I think I found the reason why it fails. It needs gtk development headers for working
$ pkg-config --cflags geany Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable Package 'gtk+-2.0', required by 'Geany', not found After installing libgtk2.0-dev on Ubuntu, it worked This means that a check has to be made for gtk-dev -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Zeitgeist Framework Team, which is subscribed to Zeitgeist Data-Sources. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769295 Title: Geany fails to build even though it is enabled Status in Zeitgeist Data-Providers: Fix Committed Bug description: I just installed geany and when running autogen.sh over the code. I get configure: ** bzr plugin enabled configure: ** chrome plugin enabled configure: ** eog plugin enabled configure: firefox-libzg plugin disabled configure: ** geany plugin enabled configure: ** gedit plugin enabled configure: ** rhythmbox plugin enabled configure: totem-libzg plugin disabled configure: ** vim plugin enabled configure: ** emacs plugin enabled configure: ** tomboy plugin enabled configure: ** telepathy plugin enabled configure: ** xchat plugin enabled Which says that geany is enabled When I run make, I get an error Making all in geany make[1]: Entering directory `/home/manish/code/zeitgeist-dataproviders/geany' CC zeitgeist_dataprovider_la-zeitgeist_dataprovider.lo zeitgeist_dataprovider.c:24:25: fatal error: geanyplugin.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make[1]: *** [zeitgeist_dataprovider_la-zeitgeist_dataprovider.lo] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/manish/code/zeitgeist-dataproviders/geany' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 There is something wrong in the way build-script runs _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zeitgeist Post to : zeitgeist@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zeitgeist More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp