For a screenshot, an overview what Parlatype actually is and packages please visit https://gkarsay.github.io/parlatype/.

To build Parlatype from source you need these packages:

• make, autotools (autoconf, automake)
• intltool
• gobject-introspection-1.0
• yelp-tools
• gtk+-3.0 (>= 3.10)
• gstreamer-1.0
• gstreamer-plugins-base-1.0

Optional, depending on your configure options:

• gladeui-2.0 (>= 3.12.2; with --enable-glade-catalog)
• gtk-doc-tools (with --enable-gtk-docs)
• desktop-file-utils (if installed, this checks the desktop file)
• appstream-utils (if installed, this checks the appstream file)

Required runtime dependencies:

• GTK+ 3
• GStreamer
• GStreamer "Good" Plugins

Optional runtime dependencies, to support MP3 files:

• GStreamer "Ugly" Plugins

Optional runtime dependencies, if you want to use LibreOffice macros:

• LibreOffice (>= 4)
• libreoffice-script-provider-python (Debian only)

On a Debian based distro you can install all these with:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential automake autoconf intltool libgirepository1.0-dev libgladeui-dev gtk-doc-tools yelp-tools libgtk-3-dev libgtk-3-0 libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly libreoffice-script-provider-python

Parlatype ships its own library, libparlatype. Developers might be interested in having a library documentation, gobject introspection and a glade catalog for the widgets. These are the configure options:

• --with-libreoffice: install LibreOffice macros (default: yes)
• --enable-introspection: install gobject introspection (default: yes)
• --enable-tests: build unit tests (default: yes) – please note that these tests need a runtime environment and will fail in a pure build environment
• --enable-gtk-doc: install library documentation (default: no)
• --enable-glade-catalog: install a glade catalog (default: no)
• --enable-code-coverage: enable gcov/lcov code coverage (default: no)

If you want the program only, you would use --prefix=/usr --disable-introspection.

Clone the repository and run autogen.sh. Assuming you want the program only:

$ git clone https://github.com/gkarsay/parlatype.git
$ cd parlatype
$ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --disable-introspection
$ make
$ sudo make install

Download the latest release tarball from https://github.com/gkarsay/parlatype/releases/latest. Assuming it's version 1.5.6 and you want the program only:

$ wget https://github.com/gkarsay/parlatype/releases/download/v1.5.6/parlatype-1.5.6.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf parlatype-1.5.6.tar.gz
$ cd parlatype-1.5.6/
$ autoreconf # might be necessary
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-introspection
$ make
$ sudo make install

The LibreOffice helpers/macros are installed together with Parlatype. However, this works only fine with --prefix=/usr. If you use a different prefix, it’s recommended to

$ ./configure --without-libreoffice

In this case, please copy the macros manually:

$ sudo cp libreoffice/Parlatype.py /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/Scripts/python/

If you don’t want to install them system-wide, you can put them in your home dir instead:

$ cp libreoffice/Parlatype.py ~/.config/libreoffice/4/user/Scripts/python/

There is an integrated help in Parlatype with a page describing how to use the LibreOffice helpers.

Please report bugs at https://github.com/gkarsay/parlatype/issues.