You'll need the following dependencies:
- cmake
- libcanberra-dev
- libdbus-glib-1-dev
- libgail-3-dev
- libgee-0.8-dev
- libglib2.0-dev
- libgranite-dev
- libgtk-3-dev
- libnotify-dev
- libpango1.0-dev
- libplank-dev
- libsqlite3-dev
- libunity-dev
- libzeitgeist-2.0-dev
- valac
It's recommended to create a clean build environment
mkdir build
cd build/
Run cmake to configure the build environment and then make all test to build and run tests
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
make all test
To install, use make install, then execute with pantheon-files
sudo make install
io.elementary.files