- Install the packages required by Workrave
For Ubuntu, the following packages are required to enable all features:
cmake
gobject-introspection
gsettings-desktop-schemas-dev
intltool,
libayatana-indicator3-dev
libboost-all-dev
libdbusmenu-glib-dev
libdbusmenu-gtk3-dev
libgirepository1.0-dev
libglib2.0-0
libglibmm-2.4-dev
libgnome-panel-dev
libgstreamer1.0-dev
libgtk-3-dev
libgtkmm-3.0-dev
libmate-panel-applet-dev
libpulse-dev
libsigc++-2.0-dev
libspdlog-dev
libxfce4panel-2.0-dev
libxi-dev
libxmu-dev
libxss-dev
libxtst-dev
python3-jinja2
- Clone Workrave
From a shell, run
cd <root-dir>
git clone https://github.com/rcaelers/workrave.git
- Build Workrave
From a shell, run
cd <root-dir>
cmake -G Ninja -S <root-dir>/workrave -B <root-dir>/workrave-build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<root-dir>/workrave-deploy -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE_INIT=Debug -DWITH_TRACING=TRUE -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=TRUE -DWITH_UI=Gtk+3 -DWITH_TESTS=ON -DCODE_COVERAGE=OFF
cmake --build <root-dir>/workrave-build
cmake --install <root-dir>/workrave-build
- Run Workrave
If Workrave is install in a directory that is not a system directort (/usr, /usr/local), you may have to set a few environment variables:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<root-dir>/workrave-deploy/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export GI_TYPELIB_PATH=<root-dir>/workrave-deploy/lib/girepository-1.0:$GI_TYPELIB_PATH
export XDG_DATA_DIRS=<root-dir>/workrave-deploy/share:"$XDG_DATA_DIRS"