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• The latest release is2.8.0
• Most notable new features:
  • Support for SHA3
  • Name the MS CryptographicServiceProvider in the comment
  • OpenSSL PURPOSE and validation results in the certificate details
  • Support UniveralPrincipalName (UPN) and NameConstraints
  • Support JSON Web Key (JWK) export format
  • Hide unusable (expired / revoked) certificates
• Please report issues on githubhttps://github.com/chris2511/xca/issues

A detailled changelog can be found here:

https://hohnstaedt.de/xca/index.php/software/changelog

This application is documented in theHelp menu and here:

https://www.hohnstaedt.de/xca/index.php/documentation/manual

To build XCA you need:

• a toolchain
• cmake:https://cmake.org
• Qt5 or Qt6:https://www.qt.io (5.10.1 or higher)
• OpenSSL:https://www.openssl.org (1.1.1 or higher)or libressl-3.6.x
• Sphinx-Build:https://www.sphinx-doc.org

• Install the dependencies

  # Bookwormsudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev pkg-config cmake qttools5-dev python3-sphinxcontrib.qthelp# Bullseyesudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev pkg-config cmake qttools5-dev python3-sphinx# Either Qt5sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libqt5sql5 libqt5help5 qttools5-dev# Or Qt6sudo apt install qt6-base-dev qt6-tools-dev

• Clone:git clone https://github.com/chris2511/xca.git
• Configure:cmake -B build xca
• Make:cmake --build build -j5
• Install:sudo cmake --install build
• Or install local and copy later as root:DESTDIR=DEST cmake --install build --prefix /usr

• Install the dependencies

  xcode-select --installbrew install openssl@3 qt6 python3 cmakepip3 install sphinx

• Clone:git clone https://github.com/chris2511/xca.git
• Configure:cmake -B build xca
• Make:cmake --build build -j5
• Build the DMG:cd build && cpack
• Build the PKG:cd build && cpack -G productbuild

XCA can be used with Xcode after initializing the directory with:cmake -G Xcode -B .

• Install the dependencies

  • Install Python for windows from the store orhttps://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
  • Install OpenSSL from here:https://slproweb.com/download/Win64OpenSSL-3_1_5.msi and verify the sha256 fromhttps://github.com/slproweb/opensslhashes/blob/master/win32_openssl_hashes.json
  • To install the Qt libraries, cmake and the MinGW compileraqtinstall is used.Sphinx is used to generate the documentation

    pip3 install sphinx aqtinstall

  • Add the PATH shown by pip to your PATH
  • Install Qt, cmake and the MinGW toolchain

    aqt install-qt windows desktop 6.6.3 win64_mingwaqt install-tool windows desktop tools_mingw90 qt.tools.win64_mingw900aqt install-tool windows desktop tools_vcredist qt.tools.vcredist_64

  • If 7z is missing, install it from the store.7-Zip File Manager (unofficial) or from 7-zip.org
  • Install the "vcredist\vcredist_64.exe"
  • Add cmake, MinGW, OpenSSL and Qt6 to your Path

    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\Scripts;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;%USERPROFILE%\Tools\CMake_64\bin;%USERPROFILE%\Tools\mingw_64\bin;%USERPROFILE%\6.6.3\mingw_64\bin;

  • CreateCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH environment variable:

    %USERPROFILE%\6.6.3\mingw_64\lib\cmake

  • Installhttps://wixtoolset.org/releases/ if you want to create the MSI installer

• Clone:git clone https://github.com/chris2511/xca.git

• Configure:cmake -B build -G "MinGW Makefiles" xca

• Make:cmake --build build -j5

• Create the Portable App:cmake --build build -t install

• Build the MSI installer (and the Portable App):cd build ; cpack

MySQL plugins are not shipped with QT anymore because of license issues.

• Debian:libqt6sql6-psqllibqt6sql6-mysql orlibqt6sql6-odbc.
• RPM:libqt6-database-plugin-pgsqllibqt6-database-plugin-mysqllibqt6-database-plugin-odbc

They should pull in all necessary dependencies.

• PostgreSQL: Install thehttps://postgresapp.com/
• ODBC: It requires the/usr/local/opt/libiodbc/lib/libiodbc.2.dylib.When installing unixodbc viabrew the library must be symlinked from/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libiodbc/3.52.16/lib/libiodbc.2.dylib
• MariaDB: Driver included since XCA 2.8.0

• PostgreSQL:https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads (Commandline tools).Add thebin directory of the Postgres installation directory to your PATH (C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16)
• ODBC: Use theODBC Datasources 64bit app to configure the SQL Server
• MariaDB (MySQL): Install the Plugin from here:https://github.com/thecodemonkey86/qt_mysql_driver.Select the MinGW variant and install it as documented.