EpistasisLab / aliro-imager

aliro-imager

License

The main code of the Imaging Utility is made available under the terms of the Apache license. See license.txt and files in "src/dependencies" folder for more information about the various open source licenses that apply to the third-party dependencies used such as Qt, libarchive, drivelist, mountutils and libcurl.

How to rebuild

Debian/Ubuntu Linux

Get dependencies

Install the build dependencies:

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends build-essential devscripts debhelper cmake git libarchive-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev \
    qtbase5-dev qtbase5-dev-tools qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5svg5-dev qttools5-dev libgnutls28-dev \
    qml-module-qtquick2 qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qtquick-templates2 qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects

Get the source

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/EpistasisLab/aliro-imager

Build the Debian package

cd aliro-imager
debuild -uc -us

debuild will compile everything, create a .deb package and put it in the parent directory. Can install it with apt:

cd ..
sudo apt install ./aliro-imager*.deb

It should create an icon in the start menu under "Utilities" or "Accessories". The imaging utility will normally be run as regular user, and will call udisks2 over DBus to perform privileged operations like opening the disk device for writing. If udisks2 is not functional on your Linux distribution, you can alternatively start it as "root" with sudo and similar tools.

Fedora/RHEL/CentOS Linux

Get dependencies

Install the build dependencies:

sudo yum install git gcc gcc-c++ make cmake libarchive-devel libcurl-devel openssl-devel qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtquickcontrols2-devel qt5-qtsvg-devel qt5-linguist

Get the source

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/aliro-imager

Build and install the software

cd aliro-imager
mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake ../src
make
sudo make install

Windows

Get dependencies

• Get the Qt online installer from: https://www.qt.io/download-open-source During installation, choose a Qt 5.x with Mingw32 32-bit toolchain and CMake.

• If using the official Qt distribution that does NOT have schannel (Windows native SSL library) support, compile OpenSSL libraries ( https://wiki.qt.io/Compiling_OpenSSL_with_MinGW ) and copy the libssl/crypto DLLs to C:\qt\5.x\mingw73_32\bin the include files to C:\qt\5.x\mingw73_32\include and the import library files to C:\qt\5.x\mingw73_32\lib

• For building installer get Nullsoft scriptable install system: https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Download

• It is assumed you already have a proper code signing certificate, and signtool.exe from the Windows SDK installed. If NOT and are you only compiling for your own personal use, comment out all lines mentioning signtool from CMakelists.txt and the .nsi installer script.

Building

Building can be done manually using the command-line, using "cmake", "make", etc., but if you are not that familar with setting up a proper Windows build environment (setting paths, etc.), it is easiest to use the Qt creator GUI instead.

• Download source .zip from github and extract it to a folder on disk
• Open src/CMakeLists.txt in Qt creator.
• For builds you distribute to others, make sure you choose "Release" in the toolchain settings and not the debug flavour.
• Menu "Build" -> "Build all"
• Result will be in build_aliro-imager_someversion
• Go to the BUILD folder, right click on the .nsi script "Compile NSIS script", to create installer.

Note: the CMake integration in Qt Creator is a bit flaky at times. If you made any custom changes to the CMakeLists.txt file and it subsequently gets in an endless loop where it never finishes the "configures" stage while re-processing the file, delete "build_aliro-imager_someversion" directory and try again.

Mac OS X

Get dependencies

• Get the Qt online installer from: https://www.qt.io/download-open-source During installation, choose a Qt 5.x edition and CMake.
• For creating a .DMG for distribution you can use an utility like: https://github.com/sindresorhus/create-dmg
• It is assumed you have an Apple developer subscription, and already have a "Developer ID" code signing certificate for distribution outside the Mac Store. (Privileged apps are not allowed in the Mac store)

Building

• Download source .zip from github and extract it to a folder on disk
• Start Qt Creator (may need to start "finder" navigate to home folder using the "Go" menu, and find Qt folder to start it manually as it may not have created icon in Applications), and open src/CMakeLists.txt
• Menu "Build" -> "Build all"
• Result will be in build_aliro-imager_someversion
• For distribution to others: code sign the .app, create a DMG, code sign the DMG, submit it for notarization to Apple and staple the notarization ticket to the DMG.

E.g.:

cd build-aliro-imager-Desktop_Qt_5_14_1_clang_64bit-Release/
codesign --deep --force --verify --verbose --sign "YOUR KEYID" --options runtime aliro-imager.app
mv aliro-imager.app "Aliro Imager.app"
create-dmg Aliro\ Imager.app
mv Aliro\ Imager\ .dmg imager.dmg
xcrun altool --notarize-app -t osx -f imager.dmg --primary-bundle-id="org.raspberrypi.imagingutility" -u YOUR-EMAIL-ADDRESS -p YOUR-APP-SPECIFIC-APPLE-PASSWORD -itc_provider TEAM-ID-IF-APPLICABLE
xcrun stapler staple imager.dmg