INSTALL.md

Installation of obmenu-generator

• Required dependencies:

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

• Optional dependencies:

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

Installation process:

• place the obmenu-generator file inside your PATH
• place the schema.pl file inside ~/.config/obmenu-generator/

Running:

• to generate a dynamic menu with icons, execute: obmenu-generator -i -p
• to generate a static menu without icons, execute: obmenu-generator -s -c

Locale support:

• If File::DesktopEntry is installed, obmenu-generator 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.

Packages:

• Arch Linux
• Debian
• Slackware