Build error: "missing: VALA_EXECUTABLE"

[ljsalvatierra]

System

$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu-desktop 3.19.0-28-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 31 15:52:51 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Error

CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.3/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:148 (message):
  Could NOT find Vala (missing: VALA_EXECUTABLE)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/share/cmake-3.3/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:388 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
  cmake/FindVala.cmake:55 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
  CMakeLists.txt:25 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

As the INSTALL says, I did install:

• gtk+-3.0-dev
• libappindicator3-dev

Solution

$ sudo apt-get install valac

[N07070]

This helped me ! Thanks !

[tekknolagi]

This should perhaps be in INSTALL