You'll need the following dependencies:
- meson
- valac
- libcanberra-dev
- libcloudproviders-dev >= 0.3.0
- libdbus-glib-1-dev
- libgail-3-dev
- libgee-0.8-dev
- libgit2-glib-1.0-dev
- libglib2.0-dev
- libgranite-dev >= 6.1.0
- libgtk-3-dev
- libhandy-1-dev >= 0.83.0
- libnotify-dev
- libpango1.0-dev
- libplank-dev
- libsqlite3-dev
- libunity-dev
- libzeitgeist-2.0-dev
Run meson build to configure the build environment. Change to the build directory and run ninja to build
meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninjaTo install, use ninja install, then execute with io.elementary.files
sudo ninja install
io.elementary.files