Power Tab Editor

Users

• New user? Read the intro page to learn more about the project!
• You can get the latest releases from our downloads page.
• You can report bugs or suggest features on our issue tracker.

Developers

Dependencies:

• CMake >= 3.12
• Boost >= 1.65
  • algorithm
  • date_time
  • endian
  • filesystem
  • functional
  • iostreams
  • operators
  • range
  • rational
  • signals2
  • stacktrace
• Qt >= 5.9 version or greater
• RapidJSON
• RtMidi
• pugixml
• minizip
• doctest
• (Linux only) - ALSA library (e.g. libasound2-dev)
• (Linux only) - MIDI sequencer (e.g. timidity-daemon)
• A compiler with C++17 support.

Windows:

• Install Git - see https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git
• Install vcpkg and run vcpkg install --triplet x64-windows boost-algorithm boost-date-time boost-endian boost-filesystem boost-functional boost-iostreams boost-range boost-rational boost-signals2 boost-stacktrace doctest minizip pugixml rapidjson to install dependencies.
• Install Qt by running vcpkg install --triplet x64-windows qt5-base (this may take a while), or install a binary release from the Qt website.
• Open the project folder in Visual Studio and build.
  • If running CMake manually, set CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE to [vcpkg root]\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake).

Linux:

• These instructions assume a recent Ubuntu/Debian-based system, but the package names should be similar for other package managers.
• Install dependencies:
  • sudo apt update
  • sudo apt install cmake qtbase5-dev libboost-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-iostreams-dev rapidjson-dev libasound2-dev librtmidi-dev libpugixml-dev libminizip-dev doctest-dev
  • sudo apt-get install timidity-daemon - timidity is not required for building, but is a good sequencer for MIDI playback.
  • Optionally, use Ninja instead of make (sudo apt install ninja-build)
• Build:
  • mkdir build && cd build
  • cmake ..
    • Add -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/some/path to customize the install directory.
    • Add -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug for a debug build instead of a Release build.
    • Add -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ to compile with Clang.
    • Add -G Ninja to generate Ninja build files.
  • make -j8 or ninja
• Run:
  • ./bin/powertabeditor
  • ./bin/pte_tests to run the unit tests.
• Install:
  • make install or ninja install

OS X:

• Install Xcode along with its Command Line Tools.
• Install dependencies:
  • brew install boost cmake doctest minizip ninja pugixml qt5 pugixml rapidjson rtmidi
• Build:
  • mkdir build && cd build
  • cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt5/lib/cmake ..
    • To generate an Xcode project, switch to -G Xcode and then open and build build/powertabeditor.xcodeproj
  • ninja
• Run:
  • open ./bin/Power\ Tab\ Editor.app
  • ./bin/pte_tests to run the unit tests.
  • For Xcode, select Product/Scheme/powertabeditor and then Product/Run.