Btw, it might help if you say what exactly are you trying to achieve. You see, if for example you just want to work on some Pidgin plugin, then I don't think you need to compile libpurple either. Simply installing Pidgin from installation binaries for your system should give you libpurple.
On Wed, 2021-05-05 at 16:49 +0300, Konstantin Kharlamov wrote: > 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
