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HelixTrack Screensaver

The HelixTrack screensaver for the Mate desktop environment.

How to install

Follow these installation instructions:

  • Clone the Software Toolkit into the desired directory and cd into it

  • Execute the initialize.sh:

    initialize.sh ~/Documents/Project_Directory "My project name"

    Where 1st parameter is path for the installation and the 2nd one is the name of the toolkit project to assign,

  • Once all Git submodules are initialized and cloned add the Installable module's directory into the system path

  • Reload your .bashrc or .zasrc configuration

  • Download or clone the Screensaver into the desired directory and cd into it

  • Execute: install.sh, this will execute the prepare.sh and install.sh scripts from the Recipes directory.

Installation will be performed by default into the /usr/share/applications/screensavers directory. To override this, export the environment variable HELIX_TRACK_SCREENSAVER_DIR with the value of desired path. For example:

export HELIX_TRACK_SCREENSAVER_DIR="/home/user/somewehere/to/install"