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It's about WHY NOT. Why is so much of our science dangerous? Why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you on the butt on the way out, because you are fired.\" — Cave Johnson (Portal 2)\n\n\u003e Read [ARGS.md](ARGS.md) for information about command line arguments.\n\n## Building\nNote that the executable's name depends on the target platform.\nYou can use `make install` to install and `make uninstall` to remove it.\n\n### Xmake\nI've been experimenting with using [Xmake](https://xmake.io/#/) for building instead of make, you can test this by installing it and running\n```console\nxmake\n```\nPlease leave feedback to improve this if you want\n\n### *nix:\n```console\nmake\n```\n\n### Windows (using [MSYS2](https://msys2.org)):\nReplace `gcc` with `clang`, if you want. But then don't forget to start proper shortcut `MSYS2 CLANG64`.\n```console\npacman -S --noconfirm git make pkgconf pactoys\npacboy -S --noconfirm gcc:p\ngit clone https://github.com/MrGlockenspiel/activate-linux\ncd activate-linux\nexport backends=gdi\nmake\n```\n\n## Linux\n\n### Dependencies\nThis project depends on:\n- [`libcairo2-dev`](https://cairographics.org)\n- [`libxi-dev`](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxi)\n- [`libx11-dev`](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11)\n- `x11proto-core-dev`\n- [`x11proto-dev`](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/x11proto)\n- [`libxt-dev`](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxt)\n- [`libxext-dev`](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxext)\n- [`libxfixes-dev`](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxfixes)\n- [`libxinerama-dev`](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxinerama)\n- [`libxrandr-dev`](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxrandr)\n- [`libwayland-dev`](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland)\n- [`wayland-protocols`](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols)\n\nOptional dependencies:\n- [`libconfig-dev`](https://hyperrealm.github.io/libconfig)\n\nThose packages may be installed (in Debian-based distros) like this:\n```console\nsudo apt install libconfig-dev libcairo2-dev libxi-dev libx11-dev x11proto-core-dev x11proto-dev \\\nlibxt-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev libwayland-dev wayland-protocols\n```\n\n\n### Installing\n\n#### Ubuntu\n@eddelbuettel runs a PPA with activate linux in it, so it can be installed with:\n```console\nsudo add-apt-repository ppa:edd/misc\nsudo apt update\nsudo apt install activate-linux\n```\n\n#### Arch Linux\nThis project is in the AUR under [activate-linux-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/activate-linux-git).\n\nInstall/uninstall it using your favorite AUR helper.\n\n#### Nix (NixOS)\nThis repository is a flake. Run it using `nix run \"github:MrGlockenspiel/activate-linux\"`.\n\n#### Gentoo\n@Plexvola maintains an ebuild for activate-linux and can be installed with the following\n```console\neselect repository enable vaacus\nemerge --sync vaacus\nemerge -av activate-linux\n```\n\n#### openSUSE / SLE\nThe package is built for various releases on\n[OBS](https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:tschmitz:activate-linux/activate-linux).\n\nInstallation instructions for your specific distribution are available here:\n**[https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Atschmitz%3Aactivate-linux\u0026package=activate-linux](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Atschmitz%3Aactivate-linux\u0026package=activate-linux)**\n\nHere are the Tumbleweed instructions:\n```console\nzypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:tschmitz:activate-linux/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:tschmitz:activate-linux.repo\nzypper refresh\nzypper install activate-linux\n```\n\n#### Fedora\nThe package is built for various releases on\n[OBS](https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:tschmitz:activate-linux/activate-linux).\n\nInstallation instructions for your specific distribution are available here:\n**[https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Atschmitz%3Aactivate-linux\u0026package=activate-linux](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Atschmitz%3Aactivate-linux\u0026package=activate-linux)**\n\nHere are the Fedora Rawhide instructions:\n```console\ndnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:tschmitz:activate-linux/Fedora_Rawhide/home:tschmitz:activate-linux.repo\ndnf install activate-linux\n```\n\n## Windows\n\n### Scoop\n\nYou can install it on the [Extras](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Extras) bucket:\n```powershell\nscoop bucket add extras # Ensure bucket is added first\nscoop install activate-linux\n```\n\n\n## MacOS (Horrific)\n\n### Dependencies\n\nUse MacPorts to install the following, then build normally.\n\n- `xorg-server`\n- `cairo`\n- `xorg-libXinerama`\n\nAlternatively, you can use [this](https://github.com/Lakr233/ActivateMac) project instead because it actually works properly.\n\n## Example:\n\n![screenshot](screenshot.png)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FMrGlockenspiel%2Factivate-linux","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2FMrGlockenspiel%2Factivate-linux","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FMrGlockenspiel%2Factivate-linux/lists"}