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Asked: 2011-05-12 19:56:57 +0800 CST

Compile gedit 3 to use on Gnome 2

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I'm on Gnome 2.32.1 (Ubuntu 11.04), and I would like to use gedit 3 on my current desktop environment.

To achieve this, I think I could compile gedit 3 and its dependent libraries with a custom prefix, so it would not interfere with my current Gnome 2 libraries, but I'm not sure.

Thanks a lot.

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2 Answers

  1. I'm doing this while I'm writing an answer, so I'm sorry if it's a bit messy in the end. I'm just assuming that the procedure will be the same for you.

    -- I'll get stuck myself a bit further on, so this isn't a full solution. It may help you to install intltool however, wich is a depency needed for gedit 3. Sorry and good luck.

    1. Download the gedit 3 package: http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gedit/3.0/gedit-3.0.4.tar.bz2
    2. Extract it and open a terminal in the folder where you extracted the archive.

    3. Type ./configure. This should be the output:

      robin@Robin-Latitude-D620 ~/Bureaublad/gedit-3.0.4 $ ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64 checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for gcc... gcc checking whether we are using the GNU Objective C compiler... no checking whether gcc accepts -g... no checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for python... /usr/bin/python checking for python version... 2.6 checking for python platform... linux2 checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.6/dist-packages checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.6/dist-packages checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking how to print strings... printf checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes checking how to convert i686-pc-linux-gnu file names to i686-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop checking how to convert i686-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for objdump... objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for dlltool... no checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n checking for ar... ar checking for archiver @FILE support... @ checking for strip... strip checking for ranlib... ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok checking for sysroot... no checking for mt... mt checking if mt is a manifest tool... no checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... no checking for gtkdoc-check... no checking for gtkdoc-rebase... no checking for gtkdoc-mkpdf... no checking whether to build gtk-doc documentation... no checking for sigaction... yes checking for floor in -lm... yes checking for Win32 platform... no checking for native Win32... no checking for Mac OS X platform... no checking for native Mac OS X... no checking whether NLS is requested... yes checking for intltool >= 0.40.0... ./configure: line 13093: intltool-update: command not found found configure: error: Your intltool is too old. You need intltool 0.40.0 or later.

    4. We'll have to install intltool 0.40.0 or later first. Download link: http://launchpad.net/intltool/trunk/0.41.1/+download/intltool-0.41.1.tar.gz

    5. Extract it somewhere and open a terminal inside the folder.

    6. Run ./configure here as well. Output:

      robin@Robin-Latitude-D620 ~/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1 $ ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl checking for perl >= 5.8.1... 5.10.1 checking for XML::Parser... ok configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating doc/Makefile config.status: creating intltoolize config.status: creating tests/Makefile config.status: creating tests/cases/Makefile config.status: creating tests/results/Makefile config.status: creating tests/selftest.pl

    7. Run the make command. Output:

      robin@Robin-Latitude-D620 ~/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1 $ make Making all in tests make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests' wordt binnengegaan Making all in cases make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/cases' wordt binnengegaan make[2]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'all'. make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/cases' wordt verlaten Making all in results make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/results' wordt binnengegaan make[2]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'all'. make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/results' wordt verlaten make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests' wordt binnengegaan make[2]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'all-am'. make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests' wordt verlaten make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests' wordt verlaten Making all in doc make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/doc' wordt binnengegaan make[1]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'all'. make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/doc' wordt verlaten make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1' wordt binnengegaan sed -e 's|[@]PACKAGE@|intltool|g' -e 's|[@]VERSION@|0.41.1|g' -e "s|[@]INTLTOOL_PERL@|/usr/bin/perl|g" -e "s|[@]INTLTOOL_LIBDIR@|/usr/local/lib|g" < intltool-extract.in > intltool-extract chmod +x intltool-extract sed -e 's|[@]PACKAGE@|intltool|g' -e 's|[@]VERSION@|0.41.1|g' -e "s|[@]INTLTOOL_PERL@|/usr/bin/perl|g" -e "s|[@]INTLTOOL_LIBDIR@|/usr/local/lib|g" < intltool-merge.in > intltool-merge chmod +x intltool-merge sed -e 's|[@]PACKAGE@|intltool|g' -e 's|[@]VERSION@|0.41.1|g' -e "s|[@]INTLTOOL_PERL@|/usr/bin/perl|g" -e "s|[@]INTLTOOL_LIBDIR@|/usr/local/lib|g" < intltool-update.in > intltool-update chmod +x intltool-update sed -e 's|[@]PACKAGE@|intltool|g' -e 's|[@]VERSION@|0.41.1|g' -e "s|[@]INTLTOOL_PERL@|/usr/bin/perl|g" -e "s|[@]INTLTOOL_LIBDIR@|/usr/local/lib|g" < intltool-prepare.in > intltool-prepare chmod +x intltool-prepare make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1' wordt verlaten

    8. Now, to make things a bit easier, install checkinstall and run sudo checkinstall. Just press enter on every question it asks and it should install intltool succesfully. Output:

      robin@Robin-Latitude-D620 ~/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1 $ sudo checkinstall

      checkinstall 1.6.2, Copyright 2009 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran This software is released under the GNU GPL.

