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Default to development build profile if a `.git` directory exists, else error out of build configuration. This make `auto` the default build profile and if set and a `.git` directory is present default to `development`, else raise an error. Add some docs to INSTALL describing build profiles and update how they are used in the source to match.
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Building & Installing Geary
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===========================
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Building
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--------
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Geary uses the Meson <http://mesonbuild.com> and Ninja
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<https://ninja-build.org> build systems. To build Geary, run the
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following commands from the top-level directory of the source code
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repository:
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meson build
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ninja -C build
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A convenience Makefile for development only is also provided. To use
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it, simply invoke make from the top-level directory.
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Build profiles
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--------------
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Geary can be built using a number of different build profiles, which
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determine things like the application id, the location of stored data,
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the name of the application and other visual elements that distinguish
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release builds from other types.
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These can be set at build configuration time using the Meson `setup`
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and `configure` commands, using the standard `-Dprofile=…` option. See
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the `profile` option in `meson_options.txt` for the current list of
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supported types.
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Maintainers must select the `release` build profile when packaging
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non-test release builds, otherwise Geary will using branding and data
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locations intended for development only.
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Note that setting the profile does not alter such things as cmopiler
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options, use the standard Meson `--buildtype` argument for that.
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If built from
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Dependencies
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------------
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Building Geary requires the following major libraries and tools:
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* GTK+ 3
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* WebKitGTK+ 2
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* SQLite 3
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* Vala
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See the `meson.build` file in the top-level directory for the complete
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list of required dependencies and minimum versions.
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Geary also requires SQLite to be built with the compiler flag
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`-DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3`.
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All required libraries and tools are available from major Linux
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distribution's package repositories:
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Installing dependencies on Fedora
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Install them by running this command:
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sudo dnf install meson vala desktop-file-utils enchant2-devel \
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folks-devel gcr-devel glib2-devel gmime30-devel \
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gnome-online-accounts-devel gspell-devel gsound-devel \
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gtk3-devel iso-codes-devel itstool json-glib-devel \
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libappstream-glib-devel libgee-devel libhandy1-devel \
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libpeas-devel libsecret-devel libunwind-devel libxml2-devel \
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libytnef-devel sqlite-devel webkitgtk4-devel
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Installing dependencies on Ubuntu/Debian
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----------------------------------------
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Install them by running this command:
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sudo apt-get install meson build-essential valac \
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desktop-file-utils iso-codes gettext itstool \
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libappstream-glib-dev libenchant-2-dev libfolks-dev \
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libgcr-3-dev libgee-0.8-dev libglib2.0-dev libgmime-3.0-dev \
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libgoa-1.0-dev libgspell-1-dev libgsound-dev libgtk-3-dev \
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libjson-glib-dev libhandy-1-dev libpeas-dev libsecret-1-dev \
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libsqlite3-dev libunwind-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libxml2-dev \
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libytnef0-dev
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And for Ubuntu Messaging Menu integration:
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sudo apt-get install libmessaging-menu-dev
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Running
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-------
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If you wish to try Geary before installing it, you may execute it directly
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from its build directory:
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./build/src/geary
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Note that certain desktop integration (such as being listed in an
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application menu) requires full installation.
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Installation
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------------
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After Geary has built, install it by invoking the install target:
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ninja -C build install
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After installation, it can be uninstalled in the same way:
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ninja -C build uninstall
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By default, Geary will install under /usr/local. To install to a
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different directory, set pass the --prefix to meson when performing
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the initial configuration step:
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meson --prefix=/usr -C build
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---
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Copyright © 2016 Software Freedom Conservancy Inc.
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Copyright © 2018-2020 Michael Gratton <mike@vee.net>
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