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mako

Last updated: 2024, Mon Jun 3rd at 13:54 CDT

A lightweight notification daemon for Wayland

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To Install: #

Preferred method

Mako should be installed though your package manager.

sudo pacman -S mako
sudo apt install mako
sudo dnf install mako
sudo zypper in mako

Build Instructions #

Info

Dependencies may be different than the names listed based on the distro.

Dependencies #
  • meson (build-time dependency)
  • wayland
  • pango
  • cairo
  • systemd, elogind or  basu (for the sd-bus library)
  • gdk-pixbuf (optional, for icons support)
  • dbus (runtime dependency, user-session support is required)
  • scdoc (optional, for man pages)
  • jq (optional, runtime dependency)
Build #
git clone https://github.com/emersion/mako
cd mako
meson build
ninja -C build
build/mako

Essentials #

There are example configurations and additional information located on the wiki.