4 Installation

Follow these steps to install BashStyle-NG on your system:

  1. Clone the Repository
    First, clone the latest source code from the official repository using Git:
    git clone https://gitlab.com/Nanolx/bashstyle-ng.git
    cd bashstyle-ng
    
  2. Configure the Build
    Run the configuration script to check for dependencies and prepare the installation paths. No extra tools are needed as BashStyle-NG’s configure and make are written in Bash:
    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
    
  3. Build translations, documentation and manpages
    Use make to build installable translations, documentation and manpages
    ./make build
    
  4. Install the Application
    Use make with root privileges to install
    sudo ./make install
    
  5. Launch the Tool
    Once installed, you can start the graphical user interface by running:
    bashstyle
    

Uninstallation

If you ever want to remove BashStyle-NG from your system, navigate back to the source directory and run:

sudo ./make uninstall