INSTALL.md

Installation of menutray

• Required dependencies:

  • perl>=5.14.0
  • perl-gtk3 (Gtk3)
  • perl-data-dump (Data::Dump)
  • perl-linux-desktopfiles>=0.25 (Linux::DesktopFiles)

• Optional dependencies:

  • perl-file-desktopentry (File::DesktopEntry)

Installation process:

• place the menutray file inside your PATH
• place the schema.pl file inside /etc/xdg/menutray/ or ~/.config/menutray/

Running:

• to generate a new menu with icons, execute: menutray -i
• to generate a simple menu, without icons, execute: menutray -g
• to load an already generated menu, run menutray without any arguments.

Locale support:

• If File::DesktopEntry is installed, menutray will use it to provide locale support.

Customizing:

• the schema.pl file provides a direct customization access for the menu that will be generated.
• adding or removing a given entry from the schema.pl file is reflected inside the generated menu.

Packages:

• Arch Linux: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/menutray/