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This repository contains a helper script to mak it easier to setup a ownCloud build environment for ownCloud desktop client 2.7 and newer.

Required dependencies

• https://community.kde.org/Craft#Setting_up_Craft

  On Windows

  Visual Studio 2022

  • Start Visual Studio Installer
  • Select Modify
  • Select Desktop development with C++
  • Go to Individual Components
  • Select git
  • Select python2
  • Select python3
  • Click the Modify button

Get started

• (py.exe|python3) ownbuild.py owncloud-client

Build a specific branch configuration

This will only affect the version of the dependencies.

• (py.exe|python3) ownbuild.py --branch 5 -- owncloud-client

Build a specific client tag

• (py.exe|python3) ownbuild.py --branch 5 -- --set revision=v5.2.1 owncloud-client
• (py.exe|python3) ownbuild.py --branch 5 -- owncloud-client

Use special craft commands

• (py.exe|python3) ownbuild.py --branch 5 -- --package owncloud-client
• (py.exe|python3) ownbuild.py --branch 5 -- --run .\master\windows-cl-msvc2022-x86_64-debug\bin\owncloud.exe

Appendix

Run with a specific target configuration

• (py.exe|python3) ownbuild.py --branch 5 --target windows-cl-msvc2022-x86_64

  Query available targets

• (py.exe|python3) ownbuild.py --branch 5 --target help

On Linux

Note:

• ownbuild / craft uses cached binary packages from https://download.owncloud.com/desktop/craft/cache/ to speed up the compilation.

Prerequisites

• apt install python3 git g++ gcc

Build the client with owncloud dependencies

• python3 ./ownbuild.py --branch master --target linux-64-gcc owncloud-client
• When built, start the client like this: ./master/linux-64-gcc/bin/owncloud -s

Build the client with system dependencies

• TODO: find the relevant info e.g. docker image from kdeorg/ubuntu-1804-craft