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# swaylock
swaylock is a screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. It is compatible
with any Wayland compositor which implements the ext-session-lock-v1 Wayland
protocol.
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See the man page, [swaylock(1)](swaylock.1.scd), for instructions on using swaylock.
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## Release Signatures
Releases are signed with [E88F5E48](https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=34FF9526CFEF0E97A340E2E40FDE7BE0E88F5E48)
and published [on GitHub](https://github.com/swaywm/swaylock/releases). swaylock
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releases are managed independently of sway releases.
## Installation
### From Packages
Swaylock is available in many distributions. Try installing the "swaylock"
package for yours.
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### Compiling from Source
Install dependencies:
* meson \*
* wayland
* wayland-protocols \*
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* libxkbcommon
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* cairo
* gdk-pixbuf2 \*\*
* pam (optional)
* [scdoc](https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc) (optional: man pages) \*
* git \*
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_\* Compile-time dep_
_\*\* Optional: required for background images other than PNG_
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Run these commands:
meson build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install
On systems without PAM, you need to suid the swaylock binary:
sudo chmod a+s /usr/local/bin/swaylock
Swaylock will drop root permissions shortly after startup.