tdesktop/docs/building-cmake.md

Build instructions for GYP/CMake under Ubuntu 14.04

Prepare folder

Choose an empty folder for the future build, for example /home/user/TBuild. It will be named BuildPath in the rest of this document.

Obtain your API credentials

You will require api_id and api_hash to access the Telegram API servers. To learn how to obtain them click here.

Install software and required packages

You will need GCC 8.1 installed. To install them and all the required dependencies run

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common -y && \
sudo apt-get install git libexif-dev liblzma-dev libz-dev libssl-dev libappindicator-dev libicu-dev libdee-dev libdrm-dev dh-autoreconf autoconf automake build-essential libass-dev libfreetype6-dev libgpac-dev libsdl1.2-dev libtheora-dev libtool libva-dev libvdpau-dev libvorbis-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxrender-dev libasound-dev libpulse-dev libxcb-sync0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libx11-xcb-dev libffi-dev libncurses5-dev pkg-config texi2html zlib1g-dev yasm xutils-dev bison python-xcbgen chrpath gperf -y && \
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y && \
sudo apt-get update && \
sudo apt-get install gcc-8 g++-8 -y && \
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-8 60 && \
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-8 60 && \
sudo update-alternatives --config gcc && \
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y && \

You can set the multithreaded make parameter by running

MAKE_THREADS_CNT=-j8

Clone source code and prepare libraries

Go to BuildPath and run

git clone --recursive https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop.git

mkdir Libraries
cd Libraries

git clone https://github.com/Kitware/CMake cmake
cd cmake
git checkout v3.15.3
./bootstrap
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install

git clone https://github.com/desktop-app/patches.git
cd patches
git checkout 4aa377c
cd ../
git clone --branch 0.9.1 https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3

git clone https://github.com/madler/zlib.git
cd zlib
./configure
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd ..

git clone https://github.com/xiph/opus
cd opus
git checkout v1.3
./autogen.sh
./configure
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd ..

git clone https://github.com/01org/libva.git
cd libva
./autogen.sh --enable-static
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd ..

git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/vdpau/libvdpau
cd libvdpau
git checkout libvdpau-1.2
./autogen.sh --enable-static
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd ..

git clone https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git ffmpeg
cd ffmpeg
git checkout release/3.4

./configure --prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-protocol=file --enable-libopus \
--disable-programs \
--disable-doc \
--disable-network \
--disable-everything \
--enable-hwaccel=h264_vaapi \
--enable-hwaccel=h264_vdpau \
--enable-hwaccel=mpeg4_vaapi \
--enable-hwaccel=mpeg4_vdpau \
--enable-decoder=aac \
--enable-decoder=aac_at \
--enable-decoder=aac_fixed \
--enable-decoder=aac_latm \
--enable-decoder=aasc \
--enable-decoder=alac \
--enable-decoder=alac_at \
--enable-decoder=flac \
--enable-decoder=gif \
--enable-decoder=h264 \
--enable-decoder=h264_vdpau \
--enable-decoder=hevc \
--enable-decoder=mp1 \
--enable-decoder=mp1float \
--enable-decoder=mp2 \
--enable-decoder=mp2float \
--enable-decoder=mp3 \
--enable-decoder=mp3adu \
--enable-decoder=mp3adufloat \
--enable-decoder=mp3float \
--enable-decoder=mp3on4 \
--enable-decoder=mp3on4float \
--enable-decoder=mpeg4 \
--enable-decoder=mpeg4_vdpau \
--enable-decoder=msmpeg4v2 \
--enable-decoder=msmpeg4v3 \
--enable-decoder=opus \
--enable-decoder=pcm_alaw \
--enable-decoder=pcm_alaw_at \
--enable-decoder=pcm_f32be \
--enable-decoder=pcm_f32le \
--enable-decoder=pcm_f64be \
--enable-decoder=pcm_f64le \
--enable-decoder=pcm_lxf \
--enable-decoder=pcm_mulaw \
--enable-decoder=pcm_mulaw_at \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s16be \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s16be_planar \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s16le \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s16le_planar \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s24be \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s24daud \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s24le \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s24le_planar \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s32be \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s32le \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s32le_planar \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s64be \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s64le \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s8 \
--enable-decoder=pcm_s8_planar \
--enable-decoder=pcm_u16be \
--enable-decoder=pcm_u16le \
--enable-decoder=pcm_u24be \
--enable-decoder=pcm_u24le \
--enable-decoder=pcm_u32be \
--enable-decoder=pcm_u32le \
--enable-decoder=pcm_u8 \
--enable-decoder=pcm_zork \
--enable-decoder=vorbis \
--enable-decoder=wavpack \
--enable-decoder=wmalossless \
--enable-decoder=wmapro \
--enable-decoder=wmav1 \
--enable-decoder=wmav2 \
--enable-decoder=wmavoice \
--enable-encoder=libopus \
--enable-parser=aac \
--enable-parser=aac_latm \
--enable-parser=flac \
--enable-parser=h264 \
--enable-parser=hevc \
--enable-parser=mpeg4video \
--enable-parser=mpegaudio \
--enable-parser=opus \
--enable-parser=vorbis \
--enable-demuxer=aac \
--enable-demuxer=flac \
--enable-demuxer=gif \
--enable-demuxer=h264 \
--enable-demuxer=hevc \
--enable-demuxer=m4v \
--enable-demuxer=mov \
--enable-demuxer=mp3 \
--enable-demuxer=ogg \
--enable-demuxer=wav \
--enable-muxer=ogg \
--enable-muxer=opus

