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Peek build and packaging notes

This file contains information about building and packaging Peek. The information here is mainly for developers and packagers, end users should refer to the installation instructions in README.md.

Building

Building from source

From inside the Peek source folder run:

meson setup --prefix=/usr builddir
cd builddir
ninja

ninja might be called ninja-build on some distributions.

Run tests

ninja test

Running Peek with debug output

G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all ./peek

Update translations

ninja peek-update-po
ninja peek-pot

Packaging

Debian package

Build requirements

  • meson (>= 0.47.0)
  • valac (>= 0.22)
  • libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.20)
  • libkeybinder-3.0-dev
  • libxml2-utils
  • gettext (>= 0.19 for localized .desktop entry)
  • txt2man (optional for building man page)
  • gzip (optional for building man page)

Runtime requirements

  • libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.20)
  • libglib2.0 (>= 2.38)
  • libkeybinder-3.0-0
  • ffmpeg >= 3

Flatpak

Install the GNOME runtime and SDK as described in http://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/getting-setup.html

Note: Flatpak >= 0.9.3 is required for the build.

Build Flatpak and place it in flatpak-repo repository:

flatpak-builder --repo=flatpak-repo com.uploadedlobster.peek \
  --gpg-sign=B539AD7A5763EE9C1C2E4DE24C14923F47BF1A02 \
  flatpak-stable.json --force-clean

You can build for different architecture with the --arch parameter, e.g. --arch=x86_64 or --arch=i386.

Generate a .flatpak file for single file distribution:

flatpak build-bundle flatpak-repo peek-1.0.0-0.flatpak \
  com.uploadedlobster.peek stable