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Linux	10	Build RustDesk on Linux with the required system packages, vcpkg dependencies, and Rust toolchain. Follow the Ubuntu, Fedora, or Arch-based setup steps before running cargo.	build rustdesk linux rustdesk linux build rustdesk vcpkg linux rustdesk cargo run linux rustdesk ubuntu build

Use this guide to build RustDesk on Linux, install the required packages, prepare vcpkg, and compile the desktop app from source.

What do you need before building on Linux?

Building RustDesk on Linux requires the system development packages for your distribution, a working vcpkg setup, Rust installed through rustup, and the Sciter shared library placed in the build output directory before you run cargo.

Linux build checklist

• Install the compiler and desktop dependencies for your distribution.
• Clone and bootstrap vcpkg, then export VCPKG_ROOT.
• Install Rust with rustup and load the cargo environment.
• Clone the RustDesk repository with submodules.
• Download libsciter-gtk.so into target/debug.
• Run cargo run from the project root.

How to build on Linux

Ubuntu 18 (Debian 10)

sudo apt install -y g++ gcc git curl wget nasm yasm libgtk-3-dev clang libxcb-randr0-dev libxdo-dev libxfixes-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev cmake

Fedora 28 (CentOS 8)

sudo yum -y install gcc-c++ git curl wget nasm yasm gcc gtk3-devel clang libxcb-devel libxdo-devel libXfixes-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel cmake alsa-lib-devel

Arch Linux (Manjaro)

sudo pacman -Syu --needed unzip git cmake gcc curl wget yasm nasm zip make pkg-config clang gtk3 xdotool libxcb libxfixes alsa-lib pulseaudio

Install vcpkg

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
cd vcpkg
git checkout 2023.10.19
cd ..
vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
export VCPKG_ROOT=$PWD/vcpkg
vcpkg/vcpkg install --x-install-root="$VCPKG_ROOT/installed"

Fix libvpx (for Fedora)

cd vcpkg/buildtrees/libvpx/src
cd *
./configure
sed -i 's/CFLAGS+=-I/CFLAGS+=-fPIC -I/g' Makefile
sed -i 's/CXXFLAGS+=-I/CXXFLAGS+=-fPIC -I/g' Makefile
make
cp libvpx.a $VCPKG_ROOT/installed/x64-linux/lib/
cd

Build

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
cd rustdesk
mkdir -p target/debug
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/c-smile/sciter-sdk/master/bin.lnx/x64/libsciter-gtk.so
mv libsciter-gtk.so target/debug
# Note: VCPKG_ROOT still set
cargo run