Run GNOME 40 / GNOME latest using JHBuild on Debian / Ubuntu
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6. Run Gnome 40 using JHBuild on Debian / Ubuntu⌗
You will need following files.
6.1 Create /usr/local/bin/gnome-session-jhbuild file [root]⌗
All credits to Florian Müllner. Add following content to /usr/local/bin/gnome-session-jhbuild
#!/bin/sh
#
# All credit to fmuellner!
# https://gitlab.gnome.org/fmuellner/silverblue-stuff/-/blob/master/sb-session-setup.sh
set -x
jhbuild() {
/home/inttf/.local/bin/jhbuild "$@"
}
export $(jhbuild run env | grep JHBUILD_PREFIX= | sed 's:\r::')
USER_UNIT_DIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/systemd/user.control
if [ ! -e $USER_UNIT_DIR ]
then
# Pick up systemd units defined in jhbuild
ln -s $JHBUILD_PREFIX/lib/systemd/user $USER_UNIT_DIR
systemctl --user daemon-reload
fi
DBUS_SERVICE_DIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/dbus-1
rm -rf $DBUS_SERVICE_DIR
if [ ! -e $DBUS_SERVICE_DIR ]
then
ln -s $JHBUILD_PREFIX/share/dbus-1 $DBUS_SERVICE_DIR
fi
# $PATH and a few other things are likely overriden by your distro on your
# ~/.profile file (see /etc/skel/.profile) -- this might cause .desktop files
# to be seen as "broken" (because TryExec/Exec can't confirm there's a valid
# binary to use)
jhbuild run gnome-session
rm $DBUS_SERVICE_DIR
rm $USER_UNIT_DIR
systemctl --user daemon-reload
And make it executable:
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gnome-session-jhbuild
6.2 Create /usr/share/wayland-sessions/jhbuild.desktop for Wayland session [root]⌗
cat /usr/share/wayland-sessions/jhbuild.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=jhbuild GNOME Wayland
Comment=This session logs you into a development GNOME
Exec=/usr/local/bin/gnome-session-jhbuild
TryExec=/usr/local/bin/gnome-session-jhbuild
Type=Application
DesktopNames=GNOME
X-GDM-SessionRegisters=true
EOF
6.3 Create /usr/share/xsessions/jhbuild.desktop for Xorg session [root]⌗
cat /usr/share/xsessions/jhbuild.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=jhbuild GNOME Xorg
Comment=This session logs you into a development GNOME
Exec=/usr/local/bin/gnome-session-jhbuild
TryExec=/usr/local/bin/gnome-session-jhbuild
Type=Application
DesktopNames=GNOME
X-GDM-SessionRegisters=true
EOF
6.4 Add following to ~/.profile [normal user]⌗
# add jhbuild to PATH
if [ -n "$UNDER_JHBUILD" ]; then
PATH="$JHBUILD_PREFIX/bin:$PATH"
fi
6.5 Logout and then login using jhbuild GNOME Wayland or jhbuild GNOME Xorg session⌗
6.6 GNOME 40.2 running on Ubuntu 21.04⌗
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