go back to [[electro:simulide|SimulIDE]] The code source can be downloaded [[https://simulide.blogspot.com/p/downloads.html|here]]. Then we decompress and follow the instructions in the **readme.md** tar xf SimulIDE_0.3.12-SR8_Sources.tar.gz cd SimulIDE_0.3.12-SR8_Sources/build_XX qmake If some QT5 packages are missing, **qmake** will tell it, for example : # Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: serialport You just need to install these missing packages, e.g. sudo apt install libqt5serialport5-dev When all is ok with **qmake**, go for **make** make If libelf is not installed, this produces a compilation error, you just need to install the dev version of this library : sudo apt install libelf-dev