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Port details on branch 2025Q3
swaysettings GUI for setting Sway wallpaper, default apps, GTK themes, etc.
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Port Added: 2025-08-29 20:45:18
Last Update: 2025-08-29 20:40:21
Commit Hash: d2d55d4
License: GPLv3+
WWW:
https://github.com/ErikReider/SwaySettings
Description:
SwaySettings is a GUI for configuring your Sway desktop. Features: - Set and remove auto start apps - Change default apps - Change GTK theme settings (GTK theme is set per GTK4 color-scheme, ie dark and light mode) - Mouse and trackpad settings - Keyboard layout settings - Switch Wallpaper (selected wallpaper will be located at .cache/wallpaper) - Configure Sway Notification Center (package: swaync) - sway-wallpaper (a swaybg replacement) which includes a slick fade transition
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Manual pages:
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.erikreider.swaysettings.gschema.xml
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/swaysettings-0.5.0_1/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/swaysettings-0.5.0_1/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/swaysettings-0.5.0_1/GPLv3+
  5. bin/sway-autostart
  6. bin/sway-wallpaper
  7. bin/swaysettings
  8. share/appdata/org.erikreider.swaysettings.appdata.xml
  9. share/applications/org.erikreider.swaysettings.desktop
  10. share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.erikreider.swaysettings.svg
  11. share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/org.erikreider.swaysettings-symbolic.svg
  12. @owner
  13. @group
  14. @mode
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Dependency lines:
  • swaysettings>0:x11/swaysettings
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/x11/swaysettings/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install x11/swaysettings
  • pkg install swaysettings
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: swaysettings
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1734219716 SHA256 (ErikReider-SwaySettings-v0.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 3003d5651fbb6692a20788a26f4e8c2083416e9fa9b8dbb3a3def1af0fd1c582 SIZE (ErikReider-SwaySettings-v0.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 115704

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. blueprint-compiler : devel/blueprint-compiler
  2. gettext-runtime>=0.22_1 : devel/gettext-runtime
  3. msgfmt : devel/gettext-tools
  4. meson : devel/meson
  5. ninja : devel/ninja
  6. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  7. python3.11 : lang/python311
  8. valac : lang/vala
Library dependencies:
  1. libpulse.so : audio/pulseaudio
  2. libjson-glib-1.0.so : devel/json-glib
  3. libgee-0.8.so : devel/libgee
  4. libgtop-2.0.so : devel/libgtop
  5. libaccountsservice.so : sysutils/accountsservice
  6. libudisks2.so : sysutils/libudisks
  7. libgtk4-layer-shell.so : x11-toolkits/gtk4-layer-shell
  8. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  9. libatk-1.0.so : accessibility/at-spi2-core
  10. libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so : graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
  11. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  12. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  13. libgtk-4.so : x11-toolkits/gtk40
  14. libadwaita-1.so : x11-toolkits/libadwaita
  15. libxml2.so : textproc/libxml2
  16. libharfbuzz.so : print/harfbuzz
  17. libpango-1.0.so : x11-toolkits/pango
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Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
x11_swaysettings
USES:
compiler:c11 gettext gnome meson pkgconfig python:build shebangfix vala:build
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/ErikReider/SwaySettings/tar.gz/v0.5.0?dummy=/
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0.5.0_1
29 Aug 2025 20:40:21
commit hash: d2d55d4f8071a90b1b4e0e0e0a2a7e590a13b09ecommit hash: d2d55d4f8071a90b1b4e0e0e0a2a7e590a13b09ecommit hash: d2d55d4f8071a90b1b4e0e0e0a2a7e590a13b09ecommit hash: d2d55d4f8071a90b1b4e0e0e0a2a7e590a13b09e files touched by this commit
Jan Beich (jbeich) search for other commits by this committer
x11/swaysettings: drop maintainership

(cherry picked from commit e9f3feb73ddcbcad0977cc06a7a9a6a55a75686c)

Number of commits found: 1