Installing gretl for dummies (building from source)

elementary OS

Initial setup

Open the Terminal app and enter the command

sudo pico /etc/apt/sources.list

Remove the "#" from the line above

deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe

Enter the command to update your package repositories

sudo apt update

Installing dependencies

Install the packages you need to build gretl. Again using Terminal enter the following commands

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sudo apt install git
sudo apt install texlive-full
sudo apt build-dep gretl

Donwloading gretl's files

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# Alternative 1
git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/gretl/git ~/gretl/git

If that command doesn't work (due to some network restrictions), you can try this alternative

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# Alternative 2
git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/gretl/git ~/gretl/git

That commands (alternatives 1 or 2) will download all necessary files and save them in the folder named git inside gretl located at you home folder.

Installation

After these steps you need to go to that new directory

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cd ~/gretl/git

And then, finally you just need to enter the following commands

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./configure --enable-build-doc --enable-build-addons  
make  
sudo make install  
cd ~  
sudo ldconfig  

Now you have gretl installed and accesible under the Applications menu in elementary OS.

Updating

To keep your gretl's installation up to date you just need to open Terminal and run the following commands:

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cd ~/gretl/git  
git pull  
./configure --enable-build-doc --enable-build-addons --with-odbc  
make  
sudo make install 
sudo ldconfig

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