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Installing SQE (Core & IDLE) on Linux

SQE consists of two separate applications:

  • SQE Core – the command-line engine
  • SQE IDLE – the graphical interface / IDLE layer
Note

Currently, SQE is available only for Linux devices.

You can install SQE in one of two ways:

Method 1: Download pre-built binaries

  1. Download both sqe-core and sqe-idle from the latest release.

    Tip

    Always verify the SHA-256 checksums after downloading.

  2. Move sqe-core to /usr/local/bin/:

    mv sqe-core /usr/local/bin/

  3. Run sqe-idle:

    ./sqe-idle

Method 2: Build from source

Prerequisites

Note

Make sure you have Rust installed on your system before building.

Step 1: Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/my8oss/sqe.git
cd sqe

Step 2: Build both components

The repository contains two Rust projects:

  • q_generator – the SQE Core engine
  • sqe_idle – the GUI layer

Build them one at a time:

# Build sqe-core
cd q_generator
cargo build

# Build sqe-idle
cd ../sqe_idle
cargo build
Tip

Add the --release flag (cargo build --release) for optimized performance.

After a successful build, the executables will be located in:

  • target/debug/ (debug build)
  • target/release/ (release build)

Step 3: Install SQE Core system-wide (optional)

To run sqe-core from anywhere, copy it to /usr/local/bin/:

sudo cp ./target/release/sqe-core /usr/local/bin/

sqe-idle expects sqe-core to be available in /usr/local/bin/, so this step is important if you plan to use the GUI.

Step 4: Run SQE IDLE

./target/release/sqe-idle

You can now start creating surveys with SQE!