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								# sway
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								**[English][en]** - [日本語][ja] - [Français][fr] - [Українська][uk] - [Español][es] - [Polski][pl] - [中文-简体][zh-CN] - [Deutsch][de] - [Nederlands][nl] - [Русский][ru] - [中文-繁體][zh-TW] - [Português][pt] - [Dansk][dk] - [한국어][ko] - [Română][ro] - [Magyar][hu] - [Türkçe][tr] - [فارسی][ir] - [Ελληνικά][gr]
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								sway is an [i3]-compatible [Wayland] compositor. Read the [FAQ]. Join the
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								[IRC channel] \(#sway on irc.libera.chat).
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								## Release Signatures
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								Releases are signed with [E88F5E48] and published [on GitHub][GitHub releases].
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								## Installation
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								### From Packages
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								Sway is available in many distributions. Try installing the "sway" package for
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								yours.
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								### Compiling from Source
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								Check out [this wiki page][Development setup] if you want to build the HEAD of
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								sway and wlroots for testing or development.
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								Install dependencies:
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								* meson \*
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								* [wlroots]
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								* wayland
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								* wayland-protocols \*
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								* pcre
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								* json-c
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								* pango
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								* gdk-pixbuf2 (optional: system tray)
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								* [scdoc] (optional: man pages) \*
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								* git (optional: version info) \*
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								_\* Compile-time dep_
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								Run these commands:
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								    meson build/
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								    ninja -C build/
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								    sudo ninja -C build/ install
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								On systems without logind nor seatd, you need to suid the sway binary:
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								    sudo chmod a+s /usr/local/bin/sway
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								Sway will drop root permissions shortly after startup.
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								## Configuration
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								If you already use i3, then copy your i3 config to `~/.config/sway/config` and
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								it'll work out of the box. Otherwise, copy the sample configuration file to
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								`~/.config/sway/config`. It is usually located at `/etc/sway/config`.
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								## Running
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								Run `sway` from a TTY. Some display managers may work but are not supported by
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								sway (gdm is known to work fairly well).
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								[uk]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/master/README.uk.md
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								[zh-TW]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/master/README.zh-TW.md
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								[pt]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/master/README.pt.md
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								[ro]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/master/README.ro.md
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								[hu]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/master/README.hu.md
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								[tr]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/master/README.tr.md
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								[ir]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/master/README.ir.md
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								[gr]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/master/README.gr.md
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								[i3]: https://i3wm.org/
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								[Wayland]: http://wayland.freedesktop.org/
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								[FAQ]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki
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								[IRC channel]: https://web.libera.chat/gamja/?channels=#sway
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								[E88F5E48]: https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=34FF9526CFEF0E97A340E2E40FDE7BE0E88F5E48
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								[GitHub releases]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases
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								[Development setup]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Development-Setup
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								[wlroots]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots
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								[scdoc]: https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc
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