Ubuntu 22.04 - help for compilation

[e1kfL0ck]

Issue description

Hello,

I'm quiet new to Linux, and I'm bit scared of compiling my own applications. I could use the default apt version, but it's version 1.5.0 from 2020-07-03 (which does not support progress bar).

I have seen the wiki/Dependencies, but I'm not sure about what packages I need. As I'm a bit scared of installing wrong packages that may break some stuff. Some help or a walktrough would be very much of a spine out of my feet.

Thank you in advance for any help or guidance you can provide!

Installation info

• Window manager / Desktop environment: x11 + i3wm
• Distro: Ubuntu 22.04

[bynect]

Hello, are you trying to build the latest version tag or the main branch?

Anyway, the dependencies written in the wiki should cover most of what's needed, however I can't confirm if every package is exact since I don't have a debian at hand.

As said in the wiki you will need both the libraries and developer version of the libraries:

sudo apt install libx11-dev libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev libxss-dev libglib2.0-dev libpango1.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libxdg-basedir-dev libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev

Note: if you are compiling the latest branch you can decide to build only wayland/xorg support (this means less package to install).

The process should be something along the lines of

git clone dunst-link...
cd dunst
make all
sudo make install

If you need explanation about some of the steps don't be afraid to ask 👍

[e1kfL0ck]

Hello,

Thanks for your answer. I decided to build the latest version tag as it's a release I feel safer.
Is it really true ? What are the pros and cons ?

You were right about the libraries to install, the command was just missing libnotify-dev.

For the compilation and installation I followed the wiki/Installation and used :

make
sudo PREFIX=/usr checkinstall

And it did the trick ! It less scary now that it went perfectly smoothly.

Thanks again 😃

[bynect]

Hello,

Thanks for your answer. I decided to build the latest version tag as it's a release I feel safer.
Is it really true ? What are the pros and cons ?

You were right about the libraries to install, the command was just missing libnotify-dev.

For the compilation and installation I followed the wiki/Installation and used :

make
sudo PREFIX=/usr checkinstall

And it did the trick ! It less scary now that it went perfectly smoothly.

Thanks again 😃

Yes, the version tag should be a little more tested.

Libnotify is needed for dunstify (you can build dunst without it if you want)

I forgot that on debian you have to use checkinstall :o

Anyway I am glad that everything went smoothly

[e1kfL0ck]

I'm still in the configuration, and I have used the default config file in /etc/xdg/dunst/dunstrc by copying it to .config/dunst/dunstrc

However when running dusnt -print, I have the following errors :

WARNING: Setting geometry in section global doesn't exist
WARNING: Setting notification_height in section global doesn't exist
WARNING: Setting startup_notification in section global doesn't exist
WARNING: Setting verbosity in section global doesn't exist

Where can I find a default file to work with ? I haven't found one on the internet.

[bynect]

It seems like the file was outdated. You can try the dunstrc file on github

[e1kfL0ck]

I can't find the file on github even with the research bar, can tell me where I can find it ? Thanks

[bynect]

I can't find the file on github even with the research bar, can tell me where I can find it ? Thanks

It is on the toplevel of the repository and it is called dunstrc

[e1kfL0ck]

Found it, thanks. So strange I couldn't find it. Is it possible to use rules to modify the geometry of a notification ?

[bynect]

Found it, thanks. So strange I couldn't find it. Is it possible to use rules to modify the geometry of a notification ?

As of now you can't unfortunately. We expect to add that in a future version (there is an issue tracking this feature)