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If you install Fossapup64 you will find Geany 1.35 without built in terminal support. All previous puppy versions were OK, but not Fossa.
I found that we have to install libvte.so as Geany's documentations says:

Virtual terminal emulator widget (VTE)
If you have installed libvte.so on your system, it is loaded automatically by Geany, and you will have a terminal widget in the notebook at the bottom.

So the installation should be like this using great @sc0ttman package manager:

$ pkg search-all libvte
$ pkg get libvte-2.xx-x (put the execat version found)

If you want you may get the latest version 1.38 with a bunch of plugins (separate .pet) here:

viewtopic.php?p=47572#p47572

So easy )

takenp wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:53 pm

If you install Fossapup64 you will find Geany 1.35 without built in terminal support. All previous puppy versions were OK, but not Fossa.
I found that we have to install libvte.so as Geany's documentations says:

Virtual terminal emulator widget (VTE)
If you have installed libvte.so on your system, it is loaded automatically by Geany, and you will have a terminal widget in the notebook at the bottom.

So the installation should be like this using great @sc0ttman package manager:

Code: Select all

$ pkg search-all libvte
$ pkg get libvte-2.xx-x (put the execat version found)

So easy )

How do I trigger terminal launch after the install?

Open geany and from drop-down menu click View > Show Message Window
Message Window at the bottom now has a Terminal button

I think this issue happens because geany is compiled for gtk3 and FossaPup has libvte for gtk2 but you have to add the other libvte (libvte-2) which is the one for gtk3

@OscarTalks thanks! G