Set up Build Environment on Linux

Note: This is only a one-time setup guide. For actually building KeePassXC, please refer to our build guide.

Install the C++ toolchain

You can skip this step if you have a working C++ toolchain (g++, cmake and make)

On Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install build-essential cmake g++

On Fedora/RHEL/CentOS:

sudo dnf install make automake gcc-c++ cmake 

On Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S cmake make gcc

or

sudo pacman -S cmake make gcc-multilib

Install the required dependencies

On Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools \
    libgcrypt20-dev zlib1g-dev

On Fedora/RHEL/CentOS:

Note: CentOS may require more up-to-date packages, provided here: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/bugzy/keepassxc/

sudo dnf install qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-linguist qt5-qttools \
    libgcrypt-devel zlib-devel

On Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S qt5-base qt5-tools libgcrypt zlib

Install the optional dependencies

These are required to build Auto-Type and Yubikey support.

On Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install libxi-dev libxtst-dev libqt5x11extras5-dev \
    libyubikey-dev libykpers-1-dev

On Fedora/RHEL/CentOS:

Note: CentOS may require more up-to-date packages, provided here: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/bugzy/keepassxc/

sudo dnf install libXi-devel libXtst-devel qt5-qtx11extras \
    qt5-qtx11extras-devel libyubikey-devel ykpers-devel

On Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S libxi libxtst qt5-x11extras qt5-tools \
    yubico-c yubikey-personalization

Update your environment regularly

On Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

On Fedora/RHEL/CentOS:

sudo dnf update && sudo dnf upgrade

On Arch Linux

sudo pacman -Syyuu