Install qbittorrent-nox on macos 12+

Requirements

zlib >= 1.2.11
Qt 6.5.0 - 6.5.5
- Despite building headless application, the QT library should be installed
CMake >= 3.16
Boost >= 1.76
libtorrent-rasterbar >= 1.2.19
Python >= 3.7.0

Installation

Install dependencies

brew install python3 qt zlib boost libtorrent-rasterbar cmake
- Please note that the suggested installation command would work for modern ARM-based platforms (M1+). If you are still using Intel Macs to run Qbt, please stick with the QT version 6.5.5, do not update it with brew
- Here's some steps to install QT 6.5.5 from source:
  - download source files from https://qt.mirror.constant.com curl -O https://qt.mirror.constant.com/archive/qt/6.5/6.5.5/src/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-6.5.5.tar.xz
  - unarchive
```
tar xvf qt-everywhere-opensource-src-6.5.5.tar.xz
cd qt-everywhere-opensource-src-6.5.5
```
  - use these build instructions: https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/macos-building.html
Run setup for building headless (webUI only) application.

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGUI=OFF

If you want to install 4.6 version instead of v5+, the explicit QT6 option should be provided

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGUI=OFF -DQT6=ON

Build

cmake --build build

Install, optionally provide installation (prefix) path.

cmake --install build --prefix $HOME/bin

Create a symlink to the executable:

cd $HOME/bin/qbittorrent-nox.app/Contents/MacOS/
ln -s $PWD/qbittorrent-nox /usr/local/bin/qbittorrent-nox

Create autostart plist:

cd ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
vim com.qbittorrent-nox.plist

add plist conntents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.qbittorrent-nox</string>
        <key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
        <array>
                <string>Aqua</string>
                <string>Background</string>
                <string>LoginWindow</string>
                <string>StandardIO</string>
                <string>System</string>
        </array>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/local/bin/qbittorrent-nox</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Start the autostart:

launchctl bootstrap gui/501 $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.qbittorrent-nox.plist

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