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### Calamares: Distribution-Independent Installer Framework
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| [![Build Status](http://calamares.io/ci/buildStatus/icon?job=calamares-master)](http://calamares.io/ci/job/calamares-master/) | [Report a Bug](http://calamares.io/bugs/) | [Contribute](https://github.com/calamares/calamares/blob/master/HACKING.md) | [Translate](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/calamares/) | Freenode (IRC): #calamares |
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### Dependencies
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| Main | Partitioning Module |
|:----:|:-------------------:|
| CMake >= 2.8.12 | extra-cmake-modules |
| Qt >= 5.3 | kconfig (part of KF5) |
| yaml-cpp >= 0.5.1 | solid (part of KF5) |
| Python >= 3.3 | kcoreaddons (part of KF5) |
| Boost.Python >= 1.55.0 | ki18n (part of KF5) |
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### Deployment
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[__Setting up branding__](https://github.com/calamares/calamares/blob/master/src/branding/README.md)
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[__Working with modules__](https://github.com/calamares/calamares/blob/master/src/modules/README.md)
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### Building
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Clone Calamares from GitHub and `cd` into the calamares directory, then:
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```
$ git submodule init
$ git submodule update
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$ mkdir build
$ cd build
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$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWITH_PARTITIONMANAGER=1 ..
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$ make
```
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### Design Notes
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Calamares is currently split as follows:
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1. __libcalamares__ - The back-end library.
* Only depends on QtCore, yaml-cpp, Python and Boost.Python.
* Provides a job queue and generic jobs.
* Comes with 3 job interfaces: C++, Python and process (the latter is very limited).
2. __libcalamaresui__ - The front-end library.
* Same dependencies as libcalamares, plus QtWidgets and other Qt modules.
* Comes with a module loading system, for different kinds of plugins.
* Themeable, so branding can be done easily (plugin-based, TBD).
* Presents a bunch of pages in a scripted order, enqueues jobs in the back-end library.
3. __calamares__ - The main executable.
* A thin wrapper around libcalamaresui; starts up and plugs together all the parts.