Installation broken on Linux Mint
I tried to install meld from source on my Linux Mint 18 with Python 3.5 but failed.
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python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr
- Fails as the library is installed to
/usr/lib/python3.5/dist-packages
but only/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
is in pythons search paths
- Fails as the library is installed to
-
python3 setup.py install
- "Couldn't load Meld-specific CSS (/usr/share/meld/meld.css)"
- Reason: meld.conf.DATADIR reports
/usr
but actual prefix is/usr/local
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pip3 install .
- Fails with
error: option --single-version-externally-managed not recognized
- Fails with
Wouldn't it be possible to have meld installed by pip? This also allows it to be easily uninstalled.
Notes:
- System meld is a couple versions behind and I needed a bugfix
-
python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
does work
Edited by Kai Willadsen