Strange error while trying to make install Gtkaml (and libvala-0.16) in Ubuntu

Question

I have downloaded and tried to install Gtkaml but I am having troubles.

I followed their instructions to install it, but it still fails.

I downloaded it into my downloads folder, then ran Terminal:

cd ~/Downloads ls cd gtkaml-0.5.94 ./configure

But then it failed at ./configure, I can't remember what it was, but it was missing something so I then ran:

sudo apt-get build-dep gtkaml, then I re-ran ./configure and it succeeded. So then I proceeded to sudo make, but then it said,

jase@Jase-PC:~/Downloads/gtkaml-0.5.94$ sudo make make all-recursive make1: Entering directory /home/jase/Downloads/gtkaml-0.5.94' Making all in libgtkaml make[2]: Entering directory /home/jase/Downloads/gtkaml-0.5.94/libgtkaml' /usr/bin/valac -C -H gtkaml.h --library gtkaml --vapidir . --pkg config --pkg glib-2.0 --pkg libvala-0.16 --pkg libxml-2.0 --pkg gio-2.0 gtkamlcodecontext.vala gtkamlmarkupparser.vala gtkonparser.vala gtkamlmarkupscanner.vala gtkamlmarkupresolver.vala gtkamlcodeparserprovider.vala ast/gtkamlmarkupattribute.vala ast/gtkamlmarkupcomplexattribute.vala gtkamlmarkupclass.vala ast/gtkamlmarkuptag.vala ast/gtkamlmarkuproot.vala ast/gtkamlmarkupchildtag.vala ast/gtkamlmarkupunresolvedtag.vala ast/gtkamlmarkupmember.vala ast/gtkamlmarkuptemp.vala ast/gtkamlmarkupreference.vala gtkamlmarkupnamespace.vala gtkamlmarkuphint.vala gtkamlmarkuphintsstore.vala gtkamlpropertyspec.vala workarounds/gtkamldatatypeparent.vala workarounds/gtkamlcallable.vala workarounds/gtkamlvalaparser.vala workarounds/gtkamlnamespacevisitor.vala error: Package libvala-0.16' not found in specified Vala API directories or GObject-Introspection GIR directories Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) make[2]: *** [libgtkaml.stamp] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory/home/jase/Downloads/gtkaml-0.5.94/libgtkaml' make1: * [all-recursive] Error 1 make1: Leaving directory `/home/jase/Downloads/gtkaml-0.5.94' make: * [all] Error 2

So then I ran sudo apt-get install libvala-0.16 to install libvala-0.16. It then said,

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'libvala-0.16-dev' for regex 'libvala-0.16' Note, selecting 'libvala-0.16-0' for regex 'libvala-0.16' Note, selecting 'libvala-0.16-0-dbg' for regex 'libvala-0.16' libvala-0.16-0 is already the newest version. libvala-0.16-0-dbg is already the newest version. libvala-0.16-dev is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libqt5declarative5 par2 python-support Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.

So I re-ran sudo make. But same error as the original make error.

How do I make/make install this thing?

Answer 1

I have been unable to make from source obtained from the Google code website. But I have been able to install it from the Software Center.

I have written and compiled a sample application:

<Window xmlns:g="http://gtkaml.org/0.4" xmlns="Gtk" g:name="GTKamlSample"
    type="{WindowType.TOPLEVEL}" title="Window"
    position="{WindowPosition.CENTER}" default-width="300" default-height="150"
    destroy="Gtk.main_quit">
    <Button label="Click me." clicked='{target.label="Thank you.";}' />

    <![CDATA[
        static int main (string[] args)
        {
            Gtk.init(ref args);

            var window = new GTKamlSample();
            window.show_all();
            Gtk.main();

            return 0;
        }
    ]]>
</Window>

Which works. So your best bet is to use Software Center if you run into troubles installing it from source.