Disclaimer: just a random user here. So, before anything else: I suspect you don't want the latest upstream Pidgin. You see, latest released version is 2.14.4, and if you want to develop a libpurple plugin, you better use that one. The 3.0 version was never released, and devs thinking about releasing it for a long time already. I also think it might have introduced some incompatibilities (since it is a new major version), so, anyway, I don't think you currently want it.
------- With that said, if you are really interested in latest upstream libpurple, then… Regarding the error: I looked at `meson.build` file, it tries to find the talkatu subproject in the system (by using pkg-config, I suppose like `pkg- config --cflags --libs talkatu` or something similar), fails at that, then searches "talkatu" directory in `subprojects/` subdirectory, fails again. Idk what results in the error regarding "Mercurial" though (does Meson try to download a subproject? I never knew it does that), but I suppose if you clone `talkatu` into `subprojects/` sub-directory, the error will go away. But you don't need all that since you only want libpurple. You can safely disable `gtkui`. That is, execute something like `meson build -Dgtkui=false` (if you look at paragraph with talkatu dependency, you'll see it is only checked when gtkui is enabled). On Wed, 2021-05-05 at 21:11 +0800, DAVID MAY wrote: > Hello, > > Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but this is the first time I have > worked with Pidgin. > > I am experiencing an error when I attempt to build Pidgin 3.0 on Windows > with MSYS2. Actually, I am only interested in working with libpurple > but it does not seem to be possible to build libpurple as a standalone > project. > > I cloned the Pidgin 3.0 Mercurial repository. However meson.build for > Pidgin 3.0 fails with an error message which states that Mercurial is > not installed. This cannot be correct: I can clone the talkatu > Mercurial repository using MSYS2 Mercurial; Meson builds talkatu as a > standalone project; the build products talkatu pass all the tests and > the demo program works. > > > The full Pidgin 3.0 meson.build output I see is this: > > $ meson build > The Meson build system > Version: 0.58.0 > Source dir: C:/msys64/home/david/projects/pidgin > Build dir: C:/msys64/home/david/projects/pidgin/build > Build type: native build > Project name: pidgin > Project version: 3.0.0-devel > C compiler for the host machine: cc (gcc 10.2.0 "cc (Rev11, Built by > MSYS2 project) 10.2.0") > C linker for the host machine: cc ld.bfd 2.36.1 > Host machine cpu family: x86_64 > Host machine cpu: x86_64 > Program gettext found: YES (C:\msys64\mingw64\bin/gettext.EXE) > Program C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/meson found: YES > (C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/meson.exe) > Program mkmesonconf.py found: YES (C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/python.exe > C:/msys64/home/david/projects/pidgin/mkmesonconf.py) > Program xgettext found: YES (C:\msys64\mingw64\bin/xgettext.EXE) > Library ws2_32 found: YES > Library dnsapi found: YES > Has header "sys/wait.h" : NO > Has header "unistd.h" : YES > Has header "fcntl.h" : YES > Has header "stdint.h" : YES > Checking for size of "time_t" : 8 > Header <ws2tcpip.h> has symbol "socklen_t" : YES > Checking whether type "struct sockaddr" has member "sa_len" : NO > Library m found: YES > Found pkg-config: C:\msys64\mingw64\bin/pkg-config.EXE (0.29.2) > Run-time dependency glib-2.0 found: YES 2.68.1 > Run-time dependency gio-2.0 found: YES 2.68.1 > Run-time dependency gobject-2.0 found: YES 2.68.1 > Run-time dependency gthread-2.0 found: YES 2.68.1 > Run-time dependency gobject-introspection-1.0 found: YES 1.66.1 > Run-time dependency nice found: YES 0.1.18 > Run-time dependency gtk+-3.0 found: YES 3.24.29 > Found CMake: C:\msys64\mingw64\bin/cmake.EXE (3.20.2) > Run-time dependency talkatu found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake) > > meson.build:273:2: ERROR: Mercurial program not found. > > > _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support