Public bug reported: I am trying to build libappindicator from source, but I cannot. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.
First I tried via `apt-get-source`: ``` $ apt-get source libappindicator3-1 Reading package lists... Done E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list ``` I do: * edit via `sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list`, * uncomment the line `# deb-src http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted`, and save * then run `sudo apt update` Then again: ``` $ apt-get source libappindicator3-1 Reading package lists... Done Picking 'libappindicator' as source package instead of 'libappindicator3-1' NOTICE: 'libappindicator' packaging is maintained in the 'Bzr' version control system at: https://code.launchpad.net/~indicator-applet-developers/libappindicator/trunk.16.10 Please use: bzr branch https://code.launchpad.net/~indicator-applet-developers/libappindicator/trunk.16.10 to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package. Need to get 87.9 kB of source archives. Get:1 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main libappindicator 12.10.1+18.04.20180322.1-0ubuntu1 (dsc) [3,492 B] Get:2 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main libappindicator 12.10.1+18.04.20180322.1-0ubuntu1 (tar) [71.2 kB] Get:3 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main libappindicator 12.10.1+18.04.20180322.1-0ubuntu1 (diff) [13.2 kB] Fetched 87.9 kB in 0s (227 kB/s) dpkg-source: info: extracting libappindicator in libappindicator-12.10.1+18.04.20180322.1 dpkg-source: info: unpacking libappindicator_12.10.1+18.04.20180322.1.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: info: applying libappindicator_12.10.1+18.04.20180322.1-0ubuntu1.diff.gz $ ls libappindicator-12.10.1+18.04.20180322.1/ acinclude.m4 bindings COPYING docs Makefile.am Makefile.am.marshal src AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING.LGPL.2.1 example Makefile.am.coverage NEWS tests autogen.sh configure.ac debian m4 Makefile.am.enum README ``` The `autogen.sh` script seems to use `gnome-autogen.sh` and `gtkdocize`: ``` $ gnome-autogen.sh Command 'gnome-autogen.sh' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install gnome-common $ gtkdocize Command 'gtkdocize' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install gtk-doc-tools $ sudo apt install gnome-common # installs: autoconf-archive gnome-common intltool $ sudo apt install gtk-doc-tools # installs: docbook docbook-to-man docbook-xml docbook-xsl gtk-doc-tools highlight highlight-common libosp5 opensp python-funcsigs python-mock python-pbr sgml-data xml-core ``` So now I try `autogen.sh`: ``` cd libappindicator-12.10.1+18.04.20180322.1/ $ ./autogen.sh /usr/bin/gnome-autogen.sh ***Warning*** USE_COMMON_DOC_BUILD is deprecated, you may remove it from autogen.sh ***Warning*** USE_GNOME2_MACROS is deprecated, you may remove it from autogen.sh ***Warning*** $srcdir is not defined, out of dir autogen is broken! ... No package 'indicator-0.4' found No package 'dbusmenu-gtk-0.4' found ``` Ok, let's see about these libraries: ``` $ apt-show-versions -R dbusmenu-gtk-0.4 gir1.2-dbusmenu-gtk-0.4:amd64 not installed gir1.2-dbusmenu-gtk-0.4:i386 not installed $ sudo apt install gir1.2-dbusmenu-gtk-0.4 # passes $ apt-show-versions -R indicator-0.4 # returns nothing $ apt-show-versions -R ^indicator indicator-applet:amd64 not installed indicator-applet:i386 not installed indicator-applet-appmenu:amd64 not installed ... $ apt-show-versions -R ^indicator | wc -l 39 ``` So there are 39 packages starting with `indicator*` - none of them is `indicator-0.4`. Maybe there is something in README? ``` libappindicator-12.10.1+18.04.20180322.1$ cat README A readme is the very beginning, a very nice place to start. When you read you begin with A-B-C when you code you begin with RE-AD-ME! ``` Ohhhh, hahaha :) Thanks a lot, that was really helpful :) Let's try autogen again? ``` $ ./autogen.sh /usr/bin/gnome-autogen.sh ***Warning*** USE_COMMON_DOC_BUILD is deprecated, you may remove it from autogen.sh ***Warning*** USE_GNOME2_MACROS is deprecated, you may remove it from autogen.sh ***Warning*** $srcdir is not defined, out of dir autogen is broken! checking for automake >= 1.11.2... testing automake... found 1.15.1 ... Running ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-gtk-doc ... checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes ... checking for GTKDOC_DEPS... yes checking for LIBRARY... no configure: error: Package requirements (gtk+-2.0 >= 2.18 glib-2.0 >= 2.35.4 gio-2.0 >= 2.26 indicator-0.4 >= 0.4.93 dbusmenu-gtk-0.4 >= 0.5.90) were not met: No package 'indicator-0.4' found No package 'dbusmenu-gtk-0.4' found ... ``` Ok, so it didn't even pick up `dbusmenu-gtk-0.4` that I just installed. ------ So, trying to look for upstream source, I found this: * https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libappindicator * https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libappindicator * https://code.launchpad.net/~usd-import-team/ubuntu/+source/libappindicator/+git/libappindicator ... and ran the command listed in the last link: ``` git clone https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libappindicator ``` ... this got me what seems the exact same folder I got from `apt-get source libappindicator3-1`, with exact same results when running `./autogen.sh`. Finally, lets try the `bzr` mentioned earlier: ``` $ bzr branch https://code.launchpad.net/~indicator-applet-developers/libappindicator/trunk.16.10 bzr: ERROR: httplib.IncompleteRead: IncompleteRead(34 bytes read) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ``` ( This seems to be the same problem as: Bug #1807226 “bzr: ERROR: httplib.IncompleteRead: IncompleteRead...” : Bugs : Bazaar https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/1807226 ) I would consider this a documentation bug - documentation should note: * Where does the upstream code for libappindicator reside? * How to build `libappindicator` from source? Also, from a quick glance online, it seems that `libappindicator` is itself sponsored by Ubuntu; and not being able to build it from source on Ubuntu, makes me ask - is this project maybe abandoned? ** Affects: libappindicator (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1809849 Title: Cannot build libappindicator from source on Ubuntu 18.04 (unclear how) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libappindicator/+bug/1809849/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
