@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ Also you can open and build/debug the project in a C++ IDE. For example, in Qt C
401401- Qt > = 5.9
402402 + Development tools
403403- GCC > = 7.4
404- - CMake > = 3.13
404+ - CMake > = 3.29
405405
406406# ### Run-time
407407
@@ -461,50 +461,64 @@ nix-shell
461461
462462# ### macOS
463463
464- First of all you need to install [brew](https://brew.sh) and than install the dependencies
464+ First of all you need to install [brew](https://brew.sh) and then install the dependencies
465465` ` ` shell
466466brew install qt5
467467brew install cmake
468468` ` `
469469
470470# ## Build
471471
472- After installing all the dependencies, finally run the following commands in the sources root directory:
472+ After installing all the dependencies, flameshot can be built.
473473
474- ` ` ` shell
475- cmake -S . -B build && cmake --build build
476- ` ` `
477-
478- NOTE: For macOS you should replace the command
474+ # ### Installation/build dir
475+ For the translations to be loaded correctly, the build process needs to be aware of where you want
476+ to install flameshot.
479477
480478` ` ` shell
481- cmake -S . -B build
479+ # Directory where build files will be placed, may be relative
480+ export BUILD_DIR=build
481+
482+ # Directory prefix where flameshot will be installed. If you are just building and don't want to
483+ # install, comment this environment variable.
484+ # This excludes the bin/flameshot part of the install,
485+ # e.g. in /opt/flameshot/bin/flameshot, the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is /opt/flameshot
486+ # This must be an absolute path. Requires CMAKE 3.29.
487+ export CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/flameshot
488+
489+ # Linux
490+ cmake -S . -B " $BUILD_DIR " \
491+ && cmake --build " $BUILD_DIR "
492+
493+ # MacOS
494+ cmake -S . -B " $BUILD_DIR " \
495+ -DQt5_DIR=" $( brew --prefix qt5) /lib/cmake/Qt5" \
496+ && cmake --build " $BUILD_DIR "
482497` ` `
483498
484- with
485-
486- ` ` ` shell
487- cmake -S . -B build -DQt5_DIR=$( brew --prefix qt5) /lib/cmake/Qt5
488- ` ` `
489-
490- When the ` cmake --build build` command has completed you can launch flameshot from the ` project_folder/build/src` folder.
499+ When the ` cmake --build` command has completed you can launch flameshot from the ` project_folder/build/src` folder.
491500
492501# ## Install
493502
494503Note that if you install from source, there _is no_ uninstaller, so consider installing to a custom directory.
495504
496505# ### To install into a custom directory
506+ Make sure you are using cmake ` > = 3.29` and build flameshot with ` $CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ` set to the
507+ installation directory. If this is not done, the translations won' t be found when using a custom directory.
508+ Then, run the following:
509+
497510```bash
498- # Best to use an absolute path here
499- INST_DIR=/opt/flameshot
511+ # !Build with CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX and use cmake >= 3.29! Using an older cmake will cause
512+ # installation into the default /usr/local dir.
513+
500514# You may need to run this with privileges
501- cmake --install build --prefix " $INST_DIR "
515+ cmake --install "$BUILD_DIR "
502516```
503517
504518#### To install to the default install directory
505519```bash
506520# You may need to run this with privileges
507- cmake --install build
521+ cmake --install "$BUILD_DIR"
508522```
509523
510524### FAQ
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