Perfect discord client for openbsd 7.3 powerpc aka macppc [guide]

[Yumiko Noua]

WARNING: The use of this client can make your account terminated(is really low the possibility, but still.) use this guide at your own risk!

Hello! i recently found a discord alternative client with the name "abaddon" and i asked myself "can i build/compile it on my imac g3 with openbsd?" well, the answer is yes!
So here is the guide(noob friendly)!

first, you need to know that this client is made in c++ and gtk3, so there is the dependencies(can be found on the repository of abaddon):

WARNING: the name of this dependencies are for openbsd 7.3, based on the openbsd repository!
1) cmake
2) gtk3mm
3) atk2mm
4) g++
5) sqlite
6) libhandy
7) glib2mm
8) c++
9) gcc
10) nlohmann-json

after install this dependencies, can now compile the client [chatgpt helped me] (warn me if i miss some dependencies)

first, clone the repository with git where you want:

git clone https://github.com/uowuo/abaddon.git

enter in the directory with:

cd abaddon

then create a build directory and enter the folder:

mkdir build && cd build

configure the project with:

cmake -GNinja ..

compile everything with:

ninja

finally install it with:

ninja install

after a while (and without errors) abaddon now is installed, now move it and abaddon.ini to the directory "src" in the same place where you clone the repository, because there is everything for make work the client, i mean, for me worked this, may can you say me a batter way.

to make it easier for you to find the directory with abaddon, i suggest you to use a file manager like "rox" or others.

now the guide is finished, there is some photo with my imac g3 running abaddon on openbsd 7.3

1) first photo, yes i'm italian, not notice this.

2) second, with the system info

i hope you like this guide! let me know i missed something

 

[wicknix]

Great find! I just built it on my 12" PB running Void. Works quite well.

 

[wicknix]

Also built it on my 17" PB running Fienix 6 / Debian Sid. I modified the main.css a bit though to make it look more like the official client.

 

[barracuda156]

Since nobody posted it from macOS

 

[Yumiko Noua]

View attachment 2386301Since nobody posted it from macOS

cool!

 

[alectrona6400]

getting these errors when i try to compile it on my powerbook G4 DLSD. are there any other packages that need to be installed?

 

[Yumiko Noua]

getting these errors when i try to compile it on my powerbook G4 DLSD. are there any other packages that need to be installed?

I suggest you to follow the guide from the original github page, here, i'm not the "boss" of this project..

 

[alectrona6400]

ahhh okay. i got IXWebSocket to compile and install thankfully. they just didnt have the package names for openBSD so i wasnt sure.

 

[Yumiko Noua]

ahhh okay. i got IXWebSocket to compile and install thankfully. they just didnt have the package names for openBSD so i wasnt sure.

oh okay

 

[barracuda156]

getting these errors when i try to compile it on my powerbook G4 DLSD. are there any other packages that need to be installed?

As long as you do not care about reproducible builds, perhaps you may just clone git repo with submodules. As I recall, that also worked fine in MacPorts, I just preferred instead to make separate ports for each dependency and do not fetch anything during the build.