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@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Also needs a UTF8 locale and a font that covers: 3. **(Optional) Set suid bit to make btop always run as root (or other user)** - No need for `sudo` to enable signal sending to any process and to prevent /proc read permissions problems on some systems. + Enables signal sending to any process without starting with `sudo` and can prevent /proc read permissions problems on some systems. * **Run setuid.sh or:** @@ -175,11 +175,19 @@ Also needs a UTF8 locale and a font that covers: sudo make uninstall ``` +* **Show help** + + ```bash + make help + ``` + ## Compilation Needs GCC 10 or higher, (GCC 11 or above strongly recommended for better CPU efficiency in the compiled binary). - The makefile also needs GNU coreutils and sed (should already be installed on any modern distribution). + Only 64-bit for now. + + The makefile also needs GNU coreutils and `sed` (should already be installed on any modern distribution). 1. **Install dependencies (example for Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute)** @@ -197,7 +205,11 @@ Also needs a UTF8 locale and a font that covers: 3. **Compile** - Notice! Manually set $ARCH if cross-compiling + Append `STATIC=true` to `make` command for static compilation. + + Notice! Manually set `$ARCH` variable if cross-compiling + + Use `$ADDFLAGS` variable for appending flags to both compiler and linker. ``` bash make @@ -239,6 +251,12 @@ Also needs a UTF8 locale and a font that covers: make distclean ``` +* **Show help** + + ```bash + make help + ``` + ## Configurability All options changeable from within UI. @@ -442,7 +460,7 @@ optional arguments: -lc, --low-color disable truecolor, converts 24-bit colors to 256-color -t, --tty_on force (ON) tty mode, max 16 colors and tty friendly graph symbols +t, --tty_off force (OFF) tty mode - --utf-foce force start even if no UTF-8 locale was detected + --utf-foce force start even if no UTF-8 locale was detected --debug start in DEBUG mode: shows microsecond timer for information collect and screen draw functions and sets loglevel to DEBUG ``` |