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<li><a href="#validating-the-installation">Validating the installation</a></li>
<li><a href="#configure-the-desktop-shortcut">Configure the desktop shortcut</a></li>
<li><a href="#building-the-debian-package">Building the Debian package</a></li>
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<p>Requirements:</p>
<p>Clone the Helix GitHub repository into a directory of your choice. The
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<pre><code class="language-sh">sed -i "s|Exec=hx %F|Exec=kitty hx %F|g" ~/.local/share/applications/Helix.desktop
sed -i "s|Terminal=true|Terminal=false|g" ~/.local/share/applications/Helix.desktop
</code></pre>
<h3 id="building-the-debian-package"><a class="header" href="#building-the-debian-package">Building the Debian package</a></h3>
<p>If the <code>.deb</code> file provided on the release page uses a <code>libc</code> version higher
than that used by your Debian, Ubuntu, or Mint system, you can build the package
from source to match your system's dependencies.</p>
<p>Install <code>cargo-deb</code>, the tool used for building the <code>.deb</code> file:</p>
<pre><code class="language-sh">cargo install cargo-deb
</code></pre>
<p>After cloning and entering the Helix repository as previously described,
use the following command to build the release binary and package it into a <code>.deb</code> file in a single step.</p>
<pre><code class="language-sh">cargo deb -- --locked
</code></pre>
<blockquote>
<p>💡 This locks you into the <code>--release</code> profile. But you can also build helix in any way you like.
As long as you leave a <code>target/release/hx</code> file, it will get packaged with <code>cargo deb --no-build</code></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>💡 Don't worry about the repeated</p>
<pre><code>warning: Failed to find dependency specification
</code></pre>
<p>warnings. Cargo deb just reports which packaged files it didn't derive dependencies for. But
so far the dependency deriving seams very good, even if some of the grammar files are skipped.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>You can find the resulted <code>.deb</code> in <code>target/debian/</code>. It should contain everything it needs, including the</p>
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<li>completions for bash, fish, zsh</li>
<li>.desktop file</li>
<li>icon (though desktop environments might use their own since the name of the package is correctly <code>helix</code>)</li>
<li>launcher to the binary with the runtime</li>
</ul>
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