Installing Meld for Git on CentOS

As a developer using Git, you may be familiar with the need to visually compare and merge files. One popular tool for this task is Meld, which provides a user-friendly interface for file comparison and merging. If you're running CentOS, you can easily install Meld using the following steps.

However, if you're trying to follow the official README instructions, you may encounter some issues. I recently tried installing Meld on my Ubuntu 20.10 system, and ran into some unexpected problems. Specifically, I found that the installation process installed the meld package in `/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/` instead of the expected location at `/usr/share`. Additionally, the executable was placed in `/usr/local/bin` rather than `/usr/bin`, which may be due to the way files were installed on my system.

After installing the necessary packages using `sudo apt install git build-essential meson ninja-build gettext libgtk-3-dev python-gi-dev python3-cairo-dev appstream-util libgtksourceview-4-dev`, I was able to successfully compile Meld. However, when I attempted to run meld, I encountered a `ModuleNotFoundError` with the message 'No module named 'meld''. This error occurred even though the installation process seemed to complete without issues.

After some troubleshooting, I found that the problem was caused by the incorrect installation directory of the meld package. By enabling 'source code' in Sources & Updates, I was able to locate the correct directory and run Meld successfully.

If you're facing similar issues while trying to install Meld on CentOS or Ubuntu, make sure to follow the official instructions carefully and pay attention to the installation location of the meld package. With a little patience and troubleshooting, you should be able to get Meld up and running in no time.

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