G-Golf Debian Packages

This page contains installation instructions for G-Golf Debian packages.

Debian forky (testing) and sid (unstable)

Install package g-golf with Synaptic package manager or command

  sudo apt install g-golf

You may optionally install the example program packages g-golf-gtk-4-examples and g-golf-adw-1-examples.

Debian trixie (stable), Ubuntu Noble, Ubuntu Plucky, and Ubuntu Questing

If you are satisfied with the older version of the software follow the instructions in the previous section. If you want the newest debianized version follow the instructions in the next section.

Other Debian-based systems with Guile 3.0

Create a directory for the build and copy g-golf-0.8.2.tar.xz and g-golf_0.8.2-1.debian.tar.xz there. Change into the directory and give the following commands:

      tar xvf g-golf-0.8.2.tar.xz
      ln -s g-golf-0.8.2.tar.xz g-golf_0.8.2.orig.tar.xz
      cd g-golf-0.8.2
      tar xvf ../g-golf_0.8.2-1.debian.tar.xz
      dpkg-buildpackage --no-sign -b
      cd ..
      sudo dpkg -i g-golf_0.8.2-1_ARCH.deb

Replace ARCH with the architecture of your system. You can find out the architecture with command

      dpkg-architecture -q DEB_HOST_ARCH

If you want to install the example programs, too, execute commands

      sudo dpkg -i g-golf-gtk-4-examples_0.8.2-1_all.deb
      sudo dpkg -i g-golf-adw-1-examples_0.8.2-1_all.deb

Note that the Adw examples package requires version >= 1.7.0 of package gir1.2-adw-1.

Debian-based systems with Guile 2.2

Create a directory for the build and copy g-golf-0.8.2.tar.xz and g-golf_0.8.2-1.debian.tar.xz there. Change into the directory and give the following commands:

      tar xvf g-golf-0.8.2.tar.xz
      ln -s g-golf-0.8.2.tar.xz g-golf_0.8.2.orig.tar.xz
      cd g-golf-0.8.2
      tar xvf ../g-golf_0.8.2-1.debian.tar.xz

Change GUILE_VERSION from 3.0 to 2.2 in debian/rules. Change guile-3.0 to guile-2.2 and guile-3.0-dev to guile-2.2-dev in debian/control. Remove the (>= 3.0.7) in debian/control. Execute commands

      dpkg-buildpackage --no-sign -b
      cd ..
      sudo dpkg -i g-golf_0.8.2-1_ARCH.deb

where ARCH is the architecture of your system. If you want to install the example programs, too, execute commands

      sudo dpkg -i g-golf-gtk-4-examples_0.8.2-1_all.deb
      sudo dpkg -i g-golf-adw-1-examples_0.8.2-1_all.deb

Note that the Adw examples package requires version >= 1.7.0 of package gir1.2-adw-1.

GPG signature

The GPG signature for the source package is available at g-golf-0.8.2.tar.xz.asc. The public key can be found at signing-key.asc. The public key can also be found in the debianization package at debian/upstream/signing-key.asc.

Last updated: August 21, 2025