GNOME terminal
After fixing my Daikin air conditioner myself by opening it and cleaning the condensate drain pan, I decided to face the scorching heat and take a look at my Arch …
Today I decided to change the classic Linux terminal that I have been using for years with the GNOME Console. In the past I had already tried with Terminix but this will be a definitive choice.
https://apps.gnome.org/it/app/org.gnome.Console/
Console has a minimal but well defined style as I like it. I chose to install the experimental version /wip/exalm/gtk4 which adds option controls in GTK 4 and made a video on building and replacing my old terminal.
I really appreciated the context menu that allows you to copy the text by clicking on it with the right mouse button.
Experimental version does not yet include the preferences available by installing the classic version, present in the AUR and packaged for the main Linux distributions. Only graphic theme choiche is possible. That’s okay with me for now because the GTK 4 about credits is very cool … 8)
How to install GNOME Console GTK 4
Let’s see how to compile the experimental version of GNOME Console in the classic manual way.
Flatpak manifest version is for development only. Don’t install it
Download GNOME Console GTK 4 sources at this address
Unzip console-wip-exalm-gtk4 folder in home directory.
Give the following commands from terminal:
$ cd ~/console-wip-exalm-gtk4
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ meson ..
$ ninja
$ sudo ninja install
Consult meson output for any missing libraries.
GNOME Console will start from its icon or with kgx command.
Fix LIBADWAITA_1_0 error
On Arch Linux I encountered this error:
symbol lookup error: kgx: undefined symbol: adw_tab_view_remove_shortcuts, version LIBADWAITA_1_0
On my Arch Linux I fixed installing libadwaita-git from AUR. EnjoY!!
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