Contents
Installed Programs:
swww and swww-daemon
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
None
Introduction to awww
The awww (Answer to your Wayland Wallpaper Woes) package provides a powerful wallpaper daemon for Wayland, controlled at runtime.
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Note
An Internet connection is needed for building this package. The system certificate store may need to be set up with make-ca before building this package.
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Download (HTTP): https://codeberg.org/LGFae/awww/archive/v0.11.2.tar.gz
awww Dependencies
Required
Rustc, Wayland, and Wayland-Protocols
Optional
dav1d and scdoc-1.11.3 (to build the man pages)
Installation of awww
Install awww by running the following commands:
cargo build --release
To test the results, issue: cargo test --release.
If you installed scdoc and wish to build the man pages, execute the following commands:
./doc/gen.sh
Now, as the root user:
install -vDm755 target/release/swww -t /usr/bin/ && install -vDm755 target/release/swww-daemon -t /usr/bin/
If you wish to install shell completions, execute the relevant
commands for your shell(s) as the root user:
install -vDm644 completions/swww.bash /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/swww install -vDm644 completions/_swww -t /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/ install -vDm644 completions/swww.fish -t /usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/
If you built the man pages, install them as the root user:
install -vDm644 doc/generated/* -t /usr/share/man/man1/
Command Explanations
--features=avif: Use this switch if you
want to be able to display AVIF images (requires dav1d).