README.md
1# dhcpcd-ui
2
3dhcpcd-ui is the graphical interface to
4[dhcpcd](http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd).
5
6It has a helper library in C to try and minimize any toolkit
7specific parts.
8
9There are GTK+-2 (works with GTK+-3) and Qt (works with Qt-4 and Qt-5)
10front ends.
11dhcpcd-curses is very much a work in progress and is only informative
12at this stage.
13
14dhcpcd-online can report on network availability from dhcpcd
15(requires dhcpcd-6.4.4)
16
17---
18
19## Build options
20
21Switches to control building of various parts:
22 * `--with-dhcpcd-online`
23 * `--with-gtk`
24 * `--with-qt`
25 * `--with-icons`
26 * `--enable-notification`
27For each `--with` there is a `--without` and for each `--enable` a `--disable`.
28If each part is not specified then the configure will test the system
29for the needed libraries to build and install it.
30
31### Notifications
32
33Notifications are dependant on the chosen platform.
34GTK+ will get them if libnotify is present.
35Qt will get them by default.
36