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Instructions on the GitHub Pages version track the stable release. It would be nice to know that the "Install a checkout from git" section on the site may be out of date. Issue #350, #365
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# Installation guide
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## DEPENDENCY
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### For building:
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* C compiler that supports the c99 standard. (gcc or clang)
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* make
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* autoconf
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* automake (1.11.3 or up)
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* pkg-config
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* Developer packages of the external libraries
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### External libraries
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* libpango
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* libpangocairo
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* libcairo
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* libcairo-xcb
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* libglib2.0 >= 2.40
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* libx11
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* libstartup-notification-1.0
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* libxkbcommon
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* libxkbcommon-x11
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* libxcb (sometimes split, you need libxcb, libxcb-xkb and libxcb-xinerama)
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* libx11-xcb
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* xcb-util
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* xcb-util-wm (sometimes split as libxcb-ewmh and libxcb-icccm)
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On debian based systems, the developer packages are in the form of: `<package>-dev` on rpm based
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`<package>-devel`.
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### Optional:
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* For i3 support, you need at least i3 version 4.5 or up.
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Make sure that 'i3/ipc.h' is included. If it fails please check
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config.log.
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## Install from a release
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Check dependencies and configure build system:
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```
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./configure
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```
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Build Rofi:
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```
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make
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```
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The actual install, execute as root (if needed):
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```
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make install
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```
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## Install a checkout from git
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The GitHub Pages version of these directions may be out of date. Please use
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[INSTALL.md from the online repo][master-install] or your local repository.
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[master-install]: https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/blob/master/INSTALL.md#install-a-checkout-from-git
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Pull in dependencies
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```
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git submodule update --init
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```
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Generate build system:
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```
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autoreconf -i
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```
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Create a build directory:
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```
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mkdir build
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```
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Enter build directory:
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```
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cd build
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```
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Check dependencies and configure build system:
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```
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../configure
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```
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Build rofi:
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```
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make
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```
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The actual install, execute as root (if needed):
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```
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make install
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```
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## Options for configure
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When you run the configure step there are several you can configure. (To see the full list type
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`./configure --help` ).
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The most useful one to set the installation prefix:
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```
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./configure --prefix=<installation path>
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```
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f.e.
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```
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./configure --prefix=/usr/
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```
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### Install locally
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or to install locally:
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```
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./configure --prefix=${HOME}/.local/
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```
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### I3 workaround
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If i3 is installed in a non-standard prefix, point it to the right location using:
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CFLAGS="-I/weird/i3/path/include/" ../configure
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CFLAGS="-I/weird/i3/path/include/" make
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```
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## Options for make
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When you run make you can tweak the build process a little.
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### Verbose output
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Show the commands called:
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make V=1
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```
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### Debug build
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Compile with debug symbols and no optimization
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```
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make CFLAGS="-O0 -g3" clean rofi
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```
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### Get a backtrace
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Getting a backtrace using GDB is not very handy. Because if rofi get stuck, it grabs keyboard and
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mouse. So if it crashes in GDB you are stuck.
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The best way to go is to enable core file. (ulimit -c unlimited in bash) then make rofi crash. You
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can then load the core in GDB.
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```
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gdb rofi core
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```
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## Install distribution
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### Debian or Ubuntu
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```
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apt-get install rofi
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```
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### Fedora
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rofi from [russianfedora repository](http://ru.fedoracommunity.org/repository)
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and also
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Copr (Cool Other Package Repo) https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/region51/rofi/
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