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This tool streamlines the process of setting up and maintaining a development environment for KDE software.

It does this by automating the process of downloading source code from theKDE source code repositories, building that source code, and installing itto your local system.

kde-builder is a successor of a previously used tool calledkdesrc-build.
The predecessor project was written in Perl, and this was a significant barrier for new contributions.
The successor project is written in Python - a much more acknowledged language. This means that newly wanted features can be implemented with ease.

Before installing, configure your PATH environment variable to include the~/.local/bin path - the location where kde-builder will be installed.Seedocumentation page for more information.

Installation:

cd~curl'https://invent.kde.org/sdk/kde-builder/-/raw/master/scripts/initial_setup.sh?ref_type=heads'> initial_setup.shbash initial_setup.sh

Initial setup:

kde-builder --generate-configkde-builder --install-distro-packages

Observe the build plan:

kde-builder --pretend kcalc

Build a project and its dependencies:

kde-builder kcalc

Rebuild only a single project without updating the source code:

kde-builder --no-include-dependencies --no-src kcalc

Launch the binary for a project using the development environment:

kde-builder --run kcalc

Build a specific project while skipping certain projects:

kde-builder kcalc --ignore-projects kxmlgui

For more details, consult the project documentation athttps://kde-builder.kde.org/.

Shortcuts to some pages:

• Installation and initial setup steps
• List of supported configuration options
• Supported command line parameters