/archlinux-driver-manager

A driver manager for Arch Linux

Primary LanguageRustMozilla Public License 2.0MPL-2.0

Archlinux Driver Manager

A tool to detect and install drivers for hardware on Arch Linux.

Discord Server License: MPL v2.0 GitHub release (latest by date) Release Pre-Release (Git)

Note: This project should not carry any RebornOS-specific configuration except for the application packaging files (PKGBUILD, build scripts), icons, and launch scripts. Use the archlinux-driver-manager-db project for other RebornOS-specific configuration.

Cloning

In order to download the source code to your local computer for testing, or for development, you can clone from the remote repository using either SSH, or HTTPS. Below are instructions on how to do so using Gitlab hosted code as remote.

HTTPS

git clone https://github.com/RebornOS-Developers/archlinux-driver-manager.git

OR

SSH

git clone git@github.com:RebornOS-Developers/archlinux-driver-manager.git

Local development

1. Build

The below script will build the program (and install any prerequisites). Change to the project directory (cd archlinux-driver-manager) and run the below. You can specify any commandline parameters to cargo build by passing it to the below script

sh scripts/build.sh

2. Run

Change to the project directory (cd archlinux-driver-manager) and run the below. You can specify any commandline parameters to archlinux-driver-manager by passing it to the below script

sh scripts/run.sh

Packaging

Change to the project directory (cd archlinux-driver-manager) and run any of the below scripts:

  • sh packaging/setup.sh <MODE>: Builds and installs a package

  • sh packaging/build-package.sh <MODE>: Just builds a package without installing it locally

  • sh packaging/install-package.sh <MODE>: Just installs a package locally, except if no built package is detected, a package is built.

  • where <MODE> can be one of the below

    1. local: Selects archlinux-driver-manager-local from the local project that you have cloned already.
    2. git: Selects archlinux-driver-manager-git from the latest git commit.
    3. stable: Selects archlinux-driver-manager from the git tag corresponding to the pkgver specified in the PKGBUILD. If pkgver=0.0.1, then the git tag v0.0.1 is used for packaging.

Note: Any additional parameters passed to the above scripts are automatically sent to makepkg or pacman (whichever is applicable).