These webpages give you all the info you need to compile Midori:
http://www.twotoasts.de/index.php?/page ... mmary.html
http://brainwreckedtech.wordpress.com/2 ... in-ubuntu/
Also, I've made a shell script that tries to do all those steps for you. I don't know what distros this script works on but it should work on Linux Mint 7.
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#!/bin/sh
# This shell script is placed into the public domain.
# The name of this shell script is compile-midori.sh
# It compiles the latest version of the Midori web browser.
# I don't know what distros this script works on, but it should work on an Ubuntu Jaunty-based distro.
# Special thanks to the following web pages:
#
# http://www.twotoasts.de/index.php?/pages/midori_summary.html
# http://brainwreckedtech.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/howto-compile-midori-from-source-in-ubuntu/
#
# for giving me the information I needed to create this script.
SOURCES_LIST="/etc/apt/sources.list"
ENTER_PASSWORD="You may need to enter your password because I'm using sudo for this."
cd "$HOME"
clear
echo "This shell script will compile the latest version of the Midori web browser."
printf "Press enter to continue: "
read PAUSE
clear
echo "
Backing up your "$SOURCES_LIST" file to "$SOURCES_LIST".bak
"$ENTER_PASSWORD"
"
sudo cp -f "$SOURCES_LIST" "$SOURCES_LIST".bak
for i in "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main" "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main"
do
if [ "`grep "$i" <"$SOURCES_LIST"`" != "$i" ]
then
clear
sudo echo "" | sudo tee -a "$SOURCES_LIST" # Append a blank line to "$SOURCES_LIST" because I think "$SOURCES_LIST" looks better that way.
echo "
Adding repository
"$i"
to your "$SOURCES_LIST" file.
"$ENTER_PASSWORD"
" | sed 's_ __' # Yes, I WILL waste a process to keep my code pretty. This gets rid of the 2 tabs that echo would otherwise output.
sudo echo "$i" | sudo tee -a "$SOURCES_LIST" # Append repo's name to "$SOURCES_LIST"
fi
done
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 612d9fe65c733a79bb2ab07d991e6cf92d9a3c5b
sudo apt-get update
# The function "check_for_package" installs or removes a package if it is found (or not found).
# See the uses of it below for examples.
check_for_package () {
for PACKAGE in $1
do
if [ "`dpkg --get-selections | sed -n -e "s_^\($PACKAGE \).*_\1_p"`" "$2" ""$i" " ]
then
clear
echo "
Hang on while I "$3" the package '"$PACKAGE"'...
"$ENTER_PASSWORD"
" | sed 's_ __'
sleep 4
sudo apt-get "$3" "$i"
fi
done
}
clear
echo "
Checking if the package 'midori' is installed and removing it if it is.
I'm doing this because the package 'midori' provides an obsolete version of Midori.
"
check_for_package "midori" "=" "remove"
echo "
I need the following packages:
git-core librsvg2-bin intltool libgtk2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libidn11-dev libsqlite3-dev libunique-dev libwebkit-dev
to compile the latest Midori,
so I'm going to install these packages.
"
sudo apt-get install git-core librsvg2-bin intltool libgtk2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libidn11-dev libsqlite3-dev libunique-dev libwebkit-dev
clear
echo "Downloading the latest Midori..."
sleep 3
git clone git://git.xfce.org/apps/midori
clear
echo "Compiling Midori..."
sleep 2
cd midori/
./waf configure --prefix=/usr # This ensures Midori is installed to /usr/bin/midori
./waf build
"$ENTER_PASSWORD"
sudo ./waf install
echo "
Deleting the source code directory...
"
sleep 1
cd ../
sudo rm -rf midori/
clear
if [ "`which midori`" != "" ]
then
echo "
Done! Midori has been successfully installed.
You can run it by typing 'midori' in a terminal.
Please close your browser.
" | sed 's_ __'
ask_to_make_default_browser () {
printf "Make Midori the system's default browser? (This affects all users.) [y/n] "
read REPLY
case "$REPLY" in
"y")
# Midori does not provide x-www-browser,
# i.e., it doesn't appear when you type 'sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser'
# So, if you want it to be your default browser, you have to symlink it to x-www-browser
echo "$ENTER_PASSWORD"
sudo rm -f /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser.1.gz
sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/midori /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser # This script installed midori in /usr/bin/midori
echo
echo "Done."
;;
"n")
# Do nothing.
;;
*)
echo "Please enter y or n, then enter."
ask_to_make_default_browser # Call the function recursively in case of invalid input.
;;
esac
}
echo
ask_to_make_default_browser
ask_to_create_desktop_shortcut () {
printf "Create a desktop shortcut for Midori? [y/n] "
read REPLY
case "$REPLY" in
"y")
echo "
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Name=Midori
Comment=Lightweight web browser
Categories=Application;
Exec=midori %u
Icon=midori
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
" | sed 's_ __' > "$HOME"/Desktop/Midori.desktop
echo "Done."
;;
"n")
# Do nothing.
;;
*)
echo "Please enter y or n, then enter."
ask_to_create_desktop_shortcut # Call the function recursively in case of invalid input.
;;
esac
}
echo
ask_to_create_desktop_shortcut
else
echo
echo "There was a problem compiling Midori..."
fi
exit
