For those who like living on the bleeding edge, you can run the latest unstable build of Nicotine+ to test recent changes and bug fixes.
For information about Nicotine+ development procedures for maintainers, developers and code contributors, see DEVELOPING.md.
If you want to download the current stable version of Nicotine+, see DOWNLOADS.md.
Daily unstable snapshots are built in a separate unstable PPA repository. To install the latest unstable build of Nicotine+, run the following:
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nicotine-team/unstable
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 6CEB6050A30E5769
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nicotineIf you prefer to install a .deb package directly, you can download one here.
Unlike the repository installation method, you need to download and install Nicotine+ from the link above every time you want to update to the latest unstable build.
Unstable Flatpak packages are built after every commit to the master branch.
See All Platforms for installing the unstable version of Nicotine+ on other distributions.
Unstable Windows packages are built after every commit to the master branch.
Portable packages are also available. They can be run from any folder and do not require installation or administrator privileges.
- Download Unstable 64-bit Windows Portable Package [Info]
- Download Unstable 32-bit Windows Portable Package [Info]
Unstable installers for macOS Catalina 10.15 and newer are built after every commit to the master branch.
The following installation methods work out of the box on GNU/Linux, *BSD and Solaris. On Windows, a MinGW development environment is required. On macOS, Homebrew is required. Consider using the Windows and macOS packages above if you do not need to modify the source code.
The latest unstable build of Nicotine+ can be installed using pip. Ensure the runtime dependencies are installed, and run the following:
pip3 install git+https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus.gitTo start Nicotine+:
nicotineTo update to the latest unstable build of Nicotine+, run the following:
pip3 install --upgrade git+https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus.gitTo uninstall Nicotine+, run:
pip3 uninstall nicotine-plusTo run Nicotine+ directly from a local Git folder, ensure the runtime dependencies are installed, and run the following:
git clone https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus.git
cd nicotine-plus
./nicotineTo update to the latest unstable build of Nicotine+, run the following:
cd nicotine-plus
git pull