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Recent versions of <span class="application">gtkmm</span> are packaged by nearly every major Linux
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After you've installed all of the dependencies, download the <span class="application">gtkmm</span> source
code, unpack it, and change to the newly created directory. <span class="application">gtkmm</span> can be
built with Meson. See the <code class="filename">README</code> file in the <span class="application">gtkmm</span> version
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Remember that on a Unix or Linux operating system, you will probably need to
be <code class="literal">root</code> to install software. The <span class="command"><strong>su</strong></span> or <span class="command"><strong>sudo</strong></span>
command will allow you to enter the <code class="literal">root</code> password and have
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The <code class="filename">configure</code> script or <span class="command"><strong>meson</strong></span> will check
to make sure all of the required dependencies are already installed. If you are
missing any dependencies, it will exit and display an error.
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By default, <span class="application">gtkmm</span> if built with Meson or Autotools, will be installed under the
<code class="filename">/usr/local</code> directory. On some systems you may need to
install to a different location. For instance, on Red Hat Linux systems
you might use the <code class="literal">--prefix</code> option with configure, like
one of:
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You should be very careful when installing to standard system prefixes
such as <code class="filename">/usr</code>. Linux distributions install software
packages to <code class="filename">/usr</code>, so installing a source package
to this prefix could corrupt or conflict with software installed using
your distribution's package-management system. Ideally, you should use
a separate prefix for all software you install from source.
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If you want to help develop <span class="application">gtkmm</span> or experiment with new features, you can
also install <span class="application">gtkmm</span> from git. Most users will never need to do this, but if
you're interested in helping with <span class="application">gtkmm</span> development, see the <a class="link" href="chapter-working-with-source.html" title="Appendix F. Working with gtkmm's Source Code">Working with gtkmm's Source Code</a> appendix.
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