Every time I see this I am really puzzled.
Ok so I am trying to compile the pantheon-greeter(github/elementary/greeter) (I could only put 2 links in the post) for lightdm from source.
OS Info:
Linux newbie-VirtualBox 5.3.0-40-generic #32~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 3 14:05:59 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
One of the requirements is libgranite-dev and I have libgranite4 and libgranite-dev installed:
newbie@newbie-VirtualBox:~/greeter/src$ dpkg -l | grep granite
ii gir1.2-granite-1.0 0.5+ds-1 amd64 extension of GTK+ libraries (introspection files)
ii libgranite-common 0.5+ds-1 all extension of GTK+ libraries (common files)
ii libgranite-dev 0.5+ds-1 amd64 extension of GTK+ libraries (development files)
ii libgranite4:amd64 0.5+ds-1
Now I am encountering a compilation is error when I am running ninja to build .
../src/MainWindow.vala:408.17-408.47: error: The name `show_error_details' does not exist in the context of `Granite.MessageDialog'
error_dialog.show_error_details (e.message);
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
../src/MainWindow.vala:476.21-476.51: error: The name `show_error_details' does not exist in the context of `Granite.MessageDialog'
error_dialog.show_error_details (e.message);
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Compilation failed: 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)
[10/37] Generating io.elementary.greeter.appdata.xml_merge with a custom command.
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
The line causing the problem is this one.
What is funny is that the function show_error_details is present as a normal method in docs of granite. Its just a normal method.
So what is going wrong ? Why can’t the compiler find a normal method from the libraries ?
My vala installation details are:
newbie@newbie-VirtualBox:~/greeter/build$ dpkg -l | grep vala
ii libvala-0.40-0:amd64 0.40.17-0ubuntu1 amd64 C# like language for the GObject system - library
ii libvala-0.40-dev:amd64 0.40.17-0ubuntu1 amd64 C# like language for the GObject system - development headers
ii valac 0.40.17-0ubuntu1 amd64 C# like language for the GObject system
ii valac-0.40-vapi 0.40.17-0ubuntu1 all C# like language for the GObject system - vapi files
Can someone please explain to me where I am going wrong because I can’t figure it out.
Let me know if you need any other info.