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# swaylock
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swaylock is a screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. It is compatible
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with any Wayland compositor which implements the following Wayland protocols:
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- wlr-layer-shell
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- wlr-input-inhibitor
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- xdg-output
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- xdg-shell
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2019-01-13 20:30:20 -06:00
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See the man page, `swaylock(1)`, for instructions on using swaylock.
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## Release Signatures
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Releases are signed with [B22DA89A](http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x52CB6609B22DA89A)
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and published [on GitHub](https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases). swaylock
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releases are managed independently of sway releases.
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## Installation
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### From Packages
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2019-01-13 20:30:20 -06:00
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Sway is available in many distributions. Try installing the "swaylock" package
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for yours. If it's not available, check out [this wiki
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page](https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Unsupported-packages) for information
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on installation for your distributions.
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If you're interested in packaging sway for your distribution, stop by the IRC
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channel or shoot an email to sir@cmpwn.com for advice.
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### Compiling from Source
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Install dependencies:
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* meson \*
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* wayland
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* wayland-protocols \*
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* pango
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* cairo
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* gdk-pixbuf2 \*\*
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* pam (optional)
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* [scdoc](https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc) (optional: man pages) \*
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* git \*
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_\*Compile-time dep_
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_\*\*optional: required for background images other than PNG_
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Run these commands:
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meson build
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ninja -C build
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sudo ninja -C build install
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On systems without PAM, you need to suid the swaylock binary:
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sudo chmod a+s /usr/local/bin/swaylock
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Swaylock will drop root permissions shortly after startup.
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