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## Installation instructions
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SDDM uses CMake to configure and build the project.
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1. From the project root, create a build directory: `mkdir build`
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2. From the build directory, run cmake to the project root. Eg: `cd build && cmake ..`
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3. To build, run `make`.
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4. To install, run `make install`.
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CMake accepts a number of standard and extra arguments:
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- BUILD_MAN_PAGES, pass -DBUILD_MAN_PAGES=ON to build man pages
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- ENABLE_JOURNALD, pass -DENABLE_JOURNALD=OFF
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to disable logging to the journal
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By default, a debug build is created. To build for production, use
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`cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release`.
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To see all the possible arguments, run `cmake -L ..`.
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For documentation on standard CMake variables, see:
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http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/manual/cmake-variables.7.html
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### Post-installation steps
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By default, SDDM runs as its own user. An `sddm` user needs to be created, with
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its home set to `/var/lib/sddm` by default.
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### Dependencies
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SDDM depends on PAM for authorization and XCB to communicate with the X server.
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Apart from other things, it also depends on Qt for the user interface and event
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loop management.
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SDDM can optionally make use of logind (the systemd login manager API) or
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upower to enable support for suspend, hibernate etc.
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In order to build the man pages, you will need `rst2man` installed. It is
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provided by the python `docutils` package
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Note that SDDM makes use of C++11 features for a modern and clean codebase,
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therefore it needs a recent version of GCC to compile (4.7 at least).
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