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Building kitty from source
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.. image:: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/workflows/CI/badge.svg
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:alt: Build status
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:target: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/actions?query=workflow%3ACI
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|kitty| is designed to run from source, for easy hackability. Make sure
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the following dependencies are installed first.
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Dependencies
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Run-time dependencies:
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* python >= 3.5
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* harfbuzz >= 1.5.0
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* zlib
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* libpng
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* liblcms2
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* freetype (not needed on macOS)
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* fontconfig (not needed on macOS)
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* libcanberra (not needed on macOS)
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* ImageMagick (optional, needed to use the ``kitty icat`` tool to display images in the terminal)
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* pygments (optional, need for syntax highlighting in ``kitty +kitten diff``)
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Build-time dependencies:
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* gcc or clang
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* pkg-config
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* For building on Linux in addition to the above dependencies you might also need to install the ``-dev`` packages for:
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``libdbus-1-dev``, ``libxcursor-dev``, ``libxrandr-dev``, ``libxi-dev``, ``libxinerama-dev``, ``libgl1-mesa-dev``, ``libxkbcommon-x11-dev``, ``libfontconfig-dev``, and ``libpython3-dev``,
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if they are not already installed by your distro.
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Install and run from source
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------------------------------
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.. code-block:: sh
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git clone https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty && cd kitty
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Now build the native code parts of |kitty| with the following command::
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make
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You can run |kitty|, as::
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./kitty/launcher/kitty
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If that works, you can create a symlink to the launcher in :file:`~/bin` or
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some other directory on your PATH so that you can run |kitty| using
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just ``kitty``.
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Building kitty.app on macOS from source
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Run::
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make app
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This :file:`kitty.app` unlike the released one does not include its own copy of
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python and the other dependencies. So if you ever un-install/upgrade those dependencies
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you might have to rebuild the app.
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.. note::
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The released :file:`kitty.dmg` includes all dependencies, unlike the
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:file:`kitty.app` built above and is built automatically by using the
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:file:`kitty` branch of `build-calibre
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<https://github.com/kovidgoyal/build-calibre>`_ however, that is designed to
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run on Linux and is not for the faint of heart.
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.. note::
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Apple disallows certain functionality, such as notifications for unsigned applications.
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If you need this functionality, you can try signing the built kitty.app with
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a self signed certificate, see for example, `here
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<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27474751/how-can-i-codesign-an-app-without-being-in-the-mac-developer-program/27474942>`_.
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Build and run from source with Nix
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On NixOS or any other Linux or macOS system with the Nix package manager
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installed, execute `nix-shell
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<https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/developing-with-nix-shell.html>`_ to create
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the correct environment to build kitty or use ``nix-shell --pure`` instead to
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eliminate most of the influence of the outside system, e.g. globally installed
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packages. ``nix-shell`` will automatically fetch all required dependencies and
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make them available in the newly spawned shell.
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Then proceed with ``make`` or ``make app`` according to the platform specific instructions above.
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Note for Linux/macOS packagers
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----------------------------------
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The released |kitty| source code is available as a `tarball`_ from
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`the GitHub releases page <https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases>`_.
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While |kitty| does use python, it is not a traditional python package, so please
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do not install it in site-packages.
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Instead run::
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python3 setup.py linux-package
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This will install |kitty| into the directory :file:`linux-package`. You can run |kitty|
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with :file:`linux-package/bin/kitty`. All the files needed to run kitty will be in
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:file:`linux-package/lib/kitty`. The terminfo file will be installed into
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:file:`linux-package/share/terminfo`. Simply copy these files into :file:`/usr` to install
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|kitty|. In other words, :file:`linux-package` is the staging area into which |kitty| is
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installed. You can choose a different staging area, by passing the ``--prefix``
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argument to :file:`setup.py`.
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You should probably split |kitty| into two packages, :file:`kitty-terminfo` that
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installs the terminfo file and :file:`kitty` that installs the main program.
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This allows users to install the terminfo file on servers into which they ssh,
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without needing to install all of |kitty|.
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.. note::
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You need a couple of extra dependencies to build linux-package.
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:file:`tic` to compile terminfo files, usually found in the
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development package of :file:`ncurses`. Also, if you are building from
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a git checkout instead of the released source code tarball, you will
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need :file:`sphinx-build` from the `Sphinx documentation generator
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<https://www.sphinx-doc.org/>`_.
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This applies to creating packages for |kitty| for macOS package managers such as
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brew or MacPorts as well.
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.. note::
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|kitty| has its own update check mechanism, if you would like to turn
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it off for your package, use
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``python3 setup.py linux-package --update-check-interval=0``
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