Windows
Only Windows 10 and 11, and only 64 bit installations are supported. As Windows doesn't have a concept of "universal apps", there are two installers: one for Intel/AMD (x64) and one for ARM (arm64) CPUs.
Start the installer, then when Windows tells you that it "protected your
PC", click More info to reveal the Run anyway button. Click that button
and from there on out, it's a standard installation process.
If you get an error message saying Error 5: Access is denied, then please
start the installer as Administrator (in Explorer, right-click the file and
select Run as administrator). This shouldn't happen, but then again we
are talking about Windows...
macOS
The application is a universal one, so you will automatically use the native ARM version when running on an M1 or M2 powered machine and the Intel version otherwise.
Open the DMG image, drag the BrickStore icon to the Applications folder
and eject the BrickStore image again, as you would on any other software
installation. Then start BrickStore from your computer's Applications
folder.
Please note: the standard version will only install on macOS 11 or newer. Both 10.14 and 10.15 are still supported by the legacy build though, but this might have problems with some web cams not working correctly.
Linux
Please note that the Debian Backend package is a command-line only utility and its only purpose is to generate BrickStore's database. It is not usable for anything else.
Flatpak
Starting with version 2024.11.1 a Flatpak package is available for download. Getting BrickStore registered on https://flathub.org/ is planned for a future release.
The downloaded file should be installable straight from your file manager, or on the commandline via flatpak install ~/Downloads/BrickStore-<VERSION>-x86_64.flatpak
Ubuntu Snap
BrickStore for Ubuntu is primarily distributed as a Snap via Ubuntu's Snapcraft store: https://snapcraft.io/brickstore You should be able to install and update it straight from the Ubuntu Software Center.
AppImage
An AppImage installation is provided, that is completely distribution independent. You can read more about AppImages here: https://appimage.org/
Ubuntu 24.04
A traditional DEB package for Ubuntu 24.04 (and its derivatives) is also available. You can eihter install it using your distro's graphical package managager or via the command line: sudo apt install ./Downloads/Ubuntu-24.04-brickstore_<VERSION>_amd64.deb
Arch
Arch has a well maintained package, available directly via AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brickstore
Compile from sources
If you cannot use one of the pre-compiled packages, you can however easily build the software yourself using the classic Unix command: ./configure && cmake --build ..
For more information about this, see the corresponding Wiki page.
Android
Can be installed directly from the Gogle Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.brickforge.brickstore
ARMv7 and ARM64 packages are also available for side-loading on GitHub.
iOS
BrickStore is now available directly via Apple's App Store: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/brickstore/id1626933201
Test builds between releases are available via Apple's Testflight program: https://testflight.apple.com/join/qIu2smfl
The IPA package on GitHub cannot be installed directly, unless you have a jail-broken device.