Bar Assistant is an open-source, minimalist system monitoring and management tool for Linux-based operating systems. It provides a compact interface to check system information at a glance, such as CPU usage, RAM usage, disk space, and network activity. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure Bar Assistant on EndeavourOS.
Before starting with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing Bar Assistant, you need to install some dependencies required for its proper working. To do this, open a terminal window and execute the following command.
sudo pacman -Syu git make
Once the command is executed, it will prompt you to provide the system password. Enter the password and hit the Enter key to continue with the installation process.
After installing the required dependencies, it's time to clone the Bar Assistant repository from GitHub. To do this, execute the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/karlomikus/bar-assistant.git
Once the repository is cloned successfully, move into the cloned directory by executing the following command.
cd bar-assistant
The repository contains a Makefile that makes the installation process easy. Execute the following command to install Bar Assistant.
sudo make install
It will install Bar Assistant on your system.
After installing Bar Assistant, you can run it by executing the following command.
bar-assistant
It will launch Bar Assistant on your system. You can now check your system resource usage and other stats by using Bar Assistant.
By default, Bar Assistant uses the X window system, which makes it available only on X-based environments like GNOME, Xfce, etc. If you want to use it in a Wayland-based environment, you need to configure it manually.
To configure Bar Assistant for Wayland, install the wayland-devel package by executing the following command in the terminal.
sudo pacman -S wayland-devel
After installing the wayland-devel package, open the Makefile using a text editor.
nano Makefile
Find the following line in the Makefile:
# Flags to pass to the compiler
CFLAGS=-I/usr/include/cairo -L/usr/lib -lX11 -lcairo -lXext
Replace it with the following line:
# Flags to pass to the compiler
CFLAGS=-I/usr/include/cairo -L/usr/lib -lcairo -lwayland-client
Save the changes and exit the file. Now, you can install and use Bar Assistant on a Wayland-based environment.
In this tutorial, we have covered the installation process of Bar Assistant on EndeavourOS Latest. We have also shown you how to configure it to work on a Wayland-based environment. You can now use Bar Assistant to monitor your system resource usage and other stats.
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