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Build instructions for Windows
- Prepare folder
- Install third party software
- Clone source code and prepare libraries
- Build the project
- Qt Visual Studio Tools
Prepare folder
The build is done in Visual Studio 2022 with 10.0.22000.0 SDK version.
Choose an empty folder for the future build, for example D:\TBuild. It will be named BuildPath in the rest of this document. Create two folders there, *BuildPath*\ThirdParty and *BuildPath*\Libraries.
All commands (if not stated otherwise) will be launched from x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022.bat (should be in Start Menu > Visual Studio 2022 menu folder). Pay attention not to use any other Command Prompt.
Obtain your API credentials
You will require api_id and api_hash to access the Telegram API servers. To learn how to obtain them click here.
Install third party software
- Download Python 3.10 installer from https://www.python.org/downloads/ and install it with adding to PATH.
- Download Git installer from https://git-scm.com/download/win and install it.
Clone source code and prepare libraries
Open x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022.bat, go to BuildPath and run
git clone --recursive https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop.git
tdesktop\Telegram\build\prepare\win.bat
Build the project
Go to *BuildPath*\tdesktop\Telegram and run (using your api_id and api_hash)
configure.bat -D TDESKTOP_API_ID=YOUR_API_ID -D TDESKTOP_API_HASH=YOUR_API_HASH
- Open *BuildPath*\tdesktop\out\Telegram.sln in Visual Studio 2022
- Select Telegram project and press Build > Build Telegram (Debug and Release configurations)
- The result Telegram.exe will be located in D:\TBuild\tdesktop\out\Debug (and Release)
Qt Visual Studio Tools
For better debugging you may want to install Qt Visual Studio Tools:
- Open Extensions -> Manage Extensions
- Go to Online tab
- Search for Qt
- Install Qt Visual Studio Tools extension