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| cool-retro-term is a terminal emulator which mimics the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens. | ||||
| It has been designed to be eye-candy, customizable, and reasonably lightweight. | ||||
|  | ||||
| It uses the QML port of qtermwidget (Konsole) developed by me: https://github.com/Swordfish90/qmltermwidget. | ||||
| It uses the QML port of qtermwidget (Konsole): https://github.com/Swordfish90/qmltermwidget. | ||||
|  | ||||
| This terminal emulator works under Linux and macOS and requires Qt 5.2 or higher. | ||||
| This terminal emulator works under Linux and macOS and requires Qt5. It's suggested that you stick to the latest LTS version. | ||||
|  | ||||
| Settings such as colors, fonts, and effects can be accessed via context menu. | ||||
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| ## Install | ||||
| Walk the easy way and install cool-retro-term using one of these convenient packages: | ||||
|  | ||||
| Just grab the latest AppImage from the release page and make it executable and run it: | ||||
| If you want to get a hold of the latest version, just go to the Releases page and grab the latest AppImage (Linux) or dmg (macOS). | ||||
|  | ||||
|     wget https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/releases/download/1.1.1/Cool-Retro-Term-1.1.1-x86_64.AppImage | ||||
|     chmod a+x Cool-Retro-Term-1.1.1-x86_64.AppImage | ||||
|     ./Cool-Retro-Term-1.1.1-x86_64.AppImage | ||||
| Alternatively, most distributions such as Ubuntu, Fedora or Arch already package cool-retro-term in their official repositories. | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Fedora** has the `cool-retro-term` in the official repositories. All you have to do is `sudo dnf install cool-retro-term`. | ||||
| ## Building | ||||
|  | ||||
| Users of **openSUSE** can grab a package from [Open Build Service](http://software.opensuse.org/package/cool-retro-term). | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Arch** users can install this [package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cool-retro-term-git/) directly via the [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org): | ||||
|  | ||||
|     trizen -S aur/cool-retro-term-git | ||||
|  | ||||
| or use: | ||||
|  | ||||
|     pacman -S cool-retro-term | ||||
|  | ||||
| to install precompiled from community repository. | ||||
|  | ||||
| Users of **Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty) up to 15.10 (Wily)** can use [this PPA](https://launchpad.net/~bugs-launchpad-net-falkensweb). | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Ubuntu 17.10** can use [this PPA](https://launchpad.net/%7Evantuz/+archive/ubuntu/cool-retro-term) | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Solus** users can install using `eopg`: | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| eopkg it cool-retro-term | ||||
| ``` | ||||
|  | ||||
| **macOS** users can grab the latest dmg from the [release page](https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/releases) or install via Homebrew or MacPorts: | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| brew install cool-retro-term --cask | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| or | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| port install cool-retro-term | ||||
| ``` | ||||
|  | ||||
| **FreeBSD** users can install cool-retro-term with `pkg`: | ||||
|  | ||||
|     pkg install cool-retro-term | ||||
|      | ||||
| ## Build instructions (FreeBSD) | ||||
|  | ||||
| Grab a copy of [the FreeBSD Ports Collection](https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html), modify [`/usr/ports/x11/cool-retro-term/Makefile`](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/x11/cool-retro-term/Makefile?view=markup) as you like, and then run `make install` to build and install the emulator: | ||||
|  | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| cd /usr/ports/x11/cool-retro-term | ||||
| make install | ||||
| ``` | ||||
|  | ||||
| ## Build instructions (Linux) | ||||
|  | ||||
| Build cool-retro-term yourself, you know, the retro way. | ||||
|  | ||||
| ## Dependencies | ||||
| Make sure to install these first. | ||||
|  | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Ubuntu 14.04** | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo apt-get install build-essential qmlscene qt5-qmake qt5-default qtdeclarative5-dev qtdeclarative5-controls-plugin qtdeclarative5-qtquick2-plugin libqt5qml-graphicaleffects qtdeclarative5-dialogs-plugin qtdeclarative5-localstorage-plugin qtdeclarative5-window-plugin | ||||
|  | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Ubuntu 16.10** | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo apt-get install build-essential qmlscene qt5-qmake qt5-default qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qtquick-controls qtdeclarative5-qtquick2-plugin libqt5qml-graphicaleffects qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qtdeclarative5-localstorage-plugin qtdeclarative5-window-plugin | ||||
