How to install TortoiseHG with integration to Caja on Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS?

Solution 1:

It is still possible, but by manual installation of packages.

One can use the method below based on obtaining packages from Ubuntu 20.10:

# 1. Get the newest Mercurial with Python 3 support
cd ~/Downloads
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mercurial/5.5.1-1/+build/19906561/+files/mercurial-common_5.5.1-1_all.deb
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mercurial/5.5.1-1/+build/19906561/+files/mercurial_5.5.1-1_amd64.deb

# 2. Install Mercurial packages
sudo apt-get install ./mercurial*.deb -y

# 3. Get dependencies for TortoiseHg
sudo apt install python3-all-dev python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qsci python3-iniparse -y

# 4. Get sources of TortoiseHg
hg clone https://foss.heptapod.net/mercurial/tortoisehg/thg
cd thg
hg checkout 5.5.1

# 5. Compile TortoiseHg using Python 3
sudo apt-get install python-is-python3
make local
sudo python3 setup.py install

# 6. Install TortoiseHg extension for Caja
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/caja-python/extensions
cp /usr/local/share/nautilus-python/extensions/nautilus-thg.py ~/.local/share/caja-python/extensions/caja-thg.py

and then restart Caja with caja -q && caja.

As the result one will get full functionality of Mercurial with TortoiseHG front-end in Caja:

• the same emblems

  

• and dropdown menus

  

Notes:

1. 20201019 - Ubuntu 20.10 repositories provide python3-based Mercurial packages.
2. Ubuntu 20.10 have needed packages, so we can replace step 1 by sudo apt-get install mercurial and then proceed with next steps. I have tested this method on Ubuntu MATE 20.10. It works well!

Solution 2:

THANK YOU N0RBERT !!

One tweak to N0rbert's instructions: you may want to pull the "stable" branch of tortoise. As of today (6/2/2020) the "Shelf" feature is broken on main branch but is fixed in stable.

hg clone https://foss.heptapod.net/mercurial/tortoisehg/thg -r stable

(old: the command was: hg clone https://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg/ -r stable but it looks like that is now gone.)

After you complete all of N0rbert's instrutions, if you'd like an easy way to launch Tortoise, create a .desktop file:

gedit ~/.local/share/applications/tortoisehg.desktop

And paste in these lines (replace "developer" with your username) :

[Desktop Entry]
Name=TortoiseHG
Exec=/home/developer/tortoisehg/thg
Comment=Launch TortoiseHG
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/home/developer/tortoisehg/icons/thg_logo.ico

Now you can click the start menu ("Show Applications"), search for Tortoise, right-click it and add to favorites.