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+Building via qmake
+==================
+
+The following commands assume the following environment variables are set:
+
+ * `$srcdir`: The directory into which the source has been downloaded and
+   unpacked.
+ * `_qtver`: The Qt version being used (eg: `5.5.1`).
+ * `$pkgdir`: The directory into which installable files are places. This is
+   `/` for local installations, or can be different directory when preparing a
+   redistributable package.
+
+Either set them accordingly, or replace them in the below commands as desired.
+
+The following sources should be downloaded and unpacked into `$srcdir`:
+
+  * This repository (either `master` or a specific tag).
+  * The Qt sources: `http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/${_qtver%.*}/$_qtver/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-$_qtver.tar.xz`
+  * `git clone git+https://chromium.googlesource.com/breakpad/breakpad breakpad`
+  * `git clone git+https://chromium.googlesource.com/linux-syscall-support breakpad-lss`
+  * telegramdesktop.desktop (The intention is to include this file inside the
+    source package at some point):
+    `https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/telegramdesktop.desktop?h=telegram-desktop`
+  * tg.protocol: `https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/tg.protocol?h=telegram-desktop`
+
+Preparation
+-----------
+
+    cd "$srcdir/tdesktop"
+    
+    mkdir -p "$srcdir/Libraries"
+    
+    local qt_patch_file="$srcdir/tdesktop/Telegram/_qtbase_${_qtver//./_}_patch.diff"
+    if [ "$qt_patch_file" -nt "$srcdir/Libraries/QtStatic" ]; then
+      rm -rf "$srcdir/Libraries/QtStatic"
+      mv "$srcdir/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-$_qtver" "$srcdir/Libraries/QtStatic"
+      cd "$srcdir/Libraries/QtStatic/qtbase"
+      patch -p1 -i "$qt_patch_file"
+    fi
+    
+    if [ ! -h "$srcdir/Libraries/breakpad" ]; then
+      ln -s "$srcdir/breakpad" "$srcdir/Libraries/breakpad"
+      ln -s "$srcdir/breakpad-lss" "$srcdir/Libraries/breakpad/src/third_party/lss"
+    fi
+    
+    sed -i 's/CUSTOM_API_ID//g' "$srcdir/tdesktop/Telegram/Telegram.pro"
+    sed -i 's,LIBS += /usr/local/lib/libxkbcommon.a,,g' "$srcdir/tdesktop/Telegram/Telegram.pro"
+    sed -i 's,LIBS += /usr/local/lib/libz.a,LIBS += -lz,g' "$srcdir/tdesktop/Telegram/Telegram.pro"
+    
+    (
+      echo "DEFINES += TDESKTOP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE"
+      echo "DEFINES += TDESKTOP_DISABLE_REGISTER_CUSTOM_SCHEME"
+      echo 'INCLUDEPATH += "/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include"'
+      echo 'INCLUDEPATH += "/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include"'
+      echo 'INCLUDEPATH += "/usr/include/opus"'
+    ) >> "$srcdir/tdesktop/Telegram/Telegram.pro"
+
+Building
+--------
+
+
+    # Build patched Qt
+    cd "$srcdir/Libraries/QtStatic"
+    ./configure -prefix "$srcdir/qt" -release -opensource -confirm-license -qt-zlib \
+                -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-freetype -qt-harfbuzz -qt-pcre -qt-xcb \
+                -qt-xkbcommon-x11 -no-opengl -static -nomake examples -nomake tests
+    make module-qtbase module-qtimageformats
+    make module-qtbase-install_subtargets module-qtimageformats-install_subtargets
+    
+    export PATH="$srcdir/qt/bin:$PATH"
+    
+    # Build breakpad
+    cd "$srcdir/Libraries/breakpad"
+    ./configure
+    make
+    
+    # Build MetaStyle
+    mkdir -p "$srcdir/tdesktop/Linux/DebugIntermediateStyle"
+    cd "$srcdir/tdesktop/Linux/DebugIntermediateStyle"
+    qmake CONFIG+=debug "../../Telegram/MetaStyle.pro"
+    make
+    
+    # Build MetaLang
+    mkdir -p "$srcdir/tdesktop/Linux/DebugIntermediateLang"
+    cd "$srcdir/tdesktop/Linux/DebugIntermediateLang"
+    qmake CONFIG+=debug "../../Telegram/MetaLang.pro"
+    make
+    
+    # Build Telegram Desktop
+    mkdir -p "$srcdir/tdesktop/Linux/ReleaseIntermediate"
+    cd "$srcdir/tdesktop/Linux/ReleaseIntermediate"
+    
+    qmake CONFIG+=release "../../Telegram/Telegram.pro"
+    local pattern="^PRE_TARGETDEPS +="
+    grep "$pattern" "$srcdir/tdesktop/Telegram/Telegram.pro" | sed "s/$pattern//g" | xargs make
+    
+    qmake CONFIG+=release "../../Telegram/Telegram.pro"
+    make
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+
+    install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
+    install -m755 "$srcdir/tdesktop/Linux/Release/Telegram" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/telegram-desktop"
+    
+    install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications"
+    install -m644 "$srcdir/telegramdesktop.desktop" "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/telegramdesktop.desktop"
+    
+    install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/kde4/services"
+    install -m644 "$srcdir/tg.protocol" "$pkgdir/usr/share/kde4/services/tg.protocol"
+    
+    local icon_size icon_dir
+    for icon_size in 16 32 48 64 128 256 512; do
+      icon_dir="$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${icon_size}x${icon_size}/apps"
+      
+      install -d "$icon_dir"
+      install -m644 "$srcdir/tdesktop/Telegram/SourceFiles/art/icon${icon_size}.png" "$icon_dir/telegram-desktop.png"
+    done
+
+Notes
+-----
+
+These instructions are based on the [ArchLinux package][arch-package] for
+telegram-desktop.
+
+In case these instructions are at some point out of date, the above may serve
+as an update reference.
+
+[arch-package]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/telegram-desktop/