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+BUILD_CONFIG="release"
+
+fail()
+{
+	echo "$1" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+BUILD_ROOT=$PWD/build
+SOURCE_ROOT=$PWD
+BUILD_FOLDER=$BUILD_ROOT/build-$BUILD_CONFIG
+DEPLOY_FOLDER=$BUILD_ROOT/deploy-$BUILD_CONFIG
+INSTALLER_FOLDER=$BUILD_ROOT/installer-$BUILD_CONFIG
+VERSION=`cat $SOURCE_ROOT/app/version.txt`
+
+command -v qmake >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail "Unable to find 'qmake' in your PATH!"
+command -v linuxdeployqt >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail "Unable to find 'linuxdeployqt' in your PATH!"
+
+echo Cleaning output directories
+rm -rf $BUILD_FOLDER
+rm -rf $DEPLOY_FOLDER
+rm -rf $INSTALLER_FOLDER
+mkdir $BUILD_ROOT
+mkdir $BUILD_FOLDER
+mkdir $DEPLOY_FOLDER
+mkdir $INSTALLER_FOLDER
+
+echo Configuring the project
+pushd $BUILD_FOLDER
+qmake $SOURCE_ROOT/moonlight-qt.pro PREFIX=$DEPLOY_FOLDER/usr || fail "Qmake failed!"
+popd
+
+echo Compiling Moonlight in $BUILD_CONFIG configuration
+pushd $BUILD_FOLDER
+make -j$(nproc) $(echo "$BUILD_CONFIG" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') || fail "Make failed!"
+popd
+
+echo Deploying to staging directory
+pushd $BUILD_FOLDER
+make install || fail "Make install failed!"
+popd
+
+echo Creating AppImage
+pushd $INSTALLER_FOLDER
+VERSION=$VERSION linuxdeployqt $DEPLOY_FOLDER/usr/share/applications/com.moonlight_stream.Moonlight.desktop -qmldir=$SOURCE_ROOT/app/gui -appimage || fail "linuxdeployqt failed!"
+popd
+
+echo Build successful
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