<p>If you want to build an experimental version, make a directory say <code>/some/path</code> and download and extract the tarball into that directory (creating a <code>/some/path/geany</code>) then</p>

<pre><code>cd /some/path/geany
./configure --prefix /some/path --enable-gtk3
make install
cd ../bin
geany -c ../config
</code></pre>

<p>makes a whole brand new current Geany totally within <code>/some/path</code> which won't interfere with your normal system install or your normal settings.</p>

<p>Experiment happy :)</p>

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