Gotk4 Meson Example

This repository showcases an example of compiling Gotk4 projects using Meson build system.

How to build:

Flatpak Builder:

Prerequisites:

• Flatpak Builder flatpak-builder
• GNOME SDK runtime org.gnome.Sdk//46
• GNOME Platform runtime org.gnome.Platform//46

Install required runtimes:

flatpak install org.gnome.Sdk//46 org.gnome.Platform//46

Building Instructions:

User installation

git clone https://github.com/tfuxu/gotk4_meson.git
cd gotk4_meson
flatpak-builder --install --user --force-clean repo/ build-aux/flatpak/io.github.tfuxu.gotk4_meson.json

System installation

git clone https://github.com/tfuxu/gotk4_meson.git
cd gotk4_meson
flatpak-builder --install --system --force-clean repo/ build-aux/flatpak/io.github.tfuxu.gotk4_meson.json

Meson Build System:

Prerequisites:

The following packages are required to build this project:

• Golang >= 1.21 go
• Gtk4 gtk4
• Meson meson
• Ninja ninja-build

Building Instructions:

Global installation

git clone https://github.com/tfuxu/gotk4_meson.git
cd gotk4_meson
meson setup builddir
meson configure builddir -Dprefix=/usr/local
ninja -C builddir install

Local build (for testing and development purposes)

git clone https://github.com/tfuxu/gotk4_meson.git
cd gotk4_meson
meson setup builddir
meson configure builddir -Dprefix="$(pwd)/builddir" -Dbuildtype=debug
ninja -C builddir install
meson devenv -C builddir ./bin/gotk4_meson

Note During testing and development, as a convenience, you can use the local_run.sh script to quickly rebuild local builds.

TODO:

• Add example Flatpak manifest
• Get translations to work

Notes:

• It takes really long (around 40 minutes) to finish building Flatpak package without any cached libraries (see #66 in gotk4) Build time should be reduced by half in fdac04a