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Peek build and packaging notes

This file contains information about building and packaging Peek. The information here is mainly for developers and packagers, end users should refer to the installation instrctions in README.md.

Building

Building from source

From inside the Peek source folder run:

mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
make

Or you can build with ninja:

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -GNinja ..
ninja

ninja might be called ninja-build on some distributions.

Build and run tests

cmake -DBUILD_TESTS=ON ..
make
make test

Running Peek with debug output

G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all ./peek

Update translations

make update-po
make peek.pot-update

Packaging

Debian package

Build requirements

  • cmake (>= 2.6)
  • valac (>= 0.22)
  • libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.14)
  • libkeybinder-3.0-dev
  • libxml2-utils
  • gettext

Runtime requirements

  • libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.14)
  • libglib2.0 (>= 2.38)
  • libkeybinder-3.0-0
  • ffmpeg | libav-tools
  • imagemagick

Generating the package

A Debian package can be created with cmake on any system:

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DGSETTINGS_COMPILE=OFF ..
make package

Flatpak

Install the GNOME runtime and SDK as described in http://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/getting-setup.html

Build Flatpak and place it in flatpak-repo repository:

flatpak-builder --repo=flatpak-repo com.uploadedlobster.peek \
    flatpak.json --force-clean

You can build for different architecture with the --arch parameter, e.g. --arch=x86_64 or --arch=i386.

Generate a .flatpak file for single file distribution:

flatpak build-bundle flatpak-repo peek-1.0.0-0.flatpak \
    com.uploadedlobster.peek

Snappy

Build snappy package with:

snapcraft

Install the package with:

sudo snap install --dangerous peek_0.9.1+git_amd64.snap