Linux® From Scratch - Quality of Life (System V Edition) - Version #7844

Chapter 10. Launchers

Rofi-Wayland-1.7.8+wayland1

Introduction to Rofi-Wayland

Rofi-Wayland provides an application launcher for the X Window System as well as Wayland. It has the same functionality as Rofi-1.7.8 and more. If you only use the X Window System, you can just install Rofi-1.7.8 instead.

Rofi-Wayland Dependencies

Required

gdk-pixbuf, GLib2, libxcb, libxkbcommon, Pango (with Cairo), startup-notification, Wayland, Wayland-Protocols, and XCB Utilities

Recommended

hicolor-icon-theme

Optional

XCBImdkit

Installation of Rofi-Wayland

Install Rofi-Wayland by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Contents

Installed Programs: rofi, rofi-sensible-terminal, and rofi-theme-selector
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/include/rofi and /usr/share/rofi/themes

Short Descriptions

rofi

is an X11 and Wayland application laucher

rofi-sensible-terminal

invokes the default terminal

rofi-theme-selector

changes the theme used for rofi's UI