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# i3status
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## Description
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i3status is a small program for generating a status bar for i3bar, dzen2, xmobar
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or similar programs. It is designed to be very efficient by issuing a very small
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number of system calls, as one generally wants to update such a status line
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every second. This ensures that even under high load, your status bar is updated
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correctly. Also, it saves a bit of energy by not hogging your CPU as much as
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spawning the corresponding amount of shell commands would.
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## Development
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i3status has the following dependencies:
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* libconfuse-dev
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* libyajl-dev
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* libasound2-dev
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* libnl-genl-3-dev
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* meson (compile-time only dependency)
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* asciidoc (only for the documentation)
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* libpulse-dev (for getting the current volume using PulseAudio)
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On debian-based systems, the following line will install all requirements:
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```bash
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apt-get install autoconf libconfuse-dev libyajl-dev libasound2-dev libiw-dev asciidoc libpulse-dev libnl-genl-3-dev meson
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```
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On OpenBSD, the following line will install some of the requirements:
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```bash
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pkg_add autoconf libconfuse libyajl asciidoc pluseaudio meson
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```
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## Upstream
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i3status is developed at https://github.com/i3/i3status
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## Compilation
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Prefer installing i3status via your Linux distribution’s package manager.
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If you absolutely have to build from source, use:
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```bash
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mkdir build
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cd build
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meson ..
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ninja
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sudo ninja install
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```
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