Can we install ags on non-systemd distros like void linux or alpine linux?

[RipDr19]

[Aylur]

I don't know, I never tried, I don't use these systems. If other gobject based programs work there I don't see why this would not

[kotontrion]

It should work.

ags itself does is completely independent of the init system. The only thing that might break are maybe some of the services, as the optional dependencies for them might do. But as far as I know those aren't hard dependencies and work with different init systems as well.

There is also an open PR to add an ags package to void linux already.

[blacklightpy]

Yes, I use it. As for ags, you clone the repo, then run meson setup build and meson install -C build. For updating, you run meson setup --reconfigure build and meson install -C build.

For Aylur's dotfiles, follow the guide I posted at Aylur/dotfiles#100 for the required dependencies, and running it on musl libc.

[RottenHumanity]

@blacklightpy followed guide, got error after running meson setup build:

gutils| Run-time dependency pam found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake)

subprojects/gutils/meson.build:13:2: ERROR: Dependency "pam" not found, tried pkgconfig and cmake

[blacklightpy]

@delacemane Oops my bad. pam-devel should be installed for that. I must've missed it while I got some bad editing.

Edit: Nope, I just forgot to add it, will add it later.

[blacklightpy]

Will Astal break on non-systemd distros?

[Aylur]

it should not