Re: Need help to get started
Adam Dingle <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnome.nautilus |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
One more hint: when you configure Nautilus, you can specify --disable-tracker to build without Tracker support. This might help if you don't actually need Tracker. adam On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Sindhu S <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Parin! > > I am running Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 which has GNOME 3.6 and have > successfully jhbuilt nautilus. > Checking my package repositories I see that I have > libtracker-sparql-0.14-0 package installed on my system. > > > > When I do a `jhbuild list nautilus`, I see "tracker" as dependency > for nautilus. > I'd like to ask you, > > 1. what command are you running to build nautilus? > Is it `jhbuild build nautilus`? > > > > 2. Have you skipped "tracker" module in your jhbuildrc? > Perhaps these could give us some clues. > > I am on IRC right now, so maybe I can help you through this over > chat? > > > > -Sindhu > > > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Adam Dingle <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> >> >> Parin, >> I would strongly recommend running a newer Ubuntu if you want to >> build recent versions of GNOME applications from source. In >> particular, I'd recommend the daily build of Ubuntu 13.10, which you >> can find here: >> >> >> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ >> But even 13.10 has only GNOME 3.8, which is not new enough for >> building some applications from git master. In particular, Nautilus >> in git master requires at least GTK 3.9.11, but Ubuntu 13.10 only >> has GTK 3.8.2. Alas, the fact that Ubuntu lags behind GNOME by one >> release cycle makes it much harder to develop for GNOME on Ubuntu >> than it would be if Ubuntu shipped a current GNOME. >> >> >> Probably your best bet in this case is to build the entire GNOME >> 3.10 world using jhbuild. That will take hours, but should allow >> you to complete a build. This is what most GNOME developers do. >> >> >> The GNOME 3 PPA (https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3) >> sometimes contains newer versions of various GNOME packages. >> Unfortunately this PPA does not yet contain GTK 3.9 for Ubuntu 13.10 >> (Saucy), but I'm hopeful that it will appear there in the coming >> weeks. >> >> >> As Hashem pointed out, the gnome-love mailing list and IRC channel >> are a good place for this sort of question. Good luck! >> >> >> adam >> >> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Hashem Nasarat <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Welcome! >>> >>> >>> >>> GNOME uses a tool called jhbuild to automate much of the >>> building >>> from source. There's one (of a few) tutorial here >>> https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeLove/JHBuildIntroduction >>> >>> >>> >>> Still, you may need to upgrade your distribution to pull in >>> newer >>> versions of some of the dependencies. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sorry for the brief email, but do ask back if you have >>> questions. >>> Also the [email protected] and #gnome-love irc channel are >>> geared >>> toward helping newcomers. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 09/03/2013 02:53 PM, Parin Porecha >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, I am trying to build nautilus from source, and >>>> following the steps described here >>>> https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nautilus/Development/Nautilus. >>>> While running './autogen.sh', I'm getting the error - "No >>>> package 'tracker-sparql-0.16' found". The version of >>>> this >>>> package that can be installed via 'apt-get' is 0.14.I am >>>> using >>>> Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise), Gnome 3.4.2 and Nautilus 3.4. >>>> Do I need to upgrade my distro ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> There's also a question on AskUbuntu regarding this - >>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/247132/where-can-i-find-tracker-sparql-0-16. >>>> The links given are not working, and someone even >>>> commented >>>> that "building 'nautilus' is overkill" ?! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I want to hack on nautilus, so is there any other way of >>>> building nautilus, or can anyone please help me how to >>>> remove >>>> this error ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sorry if this is not the mailing list for these types of >>>> queries, I had to post it here because I didn't get any >>>> response in IRC. >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Parin Porecha >>>> >>>> >>>> say Kifflom! and look forward to 17.09.13 ! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> >> nautilus-list mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list >> > > -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list