      The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist. Should I create a default set of package docs? [y]:

      Preparing package documentation...OK

      Please write a description for the package. End your description with an empty line or EOF.

      Debian package creation selected *

      This package will be built according to these values:

      0 - Maintainer: [ root@Robin-Latitude-D620 ] 1 - Summary: [ Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2 ] 2 - Name: [ intltool ] 3 - Version: [ 0.41.1 ] 4 - Release: [ 1 ] 5 - License: [ GPL ] 6 - Group: [ checkinstall ] 7 - Architecture: [ i386 ] 8 - Source location: [ intltool-0.41.1 ] 9 - Alternate source location: [ ] 10 - Requires: [ ] 11 - Provides: [ intltool ] 12 - Conflicts: [ ] 13 - Replaces: [ ]

      Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue:

      Installing with make install...

      ========================= Installation results =========================== Making install in tests make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests' wordt binnengegaan Making install in cases make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/cases' wordt binnengegaan make[3]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/cases' wordt binnengegaan make[3]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'install-exec-am'. make[3]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'install-data-am'. make[3]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/cases' wordt verlaten make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/cases' wordt verlaten Making install in results make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/results' wordt binnengegaan make[3]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/results' wordt binnengegaan make[3]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'install-exec-am'. make[3]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'install-data-am'. make[3]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/results' wordt verlaten make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests/results' wordt verlaten make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests' wordt binnengegaan make[3]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests' wordt binnengegaan make[3]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'install-exec-am'. make[3]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'install-data-am'. make[3]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests' wordt verlaten make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests' wordt verlaten make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/tests' wordt verlaten Making install in doc make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/doc' wordt binnengegaan make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/doc' wordt binnengegaan make[2]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'install-exec-am'. test -z "/usr/local/share/man/man8" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/share/man/man8" /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 intltoolize.8 intltool-extract.8 intltool-merge.8 intltool-prepare.8 intltool-update.8 '/usr/local/share/man/man8' make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/doc' wordt verlaten make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/doc' wordt verlaten make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1' wordt binnengegaan make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1' wordt binnengegaan test -z "/usr/local/bin" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/bin" /usr/bin/install -c intltool-extract intltool-merge intltool-update intltoolize intltool-prepare '/usr/local/bin' test -z "/usr/local/share/aclocal" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/share/aclocal" /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 intltool.m4 '/usr/local/share/aclocal' test -z "/usr/local/share/intltool" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/share/intltool" /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 Makefile.in.in '/usr/local/share/intltool' make[2]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1' wordt verlaten make[1]: Map '/home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1' wordt verlaten

      ======================== Installation successful ==========================

      Copying documentation directory... ./ ./COPYING ./AUTHORS ./doc/ ./doc/Makefile.am ./doc/intltoolize.8 ./doc/Makefile.in ./doc/intltool-update.8 ./doc/I18N-HOWTO ./doc/intltool-prepare.8 ./doc/intltool-merge.8 ./doc/intltool-extract.8 ./doc/Makefile ./README ./TODO

      Copying files to the temporary directory...OK

      Stripping ELF binaries and libraries...OK

      Compressing man pages...OK

      Building file list...OK

      Building Debian package...OK

      Installing Debian package...OK

      Erasing temporary files...OK

      Deleting temp dir...OK

      Done. The new package has been installed and saved to

      /home/robin/Bureaublad/intltool-0.41.1/intltool_0.41.1-1_i386.deb

      You can remove it from your system anytime using: 

        dpkg -r intltool

    9. Back to the gedit terminal window. Run ./configure again.

    I'll just stop here, as it seems that I've gotten stuck a bit further on, and I don't want to risk my system's stability just to be able to use gedit 3. Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance. I'll leave this post as it is as it at least may help you with the intltool depecy problem.

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  2. to compile gedit this is how i succeeded copy/pase this in the gnome-terminal
    it will download the latest stable release of gedit and compile it 

    sudo apt-get build-dep gedit

cd /tmp
wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gedit/3.2/gedit-3.2.6.tar.xz
tar Jxf gedit-3.2.6.tar.xz
cd gedit-3.2.6
./configure
make
sudo make install

    Source:

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