INSTALL.md

Installation of fbmenugen

• Required dependencies:

  • perl>=5.14.0
  • perl-gtk3 (Gtk3) (for icons)
  • perl-data-dump (Data::Dump)
  • perl-linux-desktopfiles>=0.25 (Linux::DesktopFiles)

• Optional dependencies:

  • perl-file-desktopentry (File::DesktopEntry)

Installation process:

• place the fbmenugen file inside your PATH
• place the schema.pl file inside ~/.config/fbmenugen/

Running:

• to generate a menu with icons, execute: fbmenugen -i
• to generate a menu without icons, execute: fbmenugen

Locale support:

• If File::DesktopEntry is installed, fbmenugen will use it to provide locale support.

Customizing:

• the schema.pl file provides a direct customization access to the menu that will be generated.
• adding or removing a given entry from the schema.pl file, is reflected inside the generated menu.

Availability:

• Arch Linux