Battery
Library and CLI tool for monitoring upowerd devices.
Installation
- install dependencies
sh
sudo pacman -Syu meson vala json-glib gobject-introspection
sh
sudo dnf install meson gcc valac json-glib-devel gobject-introspection-devel
sh
sudo apt install meson valac libjson-glib-dev gobject-introspection
INFO
Although UPower is not a direct build dependency, it should be self-explanatory that the daemon is required to be available at runtime.
- clone repo
sh
git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
cd astal/lib/battery
- install
sh
meson setup build
meson install -C build
TIP
Most distros recommend manual installs in /usr/local
, which is what meson
defaults to. If you want to install to /usr
instead which most package managers do, set the prefix
option:
sh
meson setup --prefix /usr build
Usage
You can browse the Battery reference.
CLI
sh
astal-battery --help
Library
js
import Battery from "gi://AstalBattery"
const battery = Battery.get_default()
print(battery.percentage)
py
from gi.repository import AstalBattery as Battery
battery = Battery.get_default()
print(battery.get_percentage())
lua
local Battery = require("lgi").require("AstalBattery")
local battery = Battery.get_default()
print(battery.percentage)
vala
// Not yet documented