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Update README: Explain how to start calls without installing

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Additionally get rid of the /usr/local/stow/calls-git prefix.
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Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras 2021-06-03 13:09:42 +02:00
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@ -19,10 +19,20 @@ If you are running a Debian based distribution, you can easily install all those
We use the meson and thereby Ninja. The quickest way to get going is
to do the following:
meson -Dprefix=/usr/local/stow/calls-git ../calls-build
ninja -C ../calls-build
ninja -C ../calls-build install
meson . _build
ninja -C _build
ninja -C _build install
If you don't want to pollute your filesystem please be aware, that you can also
use `--prefix=~/install`.
### Build the documentation
If you want to build the documentation you have to configure the meson project
with `-Ggtk_doc=true`
meson . _build -Dgtk_doc=true
ninja -C _build
ninja -C _build calls-doc
## Running
Calls has a variety of backends. The default backend is "mm", which
@ -31,18 +41,23 @@ command-line option. For example, to run with the dummy backend and
some useful debugging output:
export G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all
/usr/local/stow/calls-git/bin/calls -p dummy
/usr/bin/gnome-calls -p dummy
If using ModemManager, Calls will wait for ModemManager to appear on
D-Bus and then wait for usable modems to appear. The UI will be
inactive and display a status message until a usable modem appears.
When running from the source tree you can use `CALLS_PLUGIN_DIR` environment
varible to specify the directroy from where plugins are loaded. To e.g. load
the dummy plugin from the source tree:
### Running from the build directory
You can run calls without having to install it by executing the run script in
the build folder, i.e. `_build/run`
When running from the build tree you can use `CALLS_PLUGIN_DIR` environment
varible to specify the directroy from where plugins are loaded. To e.g. load
the dummy plugin from the build tree:
export CALLS_PLUGIN_DIR=_build/plugins/
_build/run -p dummy
export CALLS_PLUGIN_DIR=_build/plugins/dummy/
_build/src/gnome-calls -p dummy
### oFono
There is also an oFono backend, "ofono". This was the first backend
@ -65,7 +80,7 @@ useful to bring up a modem to a suitable state. For example:
Then run Calls:
/usr/local/stow/calls-git/bin/calls -p ofono
/usr/bin/gnome-calls -p ofono
#### Phonesim