[Github-comments] [geany] Run geany without installing it (#788)

[Valentin Lemière]

Hi,

I wanted to try running geany from source,
so an `autogen.sh` and `make` later I've got it.

I run `src/geany`, skipping `make install` since I don't want to install it,
it gives me the error Failed to open file '/usr/local/share/geany/geany.glade'.

I look around and find no option or environment variable to change the data directory, (something like `-c`)

The two options I found were:

* `mkdir build && ./configure --prefix=$(pwd)/build && make && make install`
* changing in https://github.com/geany/geany/blob/master/src/utils.c#L2142 `GEANY_DATADIR` to `""`

neither are good.

Is there something to do to use a source version of geany that doesn't requires modifying the source code or installing it after each make?

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