Re: [gthumb-list] Build fails

[Volker Wysk <post volker-wysk de>]

Am Mittwoch, dem 08.12.2021 um 18:07 +0100 schrieb Paolo Bacchilega via
gthumb-list:
> Il 08/12/21 17:39, Volker Wysk ha scritto:
> > Am Mittwoch, dem 08.12.2021 um 15:36 +0100 schrieb Paolo Bacchilega via
> > gthumb-list:
> > > Il 08/12/21 13:49, Volker Wysk ha scritto:
> > > > Hi there!
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to build the latest version of Gthumb from Gitlab, and the "ninja
> > > > -C build" step fails with this message:
> > > >
> > > > [544/565] Generating gen-output with a custom command.
> > > > FAILED: data/appdata/nol10n_withrelinfo_org.gnome.gThumb.appdata.xml
> > > > /usr/bin/appstreamcli news-to-metainfo --limit=6 ../data/appdata/../../NEWS
> > > > ../data/appdata/org.gnome.gThumb.appdata.xml.in
> > > > data/appdata/nol10n_withrelinfo_org.gnome.gThumb.appdata.xml
> > > > Failed to detect section 'version 3.8.2
> > > > -------------'
> > > > [561/565] Generating org.gnome.gThumb.desktop_data_merge with a custom
> > > > command.
> > > > ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
> > >
> > > You need appstream 0.14.6 or newer.
> >
> > ... what sends you straight to dependency hell.  :)  My system is an Ubuntu
> > 20.04.3 LTS.
>
> I made the appstream dependency optional now.

Thanks! Now I can compile and install gThumb.

However there's a bug. See the other message.

Cheers,
Volker

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