make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd ..

git clone https://git.assembla.com/portaudio.git
cd portaudio
git checkout 396fe4b669
./configure
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd ..

git clone git://repo.or.cz/openal-soft.git
cd openal-soft
git checkout openal-soft-1.19.1
cd build
if [ `uname -p` == "i686" ]; then
cmake -D LIBTYPE:STRING=STATIC -D ALSOFT_UTILS:BOOL=OFF ..
else
cmake -D LIBTYPE:STRING=STATIC ..
fi
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd ../..

git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl openssl_1_1_1
cd openssl_1_1_1
git checkout OpenSSL_1_1_1-stable
./config --prefix=/usr/local/desktop-app/openssl-1.1.1
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd ..

git clone https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon.git
cd libxkbcommon
git checkout xkbcommon-0.8.4
./autogen.sh
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd ..

git clone git://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git qt_5_12_5
cd qt_5_12_5
perl init-repository --module-subset=qtbase,qtimageformats
git checkout v5.12.5
git submodule update qtbase
git submodule update qtimageformats
cd qtbase
git apply ../../patches/qtbase_5_12_5.diff
cd src/plugins/platforminputcontexts
git clone https://github.com/desktop-app/fcitx.git
git clone https://github.com/desktop-app/hime.git
git clone https://github.com/desktop-app/nimf.git
cd ../../../..

./configure -prefix "/usr/local/desktop-app/Qt-5.12.5" -release -force-debug-info -opensource -confirm-license -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-harfbuzz -qt-pcre -qt-xcb -system-freetype -fontconfig -no-opengl -no-gtk -static -openssl-linked -I "/usr/local/desktop-app/openssl-1.1.1/include" OPENSSL_LIBS="/usr/local/desktop-app/openssl-1.1.1/lib/libssl.a /usr/local/desktop-app/openssl-1.1.1/lib/libcrypto.a -ldl -lpthread" -nomake examples -nomake tests

make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd ..

git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp
cd gyp
git checkout 9f2a7bb1
git apply ../patches/gyp.diff
cd ..

git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/breakpad/breakpad
cd breakpad
git checkout bc8fb886
git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/linux-syscall-support src/third_party/lss
cd src/third_party/lss
git checkout a91633d1
cd ../../..
./configure
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT
sudo make install
cd src
rm -r testing
git clone https://github.com/google/googletest testing
cd tools
sed -i 's/minidump_upload.m/minidump_upload.cc/' linux/tools_linux.gypi
../../../gyp/gyp  --depth=. --generator-output=.. -Goutput_dir=../out tools.gyp --format=cmake
cd ../../out/Default
cmake .
make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT dump_syms
cd ../../..

Building the project

Go to BuildPath/tdesktop/Telegram and run (using your api_id and api_hash)

gyp/refresh.sh --api-id YOUR_API_ID --api-hash YOUR_API_HASH

To make Debug version go to BuildPath/tdesktop/out/Debug and run

make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT

To make Release version go to BuildPath/tdesktop/out/Release and run

make $MAKE_THREADS_CNT

You can debug your builds from Qt Creator, just open CMakeLists.txt from BuildPath/tdesktop/out/Debug and launch with debug.