diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 71 |
1 files changed, 71 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ + + *** This project is not dead, but needs a maintainer *** + *** Please contact the author if you're interested *** + + +HardInfo is a system profiler and benchmark for Linux systems. It is able to +obtain information from both hardware and basic software, and organize them +in a simple to use GUI. + +Features include: +- Report generation (in either HTML or plain text) +- Benchmark result synchronization +- Ability to explore the information on remote computers + + +DEPENDENCIES +------------ + +Required: +- GTK+ 2.10 (or newer) +- GLib 2.10 (or newer) + +Optional (for synchronization/remote): +- Libsoup 2.24 (or newer) + +If having trouble building with libsoup, disable it with: + cmake -DHARDINFO_NOSYNC=1 + +BUILDING +-------- + +HardInfo previously used a hand-made Makefile and configure scripts, but it +is now using CMake. This makes the job of maintaining HardInfo simpler and +also produces better binaries. + +To build, it is recommended to create a build directory and build from +there: + + hardinfo $ mkdir build + hardinfo $ cd build + build $ cmake .. + build $ make + +There are some variables that can be changed: + + CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Can be either Release or Debug + [Default: Release] Debug builds prints messages to console + and are not recommended for general use + CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX Sets the installation prefix. + [Default: /usr/local] + +To set a variable, pass use cmake's -D command-line parameter. For example: + + build $ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug + +SETTING UP +---------- + +Most things in HardInfo are detected automatically. However, some things +depends on manual set up. They are: + +Sensors +------- + +lm-sensors: If your computer is compatible with lm-sensors module, use the +"sensors-detect" program included with the lm-sensors package, and be sure +to have the detected kernel modules loaded. + +hddtemp: To obtain the hard disk drive temperature, be sure to run hddtemp +in daemon mode, using the default port. + |