River
Library and CLI tool for monitoring the River Wayland Compositor.
Installation
- install dependencies
sh
sudo pacman -Syu meson json-glib gobject-introspection
sh
sudo dnf install meson gcc json-glib-devel gobject-introspection-devel
sh
sudo apt install meson libjson-glib-dev gobject-introspection
- clone repo
sh
git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
cd astal/lib/river
- 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 River reference.
CLI
sh
astal-river --help
Library
js
import River from "gi://AstalRiver"
const river = River.get_default()
for (const output of river.get_outputs()) {
print(output.name)
}
py
from gi.repository import AstalRiver as River
river = River.get_default()
for output in river.get_outputs():
print(output.get_name())
lua
local River = require("lgi").require("AstalRiver")
local river = River.River.get_default()
for _, o in ipairs(river.outputs) do
print(o.name)
end
vala
// Not yet documented