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+translations/lxqt-sudo
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+
+lxqt-sudo-0.11.0 / 2016-09-24
+=============================
+
+  * Add README.md
+  * build: Forward translations parameters
+  * ts-files removal (#21)
+  * Remove translations (will be pulled in build time)
+  * Bump year
+  * Italian translation update
+  * Updated Russian translation Fix language and typos
+  * Add Russian translation
+
+0.10.0 / 2015-11-02
+===================
+
+  * Fix LICENSE file
+  * Fix starting pcmanfm-qt
+  * Preserve environment with sudo backend
+  * Update Slovak translation
+  * Updated translation template, updated german translation.
+  * Add a plus to AUTHORS license AUTHORS must match the files fixes lxde/lxqt/issues/784 fix typo choosen --> chosen
+  * lxqt-sudo: partial support for running cmd with arguments using su backend
+  * lxqt-sudo: unified processing logic for su & sudo into common code
+  * lxqt-sudo: lxsu & lxsudo symlinks for lxqt-sudo
+  * lxqt-sudo: added support for su(1) backend
+  * Add Polish translation
+  * Rename LxQt to LXQt everywhere
+  * Remove the country specific from language code.
+  * Add Greek (el) translation
+  * Created italian translation, fixed missing line <TS version="2.1" language="XX"> for _de.ts and -sk.ts
+  * Traditional Chinese translation
+  * Handles CMake policy CMP0063
+  * Use the LXQtCompilerSettings CMake module
+  * main: removed old useless define
+  * Adds Runtime install COMPONENT
+  * Coding style change
+  * Use target_compile_definitions()
+  * Use GNUInstallDirs
+  * Use CMAKE_AUTOUIC, drop qt5_wrap_ui()
+  * Use CMAKE_AUTOMOC, drop qt5_wrap_cpp()
+  * Use CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR
+  * main: use standard liblxqt unix signal handling to quit
+  * Updates the build system to the Targets infrastructure
+  * German translation
+  * lxqt-sudo: licensing
+
+0.9.0 / 2015-06-10
+==================
+
+  * lxqt-sudo: direct communication with sudo
+  * lxqt-sudo: use dialog-password icon
+  * lxqt-sudo: help & version info into stdout (instead of stderr)
+  * man: bug reporting link fixed
+  * lxqt-sudo: version parameter support
+  * lxqt-sudo: added sk translation
+  * lxqt-sudo: proper communication error messages to stderr
+  * lxqt-sudo: removed .desktop file
+  * lxqt-sudo: showing big "security-high" icon
+  * lxqt-sudo: help/usage added
+  * lxqt-sudo: information about sudo's failure
+  * lxqt-sudo: manual page
+  * lxqt-sudo: do not use -b for sudo (fixes some application starting problems)
+  * lxqt-sudo: new GUI frontend for sudo
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+# lxqt-sudo
+
+## Overview
+
+lxqt-sudo is a graphical front-end of commands `sudo` and `su` respectively. As such it enables regular users to launch applications with permissions of other users including root.   
+
+## Installation
+
+### Compiling source code
+
+Runtime dependencies are qtbase, sudo (su should be installed by default on all *ix operating systems) and [liblxqt](https://github.com/lxde/liblxqt).   
+Installing at least one icon theme according to the [XDG Icon Theme Specification](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/icon-theme-spec/) like e. g. "Oxygen Icons" is recommended to have the GUI display icons.   
+Additional build dependencies are CMake and optionally Git to pull latest VCS checkouts. The localization files were outsourced to repository [lxqt-l10n](https://github.com/lxde/lxqt-l10n) so the corresponding dependencies are needed, too. Please refer to this repository's `README.md` for further information.   
+
+Code configuration is handled by CMake. CMake variable `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` has to be set to `/usr` on most operating systems.   
+
+To build run `make`, to install `make install` which accepts variable `DESTDIR` as usual.   
+
+### Binary packages
+
+Official binary packages are provided by all major Linux distributions like Arch Linux, Debian (as of Debian stretch), Fedora and openSUSE. Just use your package manager to search for string `lxqt-sudo`.
+
+## Configuration
+
+lxqt-sudo itself does not require any configuration.   
+
+In order to use it as front-end of `sudo` the corresponding permissions have to be set, though. Most of the time this is handled by binary `visudo` or editing configuration file `/etc/sudoers` manually which both is beyond this document's scope.   
+
+## Usage
+
+lxqt-sudo comes with a man page explaining the syntax very well so running `man 1 lxqt-sudo` should get you started.   
+
+By default `sudo` is used as backend, the choice can be enforced by command line options `--su[do]` or by using symbolic links `lxsu` and `lxsudo` which belong to regular installations of lxqt-sudo.