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| author | Dave Davenport <qball@gmpclient.org> | 2017-03-24 09:44:08 +0100 |
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| committer | Dave Davenport <qball@gmpclient.org> | 2017-03-24 09:44:08 +0100 |
| commit | 42fa10da94b876dc026d2982d9393fe0f4f37db1 (patch) | |
| tree | 418ba391189560f00e04a72b380151f527c35632 /INSTALL.md | |
| parent | ce5b8c021601450409e57f42e91c6b164a9a57e8 (diff) | |
Update installation guide a bit.
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.md | 28 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ # Installation guide +This guide explains how to install rofi using its build system and how you can make debug builds. + +Rofi uses autotools (GNU Build system), for more information see +[here](https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Autotools-Introduction.html). + ## DEPENDENCY ### For building: @@ -20,6 +25,8 @@ * libcairo * libcairo-xcb * libglib2.0 >= 2.40 + * gmodule-2.0 + * gio-unix-2.0 * libstartup-notification-1.0 * libxkbcommon >= 0.5.0 * libxkbcommon-x11 @@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ The actual install, execute as root (if needed): make install ``` +The default installation prefix is: `/usr/local/` use `./configure --prefix={prefix}` to install into another location. ## Install a checkout from git @@ -59,6 +67,13 @@ The GitHub Pages version of these directions may be out of date. Please use [master-install]: https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/blob/master/INSTALL.md#install-a-checkout-from-git +Make a checkout: + +``` +git clone https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi +``` + + Pull in dependencies ``` @@ -142,7 +157,7 @@ make V=1 ### Debug build -Compile with debug symbols and no optimization +Compile with debug symbols and no optimization, this is useful for making backtraces: ``` make CFLAGS="-O0 -g3" clean rofi @@ -159,12 +174,15 @@ can then load the core in GDB. gdb rofi core ``` +> Where the core file is located and what its exact name is different on each distributions. Please consult the +> relevant documentation. + ## Install distribution ### Debian or Ubuntu ``` -apt-get install rofi +apt install rofi ``` @@ -174,3 +192,9 @@ rofi from [russianfedora repository](http://ru.fedoracommunity.org/repository) and also [Yaroslav's COPR (Cool Other Package Repo)](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/yaroslav/i3desktop/) + +### ArchLinux + +``` +pacman -S rofi +``` |