Sources from GNOME/epiphany
BRANCH: gtk-4-17-4 [support wayland 1.21.0]
OS = debian 12 (vm template in QubesOS)
epiphany:
sudo apt install gsettings-desktop-schemas-dev
sudo apt install $(apt-file search --package-only hogweed)
sudo apt install $(apt-file search --package-only libarchive)
sudo apt install $(apt-file search --package-only libadwaita-1) //FAILED Found 1.2.2 but need: ‘>= 1.6’
sudo apt-get install libyaml-dev
sudo apt install $(apt-file search --package-only itstool)
sudo apt-get install xsltproc
sudo apt-get install docbook-xsl
[build/install libadwaita 1.6 from source]
sudo apt install $(apt-file search --package-only libsoup)
sudo apt install $(apt-file search --package-only libportal-gtk4)
sudo apt install $(apt-file search --package-only webkitgtk-6.0)
mkdir build && cd build
meson …
ninja
sudo ninja install
This produced:
~/dev/epiphany/build/src$ ls epiphany -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 user user 229496 Feb 24 16:49 epiphany
The browser ran the first time
But cannnot access any https sites because of a TLS error
But can access HTTP web sites - SUCCESS!
The precise error was: TLS support is not available
==>How to enable SSL/TLS, at compile or runtime?
cat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/giomodule.cache
libdconfsettings.so: gsettings-backend
libgiognomeproxy.so: gio-proxy-resolver
libgiognutls.so: gio-tls-backend
libgiolibproxy.so: gio-proxy-resolver
libgioremote-volume-monitor.so: gio-native-volume-monitor,gio-volume-monitor
libgvfsdbus.so: gio-vfs,gio-volume-monitor
The browser FAILED to run the second time
Unrecognized value “gl-disable”. Try GDK_DEBUG=help
Unrecognized value “vulkan-disable”. Try GDK_DEBUG=help
** (epiphany:155632): WARNING **: 16:57:43.129: Disabled hardware acceleration because GTK failed to initialize GL: OpenGL support disabled via GDK_DISABLE.
**
epiphany:ERROR:…/src/bookmarks/ephy-bookmarks-dialog.c:295:populate_bookmarks_list_box: assertion failed: (ephy_bookmarks_manager_tag_exists (self->manager, item))
Bail out! epiphany:ERROR:…/src/bookmarks/ephy-bookmarks-dialog.c:295:populate_bookmarks_list_box: assertion failed: (ephy_bookmarks_manager_tag_exists (self->manager, item))
Aborted
==>IS THERE A WAY TO FIX the bookmark issue at start?
TEMPORARY WORKAROUND: I removed the code section in *.c and recompile
WORKAROUND building dependency gtk:
meson.build:934:6: ERROR: Tried to override dependency ‘gtk4’ which has already been resolved or overridden at /home/user/dev/gtk/subprojects/gtk-4.10.3/meson.build:831:
Commenting 3 lines:
meson.override_dependency(‘gtk4’, libgtk_dep)
meson.override_dependency(pkg, libgtk_dep) meson.override_dependency(‘gtk4-unix-print’, libgtk_dep)
DEPENDENCIES BUILDING:
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt install apt-file
sudo apt-file update
sudo apt-get install gperf
sudo apt-get install flex
sudo apt-get install bison
sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev
sudo apt-get install gsettings-desktop-schemas-dev
sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-libav
sudo apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev
[update meson from source]
[build/install glib from source]
[build/install fontconfig (2.15) from source]
copy new fontconfig.pc into /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc
sudo apt-get install libxkbcommon-dev
sudo apt-get install libxrandr-dev
sudo apt-get install libxi-dev
sudo apt-get install libxcursor-dev
sudo apt-get install libxdamage-dev
sudo apt-get install libxinerama-dev
sudo apt-get install libvulkan-dev
sudo apt-get install glslc
Commenting 3 lines:
meson.override_dependency(‘gtk4’, libgtk_dep)
meson.override_dependency(pkg, libgtk_dep)
meson.override_dependency(‘gtk4-unix-print’, libgtk_dep)
[build/install gtk from source]
[build/install gcr from source]
git clone gcr from GNOME/gcr
sudo apt install libgcrypt-dev
sudo apt-get install libp11-kit-dev
sudo apt install libsecret-1-dev
sudo apt install libsystemd-dev
sudo apt-get install valac
sudo apt install gi-docgen
sudo apt-get install gobject-introspection
sudo apt install libgirepository1.0-dev
meson setup ./build
meson compile -C ./build
meson install -C ./build
git clone /mesonbuild/meson.git
cd meson
sudo python3 setup.py install
Download the GLib source code
wget …gnome/sources/glib/2.80/glib-2.80.0.tar.xz
tar xf glib-2.80.0.tar.xz
cd glib-2.80.0
Remove section about vs_crt = ‘debug’ in meson.build
meson build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install
Download the source code fontconfig:
wget https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/fontconfig-2.15.0.tar.xz
Extract the tarball:
tar -xvf fontconfig-2.15.0.tar.xz
Navigate to the extracted directory:
cd fontconfig-2.15.0
Configure the installation with the following command:
./configure --prefix=/usr
–sysconfdir=/etc
–localstatedir=/var
–disable-docs
–docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-2.15.0
Compile and install the package:
make
sudo make install
git clone gtk from GNOME/gtk
meson setup ./build
meson compile -C ./build
meson install -C ./build
libadwaita-1.6
Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/libadwaita/1.6/libadwaita-1.6.4.tar.xz
mkdir build
cd build
meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release …
ninja
sudo ninja install