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Calamares
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=========
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Distribution-independent installer framework
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### Dependencies
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* CMake >= 2.8.12
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* Qt >= 5.3
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* yaml-cpp >= 0.5.1
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* Python >= 3.3
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* Boost.Python >= 1.55.0
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Additional dependencies, only for the partitioning module:
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* extra-cmake-modules
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* kconfig (part of KF5)
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* solid (part of KF5)
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* kcoreaddons (part of KF5)
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* ki18n (part of KF5)
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### Building
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```
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$ git submodule init
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$ git submodule update
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$ mkdir build
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$ cd build
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$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
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$ make
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```
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### Design notes
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Calamares is currently split as follows:
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* libcalamares - the backend library,
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* only depends on QtCore, yaml-cpp, Python and Boost.Python,
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* provides a job queue and generic jobs,
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* comes with 3 job interfaces: C++, Python and process (the latter is very limited);
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* libcalamaresui - the frontend library,
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* same dependencies as libcalamares, plus QtWidgets and other Qt modules,
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* comes with a module loading system, for different kinds of plugins,
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* themeable so branding can be done easily (plugin-based, TBD),
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* presents a bunch of pages in a scripted order, enqueues jobs in the backend library;
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* calamares - the main executable,
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* a thin wrapper around libcalamaresui, starts up and plugs together all the parts.
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