How to install Vala app menu?

I'm trying to compile this, and there are several packages that are missing.

TL;DR:

-- Checking for module 'gtk+-3.0>=3.10'
--
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:367 (message): A required package was not found
Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:532 (_pkg_check_modules_internal) CMakeLists.txt:71 (pkg_check_modules)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

EDIT: Solved.

PS: I have succesfully build this piece of software in the past with desperate google search and randomly installing packages, but I can't remember how, so I'm documenting it now.

Previous error messages are quite helpful though some are rather cryptic and requres trial and errors.

1 Answer

Set of packages needed to satisfy cmake dependency:

sudo apt install cmake rpm valac libwnck-3-dev libxfce4panel-2.0-dev libxfconf-0-dev libpeas-dev libgtk2.0-dev libxfce4util-dev libdbusmenu-glib-dev bamfdaemon unity-gtk-module-common unity-gtk2-module unity-gtk3-module appmenu-qt

The only packages not fulfilled are libmatepanelapplet-4.0, vala-panel, and budgie-1.0, since they are not required for XFCE DE. Jayatana support also disabled since it spewed this error:

[ 2%] Building Java objects for jayatana-java.jar
[ 4%] Generating CMakeFiles/
[ 7%] Creating Java archive jayatana.jar
[ 7%] Built target jayatana-java
Scanning dependencies of target java-headers
[ 9%] Building C header files from classes...
[ 9%] Built target java-headers
Scanning dependencies of target jayatana
[ 12%] Building C object jayatana/lib/CMakeFiles/
In file included from /PATH/TO/FILE/vala-panel-appmenu/jayatana/lib/com_jarego_jayatana_basic_GlobalMenu.c:29:0:
/PATH/TO/FILE/vala-panel-appmenu/build/jayatana/lib/../java/com_jarego_jayatana_basic_GlobalMenu.h:2:17: fatal error: jni.h: There is no such file or directory
compilation terminated.
jayatana/lib/CMakeFiles/ recipe for target 'jayatana/lib/CMakeFiles/ failed
make[2]: *** [jayatana/lib/CMakeFiles/ Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:382: recipe for target 'jayatana/lib/CMakeFiles/ failed
make[1]: *** [jayatana/lib/CMakeFiles/ Error 2
Makefile:160: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

Flags used are:

vala-panel-appmenu/build$ cmake -DENABLE_XFCE=ON -DENABLE_JAYATANA=OFF -DMAKE_BOLD_APPNAME=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..