How to build sni qt

If you're not using a Debian based distro, the best way to install the patched version of sni-qt is by building it from source code.

Dependencies

• cmake
• gcc
  • 32 bits
    • gcc-multilib package in Arch
    • gcc-multilib package in Ubuntu
• qt4-default
  • 64 bits
    • libqt4-dev in Ubuntu
    • qt-devel package in Fedora
  • 32 bits
    • lib32-qt4 package in Arch
    • libqt4-dev:i386 package in Ubuntu
• dbusmenu-qt
  
  • 64 bits
    • libdbusmenu-qt-dev package in Ubuntu
    • dbusmenu-qt-devel package in Fedora
    • libdbusmenu-qt4 package in Arch
    • libdbusmenu-qt package with flag qt4 in Gentoo
  • 32 bits
    • lib32-libdbusmenu-qt package in Arch
    • libdbusmenu-qt-dev:i386 package in Ubuntu

How to build

1. Install bzr
2. Clone the branch
   bzr branch lp:sni-qt
3. Use terminal to go the cloned directory
   cd ./sni-qt
4. Save the content of the patch file as patches/custom-icons-injection

--- sni-qt-0.2.6.orig/src/iconcache.cpp +++ sni-qt-0.2.6/src/iconcache.cpp @@ -145,7 +145,19 @@

 QDir dir(m_themePath);
 Q_FOREACH(const QSize& size, sizes) {

•    QPixmap pix = icon.pixmap(size);
  

•    QPixmap pix;
  

•    QStringList parts = key.split("_");
  

•    QString homedirname = QDir::homePath();
  

•    QString injectionIconFilename = QString(homedirname + "/.local/share/sni-qt/icons/%1/%2.png").arg(parts[0], parts[2]);
  

•    QString injectionIconFilename2 = QString(homedirname + "/.local/share/sni-qt/icons/%1.png").arg(parts[2]);
  

•    if (QFile::exists(injectionIconFilename))
  

•        pix = QPixmap(injectionIconFilename);
  

•    else if (QFile::exists(injectionIconFilename2))
  

•        pix = QPixmap(injectionIconFilename2);
  

•    else
  

•        pix = icon.pixmap(size);
  

•    QString dirName = QString("hicolor/%1x%1/apps").arg(size.width());
     if (!dir.exists(dirName)) {
         if (!dir.mkpath(dirName)) {
  

5. Load the patch
   patch -p1 -i patches/custom-icons-injection
6. Create a build folder using
   mkdir build && cd ./build
7. • 64bits:
   1. Type in your terminal
      cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
   2. And afterwards
      make
   3. sudo make install
   • 32bits:
   1. Execute those commands one after an other to compile a 32 bits version of the code

     export CC="gcc -m32"
     export CXX="g++ -m32"
     export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig
     export CFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags QtCore) ${CFLAGS}"
     export CXXFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags QtCore) ${CXXFLAGS}"
     

   2. Type in your terminal
      

   cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DQT_PLUGINS_DIR=/usr/lib32/qt/plugins ../

   3. make && sudo make install

And voilá! You've built and installed the patched version of sni-qt, if you've any issue with that you can open a new issue here.