GNOME Dictionary is a simple, clean, elegant application to look up words in online dictionaries using the DICT protocol.
In order to build GNOME Dictionary you will need:
You will also need the development files for:
- GLib 2.x
- GTK+ 3.x
After cloning the gnome-dictionary
repository, enter the source directory
and configure the project using:
$ meson _build .
Where _build
is the location where the build artefacts should be placed.
After the configuration succeeds, you can build, test, and install GNOME
Dictionary using:
$ cd _build
$ ninja
$ meson test
$ sudo ninja install # Will install under /usr/local by default
If you wish to install in a different prefix, use the --prefix
command
line option for meson
.