GNOME 40.2 on Debian / Ubuntu – JHBuild GNOME 40.2 / Latest
This is guide howto build GNOME 40.2 now and run it as your desktop environment. This is actually a bit more than just building exact GNOME 40 Desktop, this is your Swiss Army Knife to build latest GNOME packages when you want and survival pack to help you live on bleeding edge. GNOME 40 is, of course, a major release, but also all minor releases GNOME 40.1 / 40.2 / 40.3 / 40.4 / 40.5 / 40.6. brings something new. Also GNOME 41 is coming in October 2021 https://wiki.gnome.org/FortyOne.
When you use this method you can run GNOME 40.2 and keep also your Debian / Ubuntu original GNOME installation.
My inttf meta moduleset is pretty close to original BuildStream GNOME 40.2 release (https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/gnome.org/teams/releng/40.2/).
Commands, dependencies might change later, but idea howto do it is still same on Debian and Ubuntu.
Full guide with commands from:
GNOME 40.2 on Debian / Ubuntu – JHBuild GNOME Latest
0:00 1. Prerequisites to build GNOME 40/GNOME latest using JHBuild on Debian / Ubuntu
3:01 2. Install JHBuild on Debian and Ubuntu
5:59 3. Install All Needed Dependencies to Build GNOME 40 / GNOME latest on Debian / Ubuntu
12:56 4. Building GNOME 40 / GNOME latest using JHBuild on Debian / Ubuntu
15:11 5. Possible Error messages when building GNOME latest using JHBuild on Debian / Ubuntu
16:00 6. Run GNOME 40 / GNOME latest using JHBuild on Debian / Ubuntu
20:37 7. Keeping JHBuild + GNOME 40 / GNOME latest moduleset updated using Git on Debian / Ubuntu
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