Installing Variety from source

Variety runs on Python 2 (2.7.3+).

1. Download the source archive in tar.gz and unpack it to some directory. Or, alternatively, install Bazaar and run bzr branch lp:variety – this means you will be running from the latest trunk development version (which I try to keep stable).

2. Install the dependencies:

gir1.2-notify-0.7, python-configobj, python-pyexiv2, python-pycurl, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, python-dbus, gir1.2-pango-1.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, python-imaging, python-cairo, gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-.0, python-bs4, gir1.2-webkit-3.0, yelp, imagemagick, python-lxml, gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1.

gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 is optional – don’t worry if it is not present in your distribution, it is for Variety’s indicator icon, but Variety will fallback to a classic Gnome status icon if it is not present.

3. Now simply run it. No building or installing is necessary:

cd <folder with Variety's sources>
bin/variety -v