

   git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/cpeditor/cpeditor.git
   cd cpeditor
   

2. Install Qt (5.14 or higher), CMake (3.12 or higher) and Python3.

   • On some Linux distributions and MacOS, you can install from your package manager. For example, sudo pacman -S qt5 on Arch Linux, brew install qt5 on Mac OS.
   • You can also download the offline installer, or download from the mirrors. The path from the root of the mirror should be like /qt/official_releases/qt/5.14/5.14.2/qt-opensource-<platform>-5.14.2.<suffix> (or other versions).
   • You can also use aqtinstall to install Qt.

3. If CMake can’t find the Qt installation path, you should set environment variable: CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=%QtPath%/%QtVersion%/%Compiler%/lib/cmake. For example, on Mac, you can run something like export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/usr/local/Cellar/qt/5.14.2".

4. Run the following commands:

   • Linux/MacOS:

     mkdir build
     cd build
     cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
     cmake --build .
     

   • Windows:

      mkdir build
      cd build
      cmake ..
      cmake --build . --config Release
     

On Linux, you will get build/cpeditor.

On Mac, you will get build/cpeditor.app.

On Windows, you will get build/cpeditor.exe, or build/Release/cpeditor.exe. You may need to gather the necessary DLLs. If you have installed CP Editor by a setup.exe, you can copy the DLLs from where CP Editor is installed (or copy the executable file to the installation path).