Install Dependencies

Compatibility

• ✅ 2.1 | ✅ 2.0 | ✅ 1.9 | ...

JDK

• QZ Tray 3.0 - JDK21 or higher (Liberica OpenJDK21 recommended)
• QZ Tray 2.2 - JDK11 or higher (Liberica OpenJDK11 HotSpot recommended)
• QZ Tray 2.1 - JDK8 or higher (AdoptOpenJDK11 HotSpot recommended)
• QZ Tray 2.0 - JDK7 or higher (AdoptOpenJDK11 HotSpot recommended)

Contents

• Windows
• Mac
• Ubuntu
• Fedora
• Cloning Source Code
• Compiling

Windows

1. Install ⚠️JDK 7 or higher:

   http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/

2. Download and extract Apache Ant:

   https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi

3. Setup environment variables JAVA_HOME, PATH, etc:

   • Assume Ant is installed in c:\ant\. The following commands set up the environment:

      set ANT_HOME=c:\ant
      set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.7.0_51
      set PATH=%PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin
     

   http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#setup

4. Install NSIS 3.0+:

   http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download

5. Install git:

   https://git-scm.com/download/win

Mac

1. Install command line tools for macOS (installation methods vary)

2. Install ⚠️JDK 7 or higher via: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/

3. Install homebrew via:

   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

4. Install brew dependencies via:

   brew install git ant makeself nsis

5. If you prefer to use a system-installed version of Java, you can use brew install ant --ignore-dependencies

6. Install git:

   https://git-scm.com/download/mac

Ubuntu

1. Install AdoptOpenJDK11 via https://adoptopenjdk.net/installation.html#linux-pkg

   • Note: You can use OpenJDK 8+ via apt instead if desired

2. Install remaining dependencies (ant, nsis, makeself) via:

   sudo apt-get install git ant nsis makeself

Fedora

1. Install AdoptOpenJDK11 via https://adoptopenjdk.net/installation.html#linux-pkg

   • Note: You can use OpenJDK 8+ via yum instead if desired

2. Install remaining dependencies (ant, nsis, makeself) via:

   sudo yum install git ant nsis makeself
   

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Clone Source Code

1. Clone the repository:

• QZ Tray

  git clone https://github.com/qzind/tray

  Note: This will clone the source code for the default branch of the software. To clone a non-default branch, you would need to specify that branch name i.e. -b foo

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Compile

1. See separate compiling tutorial.