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Installation

Vadim Kuznetsov edited this page Oct 6, 2024 · 5 revisions

Installation instructions

Build from source

Download the source code file qucs-s-24.1.1.tar.gz and build it with cmake to try new Qucs-S. Install the necessary dependencies before the build. Here is the command to install the dependencies for Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install cmake flex bison gperf dos2unix build-essential qt6-base-dev qt6-tools-dev qt6-tools-dev-tools 
sudo apt-get install libglx-dev linguist-qt6 qt6-l10n-tools libqt6svg6-dev libqt6-charts6-dev libgl1-mesa-dev

Unpack the tarball, configure and build the package with cmake as following:

tar xvfz qucs-s-24.1.1.tar.gz
cd qucs-s-24.1.1
mkdir builddir
cd builddir
cmake ..  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/your_install_prefix/ -DWITH_QT6=ON
make
make install

Linux

Windows installer

Windows installer contains both Qucs-S and Ngspice binaries. Launch the exe and follow instructions to install Qucs-S. The installer file name has the following pattern:

  • qucs_s_24_3_0_setup.exe 64-bit (x86_64) Windows installer including Ngspice

Windows portable

Windows portable package could be downloaded as zipped distribution. Unpack and launch qucs-s.exe from bin subdirectory. Ngspice requires a separate installation. The Windows portable package file name has the following pattern:

  • qucs_s_win64_portable_24_3_0.zip 64-bit (x86_64) portable Windows version;

MacOS

Use homebrew to install Qucs-S. Run below command to install latest Qucs-S.

brew install --cask ra3xdh/qucs-s/qucs-s@nightly 

The DMG packages for both ARM and Intel architectures could be downloaded from the release page.

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