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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..65dbe99 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +# System Monitor +GNOME System Monitor is a GNOME process viewer and system monitor with an attractive, +easy-to-use interface, It has features, such as a tree view for process dependencies, +icons for processes, the ability to hide processes that you don't want to see, +graphical time histories of CPU/memory/swap usage, +the ability to kill/renice processes needing root access, +as well as the standard features that you might expect from a process viewer. + +## License +This project is licensed under the **GNU General Public License v2.0**. [Learn more](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-2.0/) + +## Building +The steps described below show how to compile and install Gnome-System-Monitor from its source. + +### Install required dependencies +To build the application, the following dependencies are required: + +#### apt-get (Debian/Ubuntu/derivatives - deb-based package management) +Use the following command to install dependencies: +`sudo apt-get install meson gettext appstream-util itstool libglibmm-2.4-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev libgtop2-dev librsvg2-dev libxml2-dev libhandy-1-dev libsystemd-dev` + +#### dnf (Fedora/Centos/etc - rpm-based package management) +Use the following command to install dependencies: +`sudo dnf install meson gettext appstream itstool glibmm24-devel gtkmm30-devel libgtop2-devel librsvg2-devel libxml2-devel libhandy1-devel systemd-devel` + +#### Optional dependencies: +- polkit - recommended +- gksu2 +- libgnomesu +- libselinux +- lsb_release in PATH - recommended on linux +- libwnck + + +### Building and installing +Before following the steps below, clone the repository and change to its working directory. + +##### Configure and create the build directory with Meson. +`meson build` + +Where `build` is just a directory name, and is up to your chosing. +##### Build the application - this compiles the source. +`ninja -C build` + +##### Install the application on your system - required to run Gnome-System-Monitor. +`ninja -C build install` + +### Cleanup + +##### Use the following command to clean up the build directory and remove old build files. +`ninja -C build -t clean` + +##### Remove the build directory to rebuild from scratch. +`rm -rf build` + +## Bugs + +Please file System-Monitor bugs at: +https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-system-monitor/issues |