calamares/README.md

Calamares

Distribution-independent installer framework

Dependencies

• CMake >= 2.8.12
• Qt >= 5.3

Building

$ git submodule init
$ git submodule update
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
$ make

Design notes

• Backend
• lib should only depend on QtCore >=5.3, possibly boost::python
• common functions like partitioning
• works as job queue and executor
• plugin based to let distro-specific tasks be done in a distro-specific order
• Frontend
• QtWidgets >=5.3, other deps as needed
• themeable so branding can be done easily (plugin-based)
• presents a bunch of pages in a scripted order, enqueues jobs in the backend lib