SparkleShare/SparkleShare/Linux/README.md

SparkleShare for Linux

Building with Flatpak

If you want to test SparkleShare from Git, it's easiest to build a flatpak locally using this spec and run it.

Building on Linux

Common build requirements

You will need the packages listed below for the most used Linux distributions:

# On Ubuntu 16.04:

# Run requirements
sudo apt-get install \
  curl \
  git \
  git-lfs \
  gvfs  

# Build requirements
sudo apt-get install \
  desktop-file-utils \
  gtk-sharp3-gapi \
  libappindicator3-0.1-cil-dev \
  libdbus-glib2.0-cil-dev \
  libgtk3.0-cil-dev \
  libnotify3.0-cil-dev \
  libsoup2.4-dev \
  libtool-bin \
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0 \
  meson \
  mono-devel \
  mono-mcs \
  xsltproc


# On Fedora 27:

# Run requirements
sudo dnf install \
  curl \
  git \
  git-lfs \
  gvfs

# Build requirements
sudo dnf install \
  gtk-sharp3-devel \
  gtk-sharp3-gapi \
  libtool \
  meson \
  notify-sharp3-devel \
  webkitgtk4-devel \
  webkit2-sharp

Additional source build requirements

Install these soup-sharp and webkit2gtk-sharp bindings:

git clone https://github.com/hbons/soup-sharp
cd soup-sharp/
./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install

git clone https://github.com/hbons/webkit2-sharp
cd webkit2-sharp/
./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install

On Ubuntu, also install these appindicator-sharp bindings:

sudo apt-get install libappindicator3-dev
git clone https://github.com/hbons/appindicator-sharp
cd appindicator-sharp/
./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install

Start the build

You can build and install SparkleShare with meson like this:

meson build/
ninja -C build/
sudo ninja install -C build/

If your distribution has an out of date meson package, you can install the latest version using the Python package manager:

# Install pip using your system's package manager
sudo apt-get install python3-pip # Ubuntu
sudo dnf install python3-pip # Fedora

pip3 install meson

Uninstall

sudo ninja uninstall

Reset SparkleShare settings

rm -Rf ~/SparkleShare
rm -Rf ~/.config/org.sparkleshare.SparkleShare