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Appindicator Icon Animation

I'm writing a software using pygobject for GTK+3 (Ubuntu 12.04, stable repo package versions for all dev tools) and I'd like my application to have animated AppIndicator icon. It's easy to make GLib....
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Glib: meson.build:1317:23: ERROR: lexer

New to ubuntu. No idea what this error means. Please help. mgrl@mgrl-System-Product-Name:~/glib-2.63.3$ meson _build The Meson build system Version: 0.45.1 Source dir: /home/mgrl/glib-2.63.3 Build ...
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Proprietary driver utility won't load

I have a xenial with kde5. When I go to proprietary drivers' utility in system settings I see only the flash message about collecting data about my system, but the list of drivers' list never loads. ...
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What are the available key types in glib schemas?

In a glib schema.xml, keys should have a name and a type, like this: <key name="keyname" type="b"> <default>true</default> <summary>...</summary&...
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Is using call_soon_threadsafe and GLib.idle_add together the correct way to safely call GTK code from asyncio, or is it overkill?

I have an application that runs in an asyncio event loop and I want to add a feature that interacts with my Gnome Shell, in particular sending a notification. Since GTK has its own (incompatible, I ...
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GTK3 compilation won't find right GLib-2.0, which I actually compiled. What am I missing?

The last days I struggled with libraries (GLib2.52.2 & GTK3.22.15), while I tried to compile them on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (fresh installation). The GLib2.52.2 just compiled without errors after ...
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How to solve old GLIB error while installing "pygobject" using jhbuild

I am trying to install pygobject using jhbuild. And I am getting this error: configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.48.0) were not met: Requested 'glib-2.0 >= 2.48.0' but version ...
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glib-2.0 removed, need them back

I earlier installed glib-2.42 which was needed as a dependency for a program. But some softwares(sublime text) stopped working and were showing error related to glib. So i downgraded the version to 2....
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I have two versions of glib on my system, and I don't know how to remove the old one

While trying to compile a program (pygobject), running ./configure I am told that I don't have glib. So, I download the tarball and compile and install, no problems. now when I try to ./configure ...
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How to fix 'error: GLib >= 2.28 is required' when compiling linux-nfc on Ubuntu 10.04?

I try to compiled linux-nfc code, and running its configure file, but I get an error: configure: error: GLib >= 2.28 is required I try to update the glib with apt-get install libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-...
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Touchpad not reversed anymore and device, Glib and kernel errors in log after upgrade to 22.04

Yesterday I upgraded to 22.04 on my Dell XPS 15. After the upgrade the touchpad does not use natural scrolling anymore even if it is switched on. I see the below errors in the log after boot. Seems ...
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Cant start cinnamon-settings vluetooth module

I get this error when clicking on bluetooth in cinnamon-settins: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/blueberry/blueberry.py", line 5, in <module> import rfkillMagic File "/...
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*could not find libmount* when cross-compiling glib-2.5

I'm trying to cross-compile for my embedded target but libmount/libmount.h could not be found: (... compile process) checking for LIBMOUNT... no checking libmount/libmount.h usability... no checking ...
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Glib error when trying to open Firefox and Thunderbird

I read the other similar problems but either there are no answers or the problem is not the same as mine. Suddenly, without any reason, my Firefox and Thunderbird just stopped working. I click on the ...
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Running 32Bit Application on 64Bit Ubuntu

I type in the terminal sudo apt-get install ia32-libs but I get this message: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree reading state information... done some packages could not be ...
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What glib do I need?

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and I am trying to compile the cpabe toolkit, but first I have to compile libbswabe. However, when I try to build libbswabe-0.9 it gives me an error stating that glib.h ...
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Issue with custom theme resetting when switching between dark and light modes in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

I encountered a problem with applying a custom theme in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS while creating a custom ISO image. Initially, in 10_ubuntu-settings.gschema.override (which is located in usr/share/glib-2.0/...
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cant compile glib-2.9.6, Hundreds of multiple definition errors

I have build error by trying to compile glib-2.9.6 on Ubuntu 22.04 /usr/bin/ld: .libs/gatomic.o: in function `g_bit_nth_lsf': /home/user/Development/glib-2.9.6/glib/../glib/gutils.h:277: multiple ...
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Building GLib using command ninja -C _build failed

While installing GLib based on INSTALL.md guide from https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.76/ (continued from here -> How to tar xf glib-*.tar.gz correctly?) I typed to the terminal ninja -C ...
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How to update GLib repository to at 2.76.3?

A continuation from Need to update GLib library but the current version is assumed as the newest (it's not) So I would like to update the GLib (glib-2.0) repository to the latest version 2.76.3 (...
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DING gnome-shell extension crashes repeatedly with GLib-ERROR: Creating pipes for GWakeup: too many open files

After upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04, I found that my desktop icons keep popping up and disappearing in 1 second intervals rendering the desktop unusable. Looking in the process monitor, is see that ...
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libglade2.0 version not compatible

I was trying to install phoebe-gui. When I'm trying to do. ./configure the error is showing "cannot find libglade2.0" Even though it is installed in my system. (I'm getting errors in fedora ...
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Why does `sudo gnome-text-editor` throw GLib-GIO-CRITICAL error?

Whenever I try to launch a system file to edit it using sudo gnome-text-editor, I get the error (gnome-text-editor:64141): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 17:47:31.731: g_dbus_connection_emit_signal: assertion '...
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How to update libglib without updating everything?

I am asking this because I was downloading midori browser for lubuntu 14.04.5 (without ppa) and a dependency error occurred. libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.1). Package Installer package: midori status:Error ...
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There's no choice to create a Python2.7 notebook in Jupyter

My Jupyter notebook doesn't have a choice for creating a Python notebook. Can you please why could the reason be and how to fix it? I expect to see something like the following: But this is what I ...
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fatal error: glib.h: No such file or directory" even though I have libglib2.0-dev installed

I have recently switched from openSuse to Ubuntu, and I'm having trouble compiling a project of mine (https://github.com/laleksic/URMulator) which worked flawlessly on openSuse. Running make, I get ...
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Key "enable-interactive-search" not found

Nautilus doesn't open. Here is terminal output: ** (nautilus:7905): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: The resource at '/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css' does not ...
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Does 'g_thread_join' delete 'gpointer data'?

From the reference manual: "g_thread_join() consumes the reference to the passed-in thread . This will usually cause the GThread struct and associated resources to be freed." Does 'g_thread_join' ...
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How can i downgrade a package installed from source?

i installed glib2.42 from source but that's creating a problem for me. So i tried to downgrade it running make uninstall and installed glib2.28 afterwards. But now when i try to build a software using ...
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Cannot install GTK+3.6.4

When trying to run the ./configure for gtk+-3.6.4 I get the following: Requested 'glib-2.0 >= 2.35.3' but version of GLib is 2.34.0 Requested 'atk >= 2.7.5' but version of Atk is 2.4.0 ...
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Cannot install rpm package on Ubuntu 11.10 -- needs libc.so.6

I am trying to install an odbc driver for vPostgres (Vmware's version for postgres) on Ubuntu 11.10 (64-bit). I have downloaded the rpm file of the installer (64-bit) and when I try to install the rpm ...
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