Install power options

Recommended: DistroPack (GTK Frontend, Tray & Daemon)

For most users, we recommend installing via DistroPack, which provides packages for Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/RHEL/Rocky, and Arch Linux with automatic handling of distribution-specific quirks.

GTK Frontend: Visit https://distropack.dev/Install/Package/TheAlexDev23/power-options/power-options-gtk for installation instructions specific to your distribution.

System Tray: Visit https://distropack.dev/Install/Package/TheAlexDev23/power-options/power-options-tray for installation instructions specific to your distribution.

Just the Daemon: Visit https://distropack.dev/Install/Package/TheAlexDev23/power-options/power-options-daemon for installation instructions specific to your distribution.

Arch Linux (AUR)

For Arch Linux users, AUR packages are also available:

  • GTK: power-options-gtk (stable) and power-options-gtk-git (bleeding edge)
  • Webview: power-options-webview (stable) and power-options-webview-git (bleeding edge)
  • System Tray: power-options-tray (stable) and power-options-tray-git (bleeding edge)
  • Just the daemon: power-options-daemon (stable) and power-options-daemon-git (bleeding edge)

Webview Frontend (Source or AUR only)

The webview frontend is currently not available on DistroPack and must be installed either from source or via AUR (for Arch Linux users).

From AUR (Arch Linux only):

yay -S power-options-webview  # or power-options-webview-git for bleeding edge

From source:

To build, requires dev libraries libsoup-3.0-dev, libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev and libxdo-dev (or the equivalent in your distro)

# dioxus-cli is required
cargo install dioxus-cli
git clone https://github.com/TheAlexDev23/power-options/ --depth=1
cd power-options/scripts
chmod +x *.sh
# Run as local user, will require sudo password
./install-webview.sh
# If installing for the first time
./setup.sh
# If updating
./update.sh

Installing from source (Alternative method)

If you prefer to build from source or DistroPack doesn’t support your distribution:

  • GTK:

To build, requires dev libraries libgtk4-dev libadwaita-1-dev (or the equivalent in your distro)

git clone https://github.com/TheAlexDev23/power-options/ --depth=1
cd power-options/scripts
chmod +x *.sh
# Run as local user, will require sudo password
./install-gtk.sh
# If installing for the first time
./setup.sh
# If updating
./update.sh
  • The system tray icon:
git clone https://github.com/TheAlexDev23/power-options/ --depth=1
cd power-options/scripts
chmod +x *.sh
# Run as local user, will require sudo password
./install-tray.sh
# If installing for the first time
./setup.sh
# If updating
./update.sh
  • Just the daemon:
git clone https://github.com/TheAlexDev23/power-options/ --depth=1
cd power-options/scripts
chmod +x *.sh
# Run as local user, will require sudo password
./install-daemon.sh
# If installing for the first time
./setup.sh
# If updating
./update.sh

Dependencies

For build dependendencies, refer to the installation guide above.

Mandatory:

  • lspci
  • lsusb
  • acpi

Optional:

  • iwlwifi compatible network card for network configuration
  • Intel sound card for audio configuration
  • Intel/AMD GPU for GPU configuration
  • xrandr: resolution/refresh rate control
  • brightnessctl: brightness control
  • ifconfig: ethernet blocking
  • xset: screen turn off timeout
  • xautolock: system suspend timeout

Webview frontend:

  • webkit2gtk
  • dioxus-cli

GTK frontend:

  • yad
  • libadwaita

Updating

If you’ve installed using DistroPack, your package manager should handle the updates automatically (e.g., sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade for Debian/Ubuntu, sudo dnf update for Fedora, or sudo pacman -Syu for Arch).

If you’ve installed using the AUR, your package manager should handle the updates.

If you’ve installed using install scripts, simply pull the latest changes and re-run the install scripts again and ./update.sh. Important, do not run ./uninstall.sh, ./setup.sh or power-daemon-mgr setup if you want to keep your profiles