rofi/INSTALL.md

Installation guide:

Install from a release

Check dependencies and configure build system:

./configure

Build Rofi:

make

The actual install, execute as root (if needed):

make install

Install a checkout from git

Generate build system:

autoreconf -i

Create a build directory:

mkdir build

Check dependencies and configure build system:

../configure

Build rofi:

make

The actual install, execute as root (if needed):

make install

Options for configure

When you run the configure step there are several you can configure. (To see the full list type ./configure --help ).

The most useful one to set the installation prefix:

./configure --prefix=<installation path>

f.e.

./configure --prefix=/usr/

or to install locally:

./configure --prefix=${HOME}/.local/