kernel-manager

Simple kernel manager.

That kernel manager is only supports kernels from any arch based repos.

Note: does support kernels from AUR (requires paru & awk installed). disabled by default.

Requirements

• C++23 feature required (tested with GCC 14.1.1 and Clang 18) Any compiler which support C++23 standard should work.

Installing from source

This is tested on Arch Linux, but any recent Arch Linux based system with latest C++20 compiler should do:

sudo pacman -Sy \
    base-devel cmake pkg-config make qt6-base qt6-tools polkit-qt6 python

Cloning the source code

git clone https://github.com/cachyos/kernel-manager.git
cd kernel-manager

Building and Configuring

To build, first, configure it(if you intend to install it globally, you might also want --prefix=/usr):

./configure.sh --prefix=/usr/local

Second, build it:

./build.sh

Libraries used in this project

• Qt used for GUI.
• A modern formatting library used for formatting strings, output and logging.