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Activate Walker (optional)

The ML4W Dotfiles include an option to replace the launcher rofi with walker (except screenshot options).

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Install Walker

bash
# Arch Linux
yay -S walker-bin
yay -S elephant
yay -S elephant-desktopapplications
yay -S elephant-files
yay -S elephant-menus
yay -S elephant-clipboard
bash
# Fedora
sudo dnf copr enable errornointernet/walker
sudo dnf install walker
sudo dnf install elephant
bash
# openSuse Tumbleweed

# Dependencies
sudo zypper install git cargo gtk4-devel gtk4-layer-shell-devel libpoppler-glib-devel protobuf-devel cairo-devel go make

# Walker
git clone https://github.com/abenz1267/walker.git ~/Downloads/walker
cd ~/Downloads/walker
sudo make install

# Elephant
git clone https://github.com/abenz1267/elephant ~/Downloads/elephant
cd ~/Downloads/elephant
sudo make install

# Provider desktopapplications
cd ~/Downloads/elephant/internal/providers/desktopapplications
sudo make install

# Provider menus
cd ~/Downloads/elephant/internal/providers/menus
sudo make install

# Provider files
cd ~/Downloads/elephant/internal/providers/files
sudo make install

# Provider clipboard
cd ~/Downloads/elephant/internal/providers/clipboard
sudo make install

Activate Walker

Open the ML4W Settings folder:

cd ~/.config/ml4w/settings

Open the file launcher and replace rofi with walker

Reboot your system.

Walker/Elephant Documenation

https://github.com/abenz1267/walker

https://github.com/abenz1267/elephant