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thunar:dev:build_and_run [2021/02/03 23:55] – [Thunar - build, test, and debugging suggestions] alexxconsthunar:dev:build_and_run [2025/01/19 09:08] (current) – alexxcons
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 ====== Thunar - build, test, and debugging suggestions ===== ====== Thunar - build, test, and debugging suggestions =====
  
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 === Building Thunar === === 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
      
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   make   make
  
-You don't need to install Thunar for testing, you 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 is my personal script for starting thunar from source: Here is my personal script for starting thunar from source:
  
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   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
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 +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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 === Thunar Build Flags === === Thunar Build Flags ===
-Here is 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/reference/thunarx/html <code>--enable-gtk-doc : Creates html documentation inside /doc/reference/thunarx/html
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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>
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 +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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