Cutter is not aimed at existing radare2 users. It instead focuses on those whose are not yet radare2 users because of the learning curve, because they don't like CLI applications or because of the difficulty/instability of radare2.
**IMPORTANT:** the current status is **highly unstable**, it is an alpha version aimed for developers. Users please wait for the first stable release with installers.
- **Radare2**: Make sure that, when cloning the project, you use `git clone --recurse-submodules` or run `git submodule update --init` to clone the correct radare2 version. Then execute the following command in the radare2 folder:
Cutter can be build with two methods: The preferred one is with qmake, but you can also compile it with cmake. Choose the one you want to use.
#### Method 1: Qmake
```sh
mkdir build
cd build
qmake ../src
make
```
#### Method 2: Cmake
```sh
cd src
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
```
Then run cutter: `./cutter` or `./build/cutter`
Note: If radare2 is not installed system-wide (`./sys/user.sh` installation for instance) you might want to use `LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/bin/prefix/radare2/lib ./cutter` to run cutter.
If you encounter the `Project ERROR: r_core development package not found` try this command instead `PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/bin/prefix/radare2/lib/pkgconfig qmake`
