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Install this package:

emerge -a app-misc/alienfx

Package Information

Description:

AlienFX is a Linux utility to control the lighting effects of Alienware computers. It provides both a command-line interface (alienfx) and an optional GTK-based graphical interface (alienfx-gtk). Supported features include: - Control individual lighting zones on supported Alienware devices - Create and save lighting themes as JSON files - Configure lighting for different power states (boot, AC, battery, etc.) - Automatic device detection via USB - Interactive zone scanning for unsupported devices The package includes udev rules to allow non-root access to the AlienFX USB controller hardware.

Homepage:

https://github.com/trackmastersteve/alienfx

License:

GPL-3

Versions

Metadata

Description

• AlienFX is a Linux utility to control the lighting effects of Alienware computers. It provides both a command-line interface (alienfx) and an optional GTK-based graphical interface (alienfx-gtk). Supported features include: - Control individual lighting zones on supported Alienware devices - Create and save lighting themes as JSON files - Configure lighting for different power states (boot, AC, battery, etc.) - Automatic device detection via USB - Interactive zone scanning for unsupported devices The package includes udev rules to allow non-root access to the AlienFX USB controller hardware.

Maintainers

• Ronald Farrer (canutethegreat@gmail.com) - Type: person
• Proxy Maintainers (proxy-maint@gentoo.org) - Type: project

Upstream

• Bugs: https://github.com/trackmastersteve/alienfx/issues
• Changelog: https://github.com/trackmastersteve/alienfx/releases
• Remote IDs:
  • github: trackmastersteve/alienfx

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
		<email>canutethegreat@gmail.com</email>
		<name>Ronald Farrer</name>
	</maintainer>
	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription>
		AlienFX is a Linux utility to control the lighting effects of
		Alienware computers. It provides both a command-line interface (alienfx)
		and an optional GTK-based graphical interface (alienfx-gtk).

		Supported features include:
		- Control individual lighting zones on supported Alienware devices
		- Create and save lighting themes as JSON files
		- Configure lighting for different power states (boot, AC, battery, etc.)
		- Automatic device detection via USB
		- Interactive zone scanning for unsupported devices

		The package includes udev rules to allow non-root access to the
		AlienFX USB controller hardware.
	</longdescription>
	<use>
		<flag name="gtk">
			Install the GTK-based graphical user interface (alienfx-gtk)
			in addition to the command-line interface
		</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<changelog>https://github.com/trackmastersteve/alienfx/releases</changelog>
		<bugs-to>https://github.com/trackmastersteve/alienfx/issues</bugs-to>
		<remote-id type="github">trackmastersteve/alienfx</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

• [Error] Ebuild 9999 uses '${ED}' in 'python_install_all'. It must be used only in src_install and pkg_preinst.
• [Error] Ebuild 9999 uses '${ED}' in 'python_install_all'. It must be used only in src_install and pkg_preinst.
• [Error] Ebuild 2.4.3 uses '${ED}' in 'python_install_all'. It must be used only in src_install and pkg_preinst.
• [Error] Ebuild 2.4.3 uses '${ED}' in 'python_install_all'. It must be used only in src_install and pkg_preinst.
• [Warning] Ebuild 9999 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 11.
• [Warning] Ebuild 2.4.3 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 11.
• [Warning] Ebuild 2.4.3 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 13.
• [Notice] Package has only unstable keywords for arch(es): [ amd64, x86 ], all versions are unstable: [ 2.4.3 ]
• [Warning] Ebuild 9999 uses historic toolkit flag 'gtk' but lacks the 'gui' flag. The 'gui' flag must be used to control optional GUI support.
• [Warning] Ebuild 2.4.3 uses historic toolkit flag 'gtk' but lacks the 'gui' flag. The 'gui' flag must be used to control optional GUI support.

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p app-misc/alienfx | euse -E <flag> -p app-misc/alienfx | euse -D <flag> -p app-misc/alienfx

Files

• alienfx-2.4.3-no-python-future.patch

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