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Flatpak

Development Setup

sudo dnf install -y gcc rust rustfmt rust-analyzer cargo gtk4-devel openssl-devel libadwaita-devel meson ninja-build gtksourceview5-devel

Building

Development Build and Run

To build and run the development version:

cargo run

Release Build and Install

To build and install the release version:

./build-release.sh

Or to install to a custom prefix:

./build-release.sh /custom/prefix

This will:

• Configure a release build in build-release/ directory
• Compile the application with optimizations
• Install to the system (requires sudo for system directories)
• Compile GSettings schemas in the install location