Installation

Arch

using AUR:

yay -S cardwire

then enable and start the service

sudo systemctl enable cardwired.service

sudo systemctl start cardwired.service

Note

cardwire-git is also available, this one is built from the dev branch, rather than a fixed release tag

Important

i’m also looking for an official maintainer for both AUR, since i do not use Arch.

Nix

Using the repo’s flake:

flake.nix:

cardwire = {
    url = "github:opengamingcollective/cardwire";
    inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};

configuration.nix:

imports = [ inputs.cardwire.nixosModules.default ];

services.cardwire = {
enable = true;
settings = {
    auto_apply_gpu_state = true;
    experimental_nvidia_block = true;
    battery_auto_switch = true;
};
};

Fedora

Using Terra

sudo dnf install cardwire

sudo systemctl enable cardwired.service

sudo systemctl start cardwired.service

Other distros

For now, other distros must clone the repo and use make to build and install Cardwire.

Build dependencies:

• cargo
• clang
• libbpf

git clone https://github.com/OpenGamingCollective/cardwire.git

make build
sudo make install

Caution

Makefile wasn’t tested, use with caution.

Important

For mainstream distros, i will be making an official install methods, like a copr for Fedora and a .deb for Debian based.

Non-systemd distros

Warning

Cardwire only supports systemd-based distros. If you want to use it on a non-systemd distro, either open a PR with patches for non-systemd or get it working on your setup.