/gdm-settings

An app to manage settings (including theme and background) of GNOME's Login Manager (GDM)

Primary LanguagePythonGNU Affero General Public License v3.0AGPL-3.0

Login Manager Settings (gdm-settings)

An app to change settings of Gnome's Display/Login Manager.

It is written in Python and provides a Graphical interface using GTK+ and LibAdwaita.

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How to Install?

Flatpak

This application is now available on FlatHub. Just search for 'gdm settings' or 'login manager settings' in your software store and install it if FlatHub is correctly configured on your computer. If not, click here for instructions on how to setup Flatpak and FlatHub on your computer.

Note: If available, it is recommended that you install distro-specific version of the app instead of this Flatpak.

On Arch/Manjaro

This app is available in the AUR as gdm-settings and gdm-settings-git (recommended). You can install it using your favorite AUR helper. For example,

yay -S gdm-settings-git

or

paru -S gdm-settings-git

or

pamac install gdm-settings-git

Note: I recommend installing gdm-settings-git instead of regular gdm-settings package because in this stage of development, gdm-settings-git, having new fixes included, may have fewer issues (relatively).

Manual Installation

First of all, make sure all build-time and run-time dependencies are installed

Method 1

  1. Download and extract this zip file (or this tar.gz file)
  2. Go to the folder where you extracted that file
  3. Open your terminal application in that folder
  4. Type meson build and press Enter
  5. Type meson install -C build and press Enter
  6. Type your password and press Enter

Method 2

First, make sure git is installed on your system then run the following commands in the terminal

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/realmazharhussain/gdm-settings
cd gdm-settings
meson build
meson install -C build

Dependencies

Run-time Dependencies

Build-time Dependencies

Note: Blueprint Compiler will automatically be downloaded and configured (only) for this app

How to install dependencies?

You need to run the following commands in terminal to install the dependencies

On Debian/Ubuntu

Note: LibAdwaita (libadwaita-1-dev) will only be available in Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22.04 or later

sudo apt install libadwaita-1-dev libglib2.0-dev python-gi-dev gettext #Runtime Dependencies
sudo apt install meson gobject-introspection #Build Dependencies

On Arch/Manjaro

sudo pacman -S libadwaita glib2 python-gobject gettext #Runtime Dependencies
sudo pacman -S meson gobject-introspection #Build Dependencies

On Fedora

sudo dnf install libadwaita-devel glib2-devel pygobject3-devel gettext #Runtime Dependencies
sudo dnf install meson gobject-introspection #Build Dependencies

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