robomongo/docs/BuildingRobomongo.md

Building Robomongo

Step 1.

Download and build Robomongo Shell (our fork of MongoDB). Refer to Building Robomongo Shell document.

Step 2.

Download Robomongo:

$ git clone https://github.com/paralect/robomongo
$ cd robomongo

Set special environment variable ROBOMONGO_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to point to a set of directories:

1. Location of Qt 5 SDK
2. Location of Robomongo Shell (built in "Step 1")

Separate directories by semicolon ; (not colon):

$ export ROBOMONGO_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/path/to/qt-5.5/5.5/clang_64;/path/to/robomongo-shell"

Run configuration step:

$ bin/configure 

And finally, build Robomongo:

$ bin/build 

## Helper commands

Execute just built Robomongo:

$ bin/run

Clean build files (in order to start build from scratch):

$ bin/clean

Install Robomongo to build/release/install folder:

$ bin/install

Create package for your OS in build/release/package folder:

$ bin/pack