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Christian Stadelmann 606d216e40 Added hint for building on Fedora (qmake versions)
On Fedora you have:
qmake (Qt 3)
qmake-qt4 (Qt 4)
qmake-qt5 (Qt 5)
So using `qmake` does not work since qupzilla is designed for Qt4/Qt5.
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QupZilla Web Browser
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Homepage: [http://www.qupzilla.com](http://www.qupzilla.com)
Blog: [http://blog.qupzilla.com](http://blog.qupzilla.com)
IRC: `#qupzilla` at `irc.freenode.net`
Translations: [https://www.transifex.com](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/qupzilla)
About QupZilla
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QupZilla is a new and very fast QtWebKit browser. It aims to be a lightweight web browser
available through all major platforms. This project has been originally started only
for educational purposes. But from its start, QupZilla has grown into a feature-rich browser.
QupZilla has all standard functions you expect from a web browser. It includes bookmarks,
history (both also in sidebar) and tabs. Above that, you can manage RSS feeds with an included
RSS reader, block ads with a builtin AdBlock plugin, block Flash content with Click2Flash
and edit the local CA Certificates database with an SSL Manager.
QupZilla's main aim is to be a very fast and very stable QtWebKit browser available to everyone.
There are already a lot of QtWebKit browsers available, but they are either bound to the KDE
environment (rekonq), are not actively developed or very unstable and miss important
features. But there is missing a multiplatform, modern and actively developed browser. QupZilla
is trying to fill this gap by providing a very stable browsing experience.
History
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The very first version of QupZilla has been released in Decemeber 2010 and it was written
in Python with PyQt4 bindings. After a few versions, QupZilla has been completely rewritten
in C++ with the Qt Framework. The Windows version of QupZilla was compiled using MingW, but due to
a huge problem with Flash, it is now compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler 2008.
First public release was 1.0.0-b4.
Compiling
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Before you start compiling, make sure that you have installed the Qt (>=4.7) development libraries
and you have read the [BUILDING](https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/blob/master/BUILDING) information.
**Linux**
* OpenSSL (libcrypto) is required
* pkg-config is recommended (to correctly detect versions of QtWebKit)
* pkg-config is required for Hunspell spellcheck
* Hunspell development package for spellcheck
* QtWebKit 2.3 is needed to have support for spellcheck
**Windows**
* OpenSSL (libeay32) is required
* QtWebKit 2.3 is required
* Hunspell library is required for spellcheck
Then you can start compiling by running this commands:
$ qmake
$ make
After a successful compilation the executable binary can be found in the bin/ directory.
On Fedora and possibly other Linux distributions you need to replace `qmake` with `qmake-qt4` or `qmake-qt5` since `qmake` is for Qt3.
On Linux/Unix: To install QupZilla, run this command: (it may be necessary to run it as root)
$ make install
On Mac OS X: To deploy QupZilla in bundle, run this command:
$ ./scripts/macdeploy.sh full-path-to-macdeployqt
You need to specify path to `macdeployqt` only if it is not in PATH.
Current version
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The current stable version of QupZilla is 1.4.4. You can download precompiled packages
and the sources from the download section at [homepage](http://www.qupzilla.com/download).
However, if you want the latest revision, just take the latest code snapshot either by
downloading a tarball or running:
$ git clone git://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla.git
If you are using Ubuntu, you can download QupZilla from PPA:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nowrep/qupzilla
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install qupzilla
for development version:
$ sudo apt-get install qupzilla-next
FAQ and Changelog
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If you are experiencing some sort of problem, please read the FAQ before you open an issue.
[FAQ](https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/wiki/FAQ) | [Changelog](https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/blob/master/CHANGELOG) | [Bug Reports](https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/wiki/Bug-Reports)