|  | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Ubuntu 17.04** | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo apt install build-essential libqt5qml-graphicaleffects qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qmlscene qt5-default qt5-qmake qtdeclarative5-dev qtdeclarative5-localstorage-plugin qtdeclarative5-qtquick2-plugin qtdeclarative5-window-plugin | ||||
|  | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Ubuntu 17.10** | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo apt-get install build-essential qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qmlscene qt5-default qt5-qmake qtdeclarative5-dev qtdeclarative5-localstorage-plugin qtdeclarative5-qtquick2-plugin qtdeclarative5-window-plugin | ||||
|  | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| **snapcraft (most of distros)** | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo snap install cool-retro-term --classic | ||||
|  | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Debian Jessie and above** | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo apt install build-essential qmlscene qt5-qmake qt5-default qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-localstorage qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel | ||||
|  | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Fedora** | ||||
| This command should install the known fedora dependencies: | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo yum -y install qt5-qtbase qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtdeclarative qt5-qtdeclarative-devel qt5-qtgraphicaleffects qt5-qtquickcontrols redhat-rpm-config | ||||
|  | ||||
| or: | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo dnf -y install qt5-qtbase qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtdeclarative qt5-qtdeclarative-devel qt5-qtgraphicaleffects qt5-qtquickcontrols redhat-rpm-config | ||||
|  | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Arch Linux** | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo pacman -S qt5-base qt5-declarative qt5-quickcontrols qt5-graphicaleffects | ||||
|      | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| **openSUSE** | ||||
|  | ||||
| Add repository with latest Qt 5 (this is only needed on openSUSE 13.1, Factory already has it): | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt5/openSUSE_13.1/ KDE:Qt5 | ||||
|  | ||||
| Install dependencies: | ||||
|  | ||||
|     sudo zypper install libqt5-qtbase-devel libqt5-qtdeclarative-devel libqt5-qtquickcontrols libqt5-qtgraphicaleffects | ||||
|  | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Anyone else** | ||||
|  | ||||
| Install Qt directly from here http://qt-project.org/downloads . Once done export them in you path (replace "_/opt/Qt5.3.1/5.3/gcc_64/bin_" with your correct folder): | ||||
|      | ||||
|     export PATH=/opt/Qt5.3.1/5.3/gcc_64/bin/:$PATH | ||||
| --- | ||||
|  | ||||
| ### Compile | ||||
| Once you installed all dependencies (Qt is installed and in your path) you need to compile and run the application:  | ||||
|  | ||||
| ```bash | ||||
| # Get it from GitHub | ||||
| git clone --recursive https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term.git | ||||
|  | ||||
| # Build it | ||||
| cd cool-retro-term | ||||
|  | ||||
| # Compile (Fedora and OpenSUSE user should use qmake-qt5 instead of qmake) | ||||
| qmake && make | ||||
|  | ||||
| # Have fun! | ||||
| ./cool-retro-term | ||||
| ``` | ||||
|  | ||||
| ## Build instructions (macOS) | ||||
|  | ||||
| 1. Install [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/) and agree to the licence agreement | ||||
| 2. Enter the following commands into the terminal: | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Brew** | ||||
|  | ||||
| ```sh | ||||
| brew install qt5 | ||||
| git clone --recursive https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term.git | ||||
| export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/qt5/include" | ||||
| export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/qt5/lib" | ||||
| export PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt5/bin:$PATH | ||||
| cd cool-retro-term | ||||
| qmake && make | ||||
| mkdir cool-retro-term.app/Contents/PlugIns | ||||
| cp -r qmltermwidget/QMLTermWidget cool-retro-term.app/Contents/PlugIns | ||||
| open cool-retro-term.app | ||||
| ``` | ||||
|  | ||||
| **MacPorts** | ||||
|  | ||||
| ```sh | ||||
| sudo port install qt5 | ||||
| git clone --recursive https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term.git | ||||
| cd cool-retro-term | ||||
| /opt/local/libexec/qt5/bin/qmake && make | ||||
| mkdir cool-retro-term.app/Contents/PlugIns | ||||
| cp -r qmltermwidget/QMLTermWidget cool-retro-term.app/Contents/PlugIns | ||||
| open cool-retro-term.app | ||||
| ``` | ||||
|  | ||||
| **Homebrew** | ||||
|  | ||||
| ```sh | ||||
| brew install cool-retro-term --cask | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| Check out the wiki and follow the instructions on how to build it on [Linux](https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/wiki/Build-Instructions-(Linux)) and [macOS](https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/wiki/Build-Instructions-(macOS)). | ||||
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