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# GNOME Session Manager
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The GNOME session manager is in charge of starting the core components of the
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GNOME desktop, and applications that should be launched at login time. This
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module is also a natural place for various configuration files that define
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important settings that are applied to the GNOME desktop, such as selecting
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which xdg-desktop-portal backends to use.
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You may download updates to the package from: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-session/
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## Contributing
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To discuss `gnome-session`, you should use the
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[GNOME support forum](https://discourse.gnome.org/c/platform/).
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`gnome-session` development happens on
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[GNOME's GitLab](http://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session).
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You will need to create an account to contribute.
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Bugs should be reported to the
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[`gnome-session` issue tracker](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/-/issues/).
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Please read the
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[GNOME Handbook's Guidance](https://handbook.gnome.org/issues/reporting.html)
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on how to prepare a useful bug report.
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Patches can be contributed by
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[opening a merge request](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/-/merge_requests).
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Please read the
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[GNOME Handbook's Guidance](https://handbook.gnome.org/development.html)
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on how to prepare a successful merge request.
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## Building and Installing
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Before you can build `gnome-session`, you need the following dependencies:
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- A C compiler
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- Meson
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- Ninja
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- `json-glib`
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- `systemd`
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- `gtk3`
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- `gnome-desktop3`
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If you're building with X11 support, you'll also need:
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- `libX11`
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- `libSM`
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- `libICE`
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- `xtrans`
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- `libglvnd`
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- `libepoxy`
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- `libXcomposite`
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Once you have all the necessary dependencies, you can use Meson to build
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`gnome-session`:
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```
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$ meson setup _build
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$ meson compile -C_build
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```
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And finally, you can use Meson to install `gnome-session` to your system:
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```
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$ sudo meson install -C_build
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```
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