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

[Reid Thompson <Reid Thompson omnicell com>]

On Thu, 2019-08-01 at 17:14 +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
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> Am Donnerstag, den 01.08.2019, 17:05 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> > Am Donnerstag, den 01.08.2019, 12:42 +0000 schrieb Reid Thompson via
> > evolution-list:
> > > On Thu, 2019-08-01 at 13:24 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > [EXTERNAL SOURCE]
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> > > > On Thu, 2019-08-01 at 14:06 +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm using an Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS system. I encountered bugs in
> > > > > evolution, and I'm wondering if it would be feasible to build
> > > > > the
> > > > > latest version from the sources.
> > > i scripted most of this for my use...
> > >
> > > see/read the attached scripts
> > >
> > > in all scripts, change all the lines containing rthompso to
> > > something
> > > appropriate for your system
> > >
> > > in the runit script, delete everything after the invocation to
> > > start
> > > evolution.
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > But I'm missing some list of libraries and versions which must be
> > installed for the build. I've run into this:
> >
> > -- Checking for module 'gobject-introspection-1.0'
> > --   No package 'gobject-introspection-1.0' found
> > CMake Error at cmake/modules/PkgConfigEx.cmake:32 (message):
> >   Necessary libraries not found or not enough version.  If you want
> > to
> >   disable GObject introspection, please use
> > -DENABLE_INTROSPECTION=OFF
> >   argument to cmake command.
> >
> > Would you have happened to write down some list?
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> There is a list of build dependencies for Fedora on the Gnome wiki
> page:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wiki.gnome.org_Apps_Evolution_Building&d=DwICaQ&c=w8fEmIi-B5lsC0MnOiGTloUx5YmN70-3jVCmqqbXNxM&r=4r1gVE34nFB7YgioINuzq1cdGrlIBszDh26sKYP7ux8&m=rp6pkpyQ1JWI2K56Up_5Q-PmynGaCgo3p17JYFffwrI&s=QAv32u49GwEl3TNX0AnUKry22EsQZ-rphViDEnOV0QA&e=
> The library names are for Fedora, not for Ubuntu (which I'm running).
> But it seems to be rather easy to find out the corresponding Ubuntu
> libraries.
>
> Bye
> Volker

try

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gobject-introspection