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Expand Up @@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ The homepage is at
https://www.kdbg.org/

Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>

Build dependencies for Debian 6.12

@hartwork hartwork Apr 4, 2026

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Did you mean Debian 12? Latest stable "trixie" is Debian 13, and I don't consider anything older than 13 to be worth supporting, personally.

sudo apt install libkf6iconthemes-dev libkf6xmlgui-dev libkf6windowsystem-dev

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That's not all direct dependencies, as far as CI is concerned:

kdbg/.github/workflows/linux.yml

Lines 53 to 85 in 8268e3c

- name: Install build dependencies
env:
kde_major: ${{ matrix.kde_major }}
run: |-
set -x
if [[ ${kde_major} = 5 ]]; then
extra_packages=(
libkf5config-dev
libkf5i18n-dev
libkf5iconthemes-dev
libkf5windowsystem-dev
libkf5xmlgui-dev
qtbase5-dev
)
else
sudo sed 's,noble,questing,g' -i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources # Ubuntu 25.10
extra_packages=(
binutils
libkf6config-dev
libkf6i18n-dev
libkf6iconthemes-dev
libkf6windowsystem-dev
libkf6xmlgui-dev
qt6-base-dev
)
fi
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove --yes libegl-mesa0 mesa-libgallium # addresses conflicts
sudo apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends \
cmake \
extra-cmake-modules \
nasm \
"${extra_packages[@]}"