AppFlowy/doc/BUILD_ON_LINUX.md
2021-11-26 09:48:22 +08:00

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How to build on Linux, please follow these simple steps.

Step 1: Get source code


git clone https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/appflowy.git

Step 2: Build app_flowy (Flutter GUI application)


Note:

  • Following steps are verified on
    • lubuntu 20.04 - X86_64
    • ubuntu 20.04 - aarch64
    • redhat - X86_64
    • Arch Linux - X86_64
    • Deepin - X86_64
    • Raspberry Pi OS - aarch64
  • You may need to disable hardware 3D acceleration if you are running it on a VM. Otherwise, certain GL failures will prevent app from launching

Detail steps

  1. Install prerequisites
sudo apt-get install curl build-essential libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev clang cmake ninja-build pkg-config libgtk-3-dev unzip
# optional, for generating protobuf in step 8 only
sudo apt-get install protobuf-compiler
  1. Install rust on Linux
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env
rustup toolchain install nightly
rustup default nightly
  1. env settings
cp backend/configuration/base.example.yaml backend/configuration/base.yaml
cp backend/configuration/.env.example backend/configuration/.env

modify those file

  1. Install flutter according to https://docs.flutter.dev/get-started/install/linux
git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
cd flutter
echo "export PATH=\$PATH:"`pwd`"/bin" >> ~/.profile
export PATH="$PATH:`pwd`/bin"
flutter channel dev
flutter config --enable-linux-desktop
  1. Fix problem reported by flutter doctor
flutter doctor
  1. Install cargo make
cd appflowy/frontend
cargo install --force cargo-make
  1. Install duckscript
cargo install --force duckscript_cli
  1. Check pre-request
cargo make flowy_dev
  1. [Optional] Generate protobuf for dart (optional, if you modify the shared-lib's entities)
cargo make -p development-linux-x86 pb
  1. [Optional] Build flowy-sdk-dev (dart-ffi), step 10 covers this step
# for development
cargo make --profile development-linux-x86 flowy-sdk-dev

# for production
cargo make --profile production-linux-x86 flowy-sdk-release
  1. Build app_flowy
# for development
cargo make -p development-linux-x86 appflowy-linux-dev

# for production, find binary from app_flowy/product/<version>/linux/<build type>/AppFlowy/
cargo make -p production-linux-x86 appflowy-linux

# tips
# run Linux GUI application through x11 on windows (use MobaXterm)
# for instance:
# export DISPLAY=localhost:10
# cd app_flowy/product/0.0.2/linux/Release/AppFlowy
# ./app_flowy

[Optional] Step 3: Build Server side application (optional if you don't need to host web service locally)


Note: You can launch postgresql server by using docker container

TBD