Compile from source
In general, fcitx largely use cmake as its build system, and create many of macro with cmake to help build.
Fcitx Dependency
- C compiler (both GCC and Clang are tested)
- C++ compiler (both G++ and CLang++)
- gtk2 (gtk2 input method module)
- gtk3 (gtk2 input method module)
- qt4 (qt4 input method module)
- libxrender (Classic UI)
- cairo (Classic UI)
- pango (Classic UI)
- dbus (all im module, Kimpanel)
- dbus-glib (gtk im module)
- opencc (Better Simp-Trad Chinese Conversion for Chttrans)
- intltool
If you want to browse specific package name for a distro, please check Dependency of Fcitx
Compile Option
All compile option start with -D, following only include option name.
CMake General option
- CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX (Directory to install)
- CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE (Debug, Release, RelWithDbgInfo)
Fcitx option
All ENABLE option is boolean value, can be set with On or Off. For default value, please check CMakeLists.txt.
- ENABLE_GTK2_IM_MODULE
- ENABLE_GTK3_IM_MODULE
- ENABLE_QT_IM_MODULE
- ENABLE_CAIRO
- ENABLE_PANGO
- ENABLE_DBUS
- ENABLE_DEBUG
- ENABLE_TABLE
- ENABLE_OPENCC
- ENABLE_STATIC
- ENABLE_TEST
- ENABLE_SNOOPER
- NO_SNOOPER_APPS (Comma separated regex string)
- LIB_INSTALL_DIR (By default is prefix/lib, useful when want to install under /usr/lib64 or other directory)
General command
All cmake based Fcitx component can be compiled in following way.
cd /path/to/source mkdir build cmake .. [CMake options] make sudo make install
For Other Fcitx component, you'd better use
cd /path/to/source mkdir build cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`fcitx4-config --prefix` make sudo make install