The Gedit package contains a lightweight UTF-8 text editor for the GNOME Desktop.
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Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/gedit/48/gedit-48.0.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: dd651a387f3e845a1ed937b3d066fc60
Download size: 2.8 MB
Estimated disk space required: 63 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (using parallelism=4; with tests)
Download (HTTP): https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/libgedit-tepl/-/archive/6.11.0/libgedit-tepl-6.11.0.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: 548e545aa9b6e54ce0669c354e3c94f3
Download size: 172 KB
Estimated disk space required: 10 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (with tests)
Download (HTTP): https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/libgedit-gfls/-/archive/0.2.0/libgedit-gfls-0.2.0.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: 94e4ad510a882557f0b5f69425258a64
Download size: 24 KB
Estimated disk space required: 1.0 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)
gsettings-desktop-schemas-47.1, itstool-2.0.7, libgedit-amtk-5.9.0, libgeditsourceview-299.3.0 libhandy-1.8.3, and libpeas-1.36.0
gspell-1.14.0, Gvfs-1.56.1 (runtime), ISO Codes-4.17.0, and PyGObject-3.50.0 (Python3 module)
First, build the gfls library:
tar -xf ../libgedit-gfls-0.2.0.tar.xz &&
pushd libgedit-gfls-0.2.0 &&
mkdir gfls-build &&
cd gfls-build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D gtk_doc=false \
.. &&
ninja
To test the results, run: ninja test.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install && popd
Second, build the tepl library:
tar -xf ../libgedit-tepl-6.11.0.tar.xz &&
pushd libgedit-tepl-6.11.0 &&
mkdir tepl-build &&
cd tepl-build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D gtk_doc=false \
.. &&
ninja
To test the results, run: ninja test.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install && popd
Finally, install Gedit by running the following commands:
mkdir gedit-build &&
cd gedit-build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D gtk_doc=false \
.. &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja test.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
If you installed the package to your system using a “DESTDIR” method,
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled
was not updated/created. Create (or update) the file using the
following command as the root
user:
glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
-D gtk_doc=false: This
switch disables generating the API documentation. Omit this switch
if you have GTK-Doc-1.34.0 installed and wish to generate
the API documentation.