You'll need the following dependencies:
- cmake
- desktop-file-utils
- intltool
- libaccounts-glib-dev
- libexif-dev
- libgee-0.8-dev
- libgeocode-glib-dev
- libgexiv2-dev
- libglib2.0-dev
- libgphoto2-dev
- libgranite-dev
- libgstreamer1.0-dev
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev
- libgtk-3-dev
- libgudev-1.0-dev
- libjson-glib-dev
- libraw-dev
- librest-dev
- libsignon-glib-dev
- libsoup2.4-dev
- libsqlite3-dev
- libunity-dev
- libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev
- libwebp-dev
- libxml2
- python-scour
- valac
It's recommended to create a clean build environment
mkdir build
cd build/
Run cmake to configure the build environment and then make to build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
make
To install, use make install, then execute with io.elementary.photos
sudo make install
io.elementary.photos