DEBIAN.md

Build Stremio for Debian GNU/Linux

These instructions have been tested in Debian Bookworm 12 (Stable)

1. Start by cloning the GIT repository:

git clone --recurse-submodules -j8 https://github.com/Stremio/stremio-shell.git

2. Install QTCreator and other dependencies

sudo apt-get install qtcreator qt5-qmake g++ pkgconf libssl-dev librsvg2-bin

3. Generate the Makefiles for Stremio

cd stremio-shell

qmake

3.1 Install missing dependencies

If you see this message:

Info: creating stash file /home/mendezr/development/misc/stremio-shell/.qmake.stash
Project ERROR: mpv development package not found

Then you need to install the development package for mpv (movie player)

sudo apt-get install libmpv-dev

If you see this message:

Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: qml quick webengine

Then install: sudo apt-get install libqt5webview5-dev

If you find: Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: webengine

Then install:

sudo apt-get install libkf5webengineviewer-dev

4. Compile Stremio:

$ make -f release.makefile

This will create a new directory named build where the `stremio' binary will be located. It will also generate icons and download the streaming server.

5. Prepare the streaming server

Upon running the ./build/stremio binary, stremio should start up as usual. Except it won't start the streaming server, for this you need to have NodeJS installed and server.js in your working dir, for which you need to do:

cp ./server.js ./build/ && ln -s "$(which node)" ./build/node

6. Install other dependencies

If you get this messages:

$ ./stremio
QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component
qrc:/main.qml:3 module "QtWebChannel" is not installed
qrc:/main.qml:2 module "QtWebEngine" is not installed
qrc:/main.qml:12 module "Qt.labs.platform" is not installed
qrc:/main.qml:3 module "QtWebChannel" is not installed
qrc:/main.qml:2 module "QtWebEngine" is not installed
qrc:/main.qml:12 module "Qt.labs.platform" is not installed
qrc:/main.qml:3 module "QtWebChannel" is not installed
qrc:/main.qml:2 module "QtWebEngine" is not installed
qrc:/main.qml:12 module "Qt.labs.platform" is not installed

That means you need to install:

sudo apt-get install qml-module-qtwebchannel qml-module-qt-labs-platform qml-module-qtwebengine qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-controls qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel

Now you should be able to run it normally.

7. Run Stremio

./build/stremio

If you get a popup window stating:

Error while starting streaming server. Please consider re-installing Stremio from https://www.stremio.com

Perhaps you've skipped step #5

Cheers!