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Packaging zip for windows

• Open in vscode. Configure for Release. Build the Install target.
• Command line

Packaging deb file for Ubuntu/Debian etc

• mkdir builddeb
• cd builddeb
• cmake .. -GNinja -DPACKAGE_DEB=True
• ninja install

Creating a snap and uploading to store

• cd Linux/snapcraft
• snapcraft clean tacentview // without tacentview an entire VM image is DLed.
• snapcraft
• sudo snap install --dangerous tacentview.snap // To Test.
• sudo snap remove tacentview // To remove above.
• snapcraft login
• snapscraft upload --release=edge tacentview_1.0.14_amd64.snap

Then manage it from the snap store.

Setting Up Ubuntu

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install gdebi # Installs this gdebi thing that adds support for installing deb files.
• sudo apt-get install git
• sudo gdebi Downloads/smartgit-19_1_7.deb # Installs smartgit, my favourite git frontend at the moment.
• sudo apt-get install llvm # The compiler.
• sudo apt-get install clang # The compiler.
• sudo apt-get install lldb # The debugger.
• sudo apt-get install codelite # The IDE.
• sudo update-alternatives --config cc # Choose gcc or clang as default compiler.

Useful repositories. Can be installed in the Gui from the Ubuntu Software and Updates App.

• https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu3/ eoan universe # For latest codelite

The Software and Updates app allows you to manage (and disable) repositories.

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa # Adds a repo
• sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:eugenesan/ppa # Removes a repo

To use WSL and allow it to create a deb file:

• sudo update-alternatives --set fakeroot /usr/bin/fakeroot-tcp