spmenu-wiki/Using spmenu on FreeBSD.md

Using spmenu on FreeBSD

This article is a compatibility tracker for running spmenu on the FreeBSD operating system.

Works

Everything except what's listed in 'Doesn't work'

Doesn't work

• Wayland
  • Reason: Depends on Linux kernel functions
  • Solution: Disable Wayland support when compiling
• Profile menu
  • Reason: Unknown
  • Solution: Run your profile manager using a separate program or spmenu_run

Bugs

• For some reason, a weird white line can appear sometimes inside of the items. This is likely a bug in the version of Cairo or Pango FreeBSD ships with. I have also had this same issue occur on Void Linux, but all other distributions seem fine.

Building

Building works the exact same, except you must append -Dwayland=false to disable Wayland support due to issues listed above.