Re: [Evolution] Building the latest Evolution from the sources

[Volker Wysk <post volker-wysk de>]

Am Donnerstag, den 01.08.2019, 13:32 +0100 schrieb Pete Biggs:
> > Then I tried "cmake ." and got what was to be expected (namely,
> > dependency errors):
> >
> > ...
> > -- Checking for modules 'camel-1.2>=3.32.1;libebook-
> > 1.2>=3.32.1;libecal-1.2>=3.32.1;libedataserver-
> > 1.2>=3.32.1;libedataserverui-1.2>=3.32.1;libebackend-1.2>=3.32.1'
> > --   Requested 'camel-1.2 >= 3.32.1' but version of camel is 3.28.5
> > --   Requested 'libebook-1.2 >= 3.32.1' but version of libebook is
> > 3.28.5
> > --   Requested 'libecal-1.2 >= 3.32.1' but version of libecal is
> > 3.28.5
> > --   Requested 'libedataserver-1.2 >= 3.32.1' but version of
> > libedataserver is 3.28.5
> > --   Requested 'libedataserverui-1.2 >= 3.32.1' but version of
> > libedataserverui is 3.28.5
> > --   Requested 'libebackend-1.2 >= 3.32.1' but version of
> > libebackend
> > is 3.28.5
> > CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-
> > 3.10/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:415
> > (message):
> >   A required package was not found
> > Call Stack (most recent call first):
> >   /usr/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:593
> > (_pkg_check_modules_internal)
> >   CMakeLists.txt:286 (pkg_check_modules)
> >
> > Can someone tell me if is feasible to manually install new library
> > versions for all the dependencies of the new evolution version? 
>
> You need to also build evolution-data-server - evolution and
> evolution-
> data-server go together and should (must?) be of the same version. 
> Build e-d-s first so that evolution can find the relevant libraries.

Yes, it's in the guide which Patrick pointed out:

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/Building


> The package(s) not found are in the text just above the error
> message: 

Okay. It looked like an independent error message to me.


> You have to realise that Evolution is not a small or simple
> application
> to build - there will be dependencies beyond e-d-s that are satisfied
> by Gnome libraries, and that will depend on what version of Gnome you
> have. Evolution is not a good place to start if you are a novice at
> building things.

I'm not. I'm just new to cmake. :-)

Bye
Volker