Successfully built and installed gnome-network-displays

📅 2023-09-30 — Session: Successfully built and installed gnome-network-displays

🕒 17:00–17:35
🏷️ Labels: Ubuntu, Gnome-Network-Displays, Wireless Connection, Build Process, Troubleshooting
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal: The primary goal of this session was to connect an Ubuntu PC to a TV wirelessly using the gnome-network-displays application, which required building and installing the software from source on Ubuntu.

Key Activities:

• Explored and executed steps to connect Ubuntu PC to TV wirelessly using Miracast and other methods.
• Installed GNOME Network Displays by manually downloading and resolving dependencies.
• Compiled gnome-network-displays from source, addressing several build errors, including missing dependencies such as libprotobuf-c, json-glib-1.0, and libsoup-3.0.
• Resolved build errors related to the Gettext library and GTK version incompatibility.
• Successfully built and installed the gnome-network-displays application using Meson and Ninja build systems.
• Troubleshot screen casting issues, focusing on hardware, network, and software configurations.

Achievements:

• Successfully built and installed the gnome-network-displays application, enabling wireless screen casting from Ubuntu to a TV.
• Resolved multiple build and dependency issues, ensuring a smooth installation process.

Pending Tasks:

• Further testing of the screen casting functionality to ensure stability and performance.
• Explore additional troubleshooting for any remaining streaming errors involving GStreamer and Avahi.