logos-package-manager-ui

How to Build

Using Nix (Recommended)

Build Complete UI Plugin

# Build everything (default)
nix build

# Or explicitly
nix build '.#default'

The result will include:

• /lib/package_manager_ui.dylib (or .so on Linux) - The Package Manager UI plugin

Build Individual Components

# Build only the library (plugin)
nix build '.#lib'

# Build the standalone Qt application
nix build '.#app'

Development Shell

# Enter development shell with all dependencies
nix develop

Note: In zsh, you need to quote the target (e.g., '.#default') to prevent glob expansion.

If you don't have flakes enabled globally, add experimental flags:

nix build --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'

The compiled artifacts can be found at result/

Running the Standalone App

After building the app with nix build '.#app', you can run it:

# Run the standalone Qt application
# you need sudo if you install packages due to the permissions needed on `./result/` which is a nix mounted folder
sudo ./result/bin/logos-package-manager-ui-app

note: installed packages will go to ./result/modules

Nix Organization

The nix build system is organized into modular files in the /nix directory:

• nix/default.nix - Common configuration (dependencies, flags, metadata)
• nix/lib.nix - UI plugin compilation
• nix/app.nix - Standalone Qt application compilation

Output Structure

When built with Nix:

Library build (nix build '.#lib'):

result/
└── lib/
    └── package_manager_ui.dylib    # Logos Package Manager UI plugin

App build (nix build '.#app'):

result/
├── bin/
│   ├── logos-package-manager-ui-app    # Standalone Qt application
│   ├── logos_host                       # Logos host executable (for plugins)
│   └── logoscore                        # Logos core executable
├── lib/
│   ├── liblogos_core.dylib              # Logos core library
│   └── liblogos_sdk.dylib               # Logos SDK library
├── modules/
│   ├── capability_module_plugin.dylib
│   └── package_manager_plugin.dylib
└── package_manager_ui.dylib             # Qt plugin (loaded by app)

Requirements

Build Tools

• CMake (3.16 or later)
• Ninja build system
• pkg-config

Dependencies

• Qt6 (qtbase)
• Qt6 Widgets (included in qtbase)
• Qt6 Remote Objects (qtremoteobjects)
• Qt6 Declarative (qtdeclarative)
• logos-liblogos
• logos-cpp-sdk (for header generation)
• logos-package-manager-module
• logos-capability-module
• zstd
• krb5
• abseil-cpp