
    Building & Installing Geary
    ---------------------------

  * Building

    To build Geary, run the following commands:

        $ ./configure
        $ make

    By default, Geary will install under /usr/local.  The configure script can
    customize the prefix directory.  Run ./configure --help for instructions
    and other installation options.


  * Dependencies

    Building Geary requires at least GTK+ version 3.14, WebKitGTK+ 2.4
    and Vala 0.26, with a full GObject introspection repository,
    intltool, cmake, desktop-file-validate, and xml2po.  Vala's
    vapigen must be installed as well.

    See the file `src/CMakeLists.txt` for the complete list of minimum
    version requirements.

    Geary also requires SQLite to be built with the compiler flag
    `-DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3`. Further, SQLite 3.11.x specifically must
    also be built with `-DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_TOKENIZER`. Most
    distribution's packages meet these requirements, however Fedora 24
    users and others may be required to rebuild SQLite 3.11 with the
    second flag, or install SQLite 3.12 and recompile Geary.

    The developer packages and headers for the following libraries are also
    required when building Geary:

      * canberra
      * gee-0.8
      * gio-2.0
      * glib-2.0
      * gmime-2.6
      * gtk+-3.0
      * libsecret-1
      * libxml-2.0
      * notify
      * sqlite3
      * webkitgtk-3.0
      * gcr-3
      * enchant
      * messaging-menu (optional; enables support for Ubuntu Unity messaging
        menu)
      * unity (optional; enables support for Ubuntu Unity launcher)

    Most of these are standard libraries available from major distros' package
    repositories.


  * Installing dependencies on Fedora

    Fedora 21 and later ships with the correct versions of the
    required libraries. Install them by running this command:

        $ sudo yum install vala gobject-introspection-devel intltool cmake \
            desktop-file-utils gnome-doc-utils libcanberra-devel libgee-devel \
            glib2-devel gmime-devel gtk3-devel libnotify-devel sqlite-devel \
            unique3-devel webkitgtk3-devel libsecret-devel libxml2-devel \
            vala-tools gcr-devel enchant-devel


  * Installing dependencies on Ubuntu/Debian

    Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily) and Debian 8.5 (Jessie) and later ships with
    the correct versions of the required libraries. Install them by
    running this command:

        $ sudo apt-get install valac libgirepository1.0-dev intltool \
            cmake desktop-file-utils gnome-doc-utils libcanberra-dev \
            libgee-0.8-dev libglib2.0-dev libgmime-2.6-dev libgtk-3-dev \
            libsecret-1-dev libxml2-dev libnotify-dev libsqlite3-dev \
            libunique-3.0-dev libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev libmessaging-menu-dev \
            libunity-dev libgcr-3-dev libenchant-dev

    Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty LTS) and 12.04 (Precise LTS) do not have all
    the dependencies to build Geary.  See
    <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary/BuildingOnUbuntu12.04> for
    details and instructions.


  * Running

    If you wish to try Geary before installing it, you may execute it directly
    from its build directory:

        $ ./geary

    Note that certain desktop integration (such as being listed in an
    application menu) requires full installation.


  * Installing

    After Geary has built, run the following command to install it:

        $ sudo make install

    To uninstall, run:

        $ sudo make uninstall


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