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 However, this source code is integrated into the source for SavvyCAN and one isn't required to download it separately.
 
+Instructions for compiling with Ubuntu:
+
+sudo apt-get install qt5-default qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5serialport5-dev libudev-dev
+[download and extract QScintilla (see above for link), assume it is extracted in QScintilla-gpl-2.9.1]
+cd ~/QScintilla-gpl-2.9.1/Qt4Qt5
+qmake qscintilla.pro
+make
+sudo make install
+[Optionally remove ~/QScintilla-gpl-2.9.1]
+cd ~
+git clone https://github.com/collin80/SavvyCAN.git
+cd SavvyCAN
+qmake
+make
+
+Now run SavvyCAN
+
+./SavvyCAN
+