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 ~~NOTOC~~ ~~NOTOC~~
 +{{ :thunar:dev:xfce.thunar.png?nolink|}}
 ====== Thunar - build, test, and debugging suggestions ===== ====== Thunar - build, test, and debugging suggestions =====
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 +  * **[[#Building Thunar|Building Thunar]]**
 +  * **[[#Debugging Thunar|Debugging Thunar]]**
 +  * **[[#Thunar Build Flags|Thunar Build Flags]]**
  
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 +
 +=== Building Thunar ===
 +
 +First of all, check the [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/blob/master/README.md|Thunar README]] !
  
 Clone the sources (required packages: git): Clone the sources (required packages: git):
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   cd thunar   cd thunar
  
-Execute autogen (required packages: build-essential, automake):+Execute autogen (required packages: build-essential, automake, gobject-introspection):
   ./autogen.sh   ./autogen.sh
      
-If dependencies are missing, autogen will tell you. Depending on your distribution, installing the "dev" version of the dependent packages might be sufficient. (E.g. package: libexo-2-dev, libxfce4ui-2-dev, ... (naming might differ between distributions)) +If any dependencies are missing, autogen will tell you. Depending on your distribution, installing the "dev" version of the dependent packages might be sufficient. (e.g. package: libexo-2-dev, libxfce4ui-2-dev, ... (naming might differ between distributions)) 
-If that does not help, you as will need to build and install as well the dependencies from source.+If that does not help, you will need to build and install the dependencies from source as well.
  
-When autogen finished successfully (all required dependencies installed), you can build thunar:+When autogen has finished successfully (all required dependencies have been installed), you can build thunar:
   make   make
  
-You don't need to install Thunar for testing, you as well can run it directly from the source folder. +For testing only thunar itself, you don't need to install it. You can run it directly from the source folder. (Though if you want to test thunar plugins, you will need to install) 
-Here my personal script for starting thunar from source:+Here is my personal script for starting thunar from source:
  
   #!/bin/bash   #!/bin/bash
      
-  # Quit any running thunar and starts new thunar from source. Enable debug messages+  # Quit any running thunar instance and start a new thunar from source. Enable debug messages
   THUNAR_TEST_FOLDER=/path/to/thunar/testing/folder   THUNAR_TEST_FOLDER=/path/to/thunar/testing/folder
   echo "./thunar/thunar -q;./thunar/thunar $THUNAR_TEST_FOLDER"   echo "./thunar/thunar -q;./thunar/thunar $THUNAR_TEST_FOLDER"
   ./thunar/thunar -q;G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all ./thunar/thunar $THUNAR_TEST_FOLDER   ./thunar/thunar -q;G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all ./thunar/thunar $THUNAR_TEST_FOLDER
 +
 +Here a workaround to as well test thunar plugin changes (thunar-sbr in this example) without the need to install thunar:
 +
 +  ./autogen.sh --with-custom-thunarx-dirs-enabled
 +  make
 +  THUNARX_DIRS=~/git/thunar/plugins/thunar-sbr/.libs ./thunar/thunar
  
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   echo "./thunar/thunar -q; gdb thunar/.libs/thunar"   echo "./thunar/thunar -q; gdb thunar/.libs/thunar"
   ./thunar/thunar -q; gdb thunar/.libs/thunar   ./thunar/thunar -q; gdb thunar/.libs/thunar
 +
 +On a freeze, get a backtrace of all threads via
 +
 +  thread apply all bt
  
 If you want to test thunar-plugins, it is required to install thunar. If you want to test thunar-plugins, it is required to install thunar.
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   sudo make install   sudo make install
  
-Note that per default Thunar will be installed in parallel to the Thunar of your distro, into the "/usr" folder.+Note that, per default, Thunar will be installed in parallel to the Thunar of your distribution, into the "/usr" folder.
 You can uninstall it with: You can uninstall it with:
   sudo make uninstall   sudo make uninstall
      
-For more info, check the INSTALL file in the source code !+For more infoormation, check the INSTALL file in the source code!
  
-=== Build Flags === +=== Thunar Build Flags === 
-Here a small collection of flags which often needs to be passed to ./autogen.sh :+Here is a small collection of useful flags which can be passed to ''./autogen.sh'' :
  
-<code>--enable-gtk-doc : Creates html documentation inside /doc+<code>--enable-gtk-doc : Creates html documentation inside /doc/reference/thunarx/html
 --enable-introspection : for usage of the GtkInspector --enable-introspection : for usage of the GtkInspector
 --prefix <install_dir>: install thunar to install_dir --prefix <install_dir>: install thunar to install_dir
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 --enable-debug=full|yes|minimum|no</code> --enable-debug=full|yes|minimum|no</code>
  
 +Some flags need to be passed to the thunar binary:
 +<code>--g-fatal-warnings : Lets thunar crash an any warning/error. Useful to get a backtrace / locate a warning/error/critical</code>
 +
 +You might want to run that via gdb to get a backtrace:
 +<code>gdb --args thunar/.libs/thunar --g-fatal-warnings</code>
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