Cannot build/install rhythmbox Ubuntu 21.04 minimum

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#1

I’m following https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/rhythmbox/-/blob/master/INSTALL.quick to build and install rhythmbox on a Ubuntu 21.04 minimum installation. This version does not include rhythmbox package. Starting rhythmbox built from source results in a core dumped message:

# Uninstall distro's rhythmbox
sudo apt purge --auto-remove rhythmbox

# Clone Rhythmbox source
git clone git@gitlab.gnome.org:GNOME/rhythmbox.git

cd rhythmbox

# Setup project build
meson _build \
    -Dprefix=/tmp/rhythmbox \
    -Dfm_radio=enabled \
    -Dplugins_python=enabled \
    -Dlibnotify=enabled \
    -Ddaap=enabled \
    -Dgrilo=enabled \
    -Dgudev=enabled \
    -Dipod=enabled \
    -Dlibsecret=enabled \
    -Dmtp=enabled \
    -Dlirc=enabled \
    -Dsample-plugins=true \
    -Dgtk_doc=true \
    -Dhelp=true \
    -Dtests=true

# Build sources
ninja -C _build

# Install
ninja -C _build install

# Run Rhythmbox executable
_build/shell/rhythmbox &

(rhythmbox:67745): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: 21:44:52.186: Settings schema 'org.gnome.rhythmbox' is not installed
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

Which package should be installed in order to get these schema’s resolved without installing distro’s rhythmbox package?

#2

The settings schema is provided by the project itself and should become available to you after installing it. Might be needed to either run glib-compile-schemas. Ideally this should be done as part of the build system (since some version of Meson there even is a dedicated method in the GNOME module for exactly this). https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/rhythmbox/-/issues/1933 might be a bit helpful.

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#3

Thanks for your fast reply. I’ll check how to run glib-compile-schemas manually. Yes, I’d like to see this included in the Meson/Ninja build. However, the ticket is already closed, so some manual steps are needed which are not documented in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/rhythmbox/-/blob/master/INSTALL.quick.

#4

There’s no package to install: you either need to install Rhythmbox after building it—i.e. run it installed—or you need to call glib-compile-schemas in the build directory and then modify the GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR environment variable to point to where the compile schema file is available.

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#5

A Rhythmbox developer updated the build instructions yesterday which includes the schema usage and is now working and clear:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/rhythmbox/-/blob/master/INSTALL.quick
One gettext packages is still missing when building on a clean Ubuntu 21.04:

sudo apt install gettext

Reported in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/rhythmbox/-/issues/1957.

Thanks a lot for your help!

#6

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