Re: [Vala] install vala + valide to ubuntu 10.10

["Victor D." <victor dramba cabanova info>]

i folowed this <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Vala#Libraries and
Bindings> tutorial and i have the same problem.

first, i tried to install only glib and gtk+. apt-get told me:

libgtk2.0-dev is already the newest version.
libglib2.0-dev is already the newest version.

then i tried to install all packages suggested by the tutorial, just to make
sure:

sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libpoppler-glib-dev
libdbus-glib-1-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libglade2-dev libsqlite3-dev
libgnome-desktop-dev libgnome-menu-dev libgnomevfs2-dev

still, when running valac, when i try to type something in a .vala file, it
quits. here is the output:

victor victor-laptop ~ $ valide
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have group 'Search'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have group 'Search'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'lock-items'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'lock-items'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'lock-items'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'lock-items'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'lock-items'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'lock-items'
plugin-manager.vala:105: Error opening directory
'/home/victor/.valide/plugins': No such file or directory
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'lock-items'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'lock-items'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'lock-items'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'width'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have key 'height'
builder.vala:254: creating object of type `ValideProject'
builder.vala:254: creating object of type `ValideNativeBuilderOptions'

(valide:4044): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: g_object_set_property: property
`path' of object class `ValideProject' is not writable
builder.vala:254: creating object of type `ValideExecutableOptions'
builder.vala:254: creating object of type `ValideSource'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have group 'Search'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have group 'Search'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have group 'Todo'
Can't read config.ini file: Key file does not have group 'Todo'

PluginCompletion-ERROR **: parser.vala:56: failed to add GLib 2.0
aborting...
Aborted

at some point, i also read this in the output:

(valide:4263): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: g_object_set_property: property
`path' of object class `ValideProject' is not writable

now, this seems to be the most "official" tutorial for valide on ubuntu. and
it failed me on 2 systems, one with ubuntu 10.04, one with linux mint 10

my guess it that there might be a version incompatibility somewhere in these
packages
or maybe the missing ~/.vala/config.ini ?


i think this is quite bad for vala for the folowing reasons:

1. ubuntu, is (one of) the most popular distro
2. valide is perceived by any newcomer as the 'de facto' ide for the lang
and it fails on a 'straight' install
3. not only it fails, but it fails by simply quitting, while in a non-core
module (PluginCompletion)

i guess it's not so difficult to improve the robustness of the ide to at
least give friendly messages when something goes wrong.

thank you very much again ;)

2011/6/8 Gavrilov Maksim <ulltor gmail com>

> 08.06.2011 19:38, Victor D. пишет:
> > probably not, this is why eas asking for a complete tutorial, to save
> your
> > time ;)
> > though, ideally, a ppa should add dependencies for *all* packages
> >
> > you can regard my system as a fresh ubuntu install. not even
> build-essential
> > or similar
> >
> > thanks again ;)
>
>
> Here's the complete tutorial:
>        https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Vala
>
> You need this part:
>        https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Vala#Libraries and Bindings
>
> After installing all this dependencies Val(a)ide should at least start.
>
> If not, then write here again, we'll try to figure everything out :)
>
> P.S.: Guys, it will be cool if someone who uses Ubuntu tries to help
> Victor, not me using Gentoo :)
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Best regards,
Victor Dramba
Head of Programming at Cabanova

www.cabanova.com
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