Source

Code

TLP’s source code is hosted on GitHub. The repository holds the following branches:

• main – current development – releases are tagged with VERSION

• debian/current – Debian/Ubuntu packaging for current releases (not identical with the official distribution packages)

• debian/legacy – Debian/Ubuntu packaging for old releases (deprecated, unmaintained)

Obtain the current development version with

git clone https://github.com/linrunner/TLP.git tlp.git
cd tlp.git

Checkout the main branch

git checkout main

or a release version

git checkout VERSION

Note

Please base your pull requests on the main branch.

The current changelog for the development version is here.

Download release tarballs at the Release page.

Building Packages

Debian / Ubuntu

1. Install the required package

• packaging-dev – Metapackage providing common packaging tools

2. Add a Git worktree for the debian/current branch

   git worktree add worktree/debian-current debian/current
   

3. Symlink worktree to debian/

   ln -s worktree/debianc-urrent/debian debian

4. Edit debian/changelog to your needs (optional).

6. Build binary packages with

   dpkg-buildpackage -b -tc -i.git
   

Arch Linux

Packages tracking the main branch are available in the AUR:

• tlp-git

• tlp-rdw-git

Installing from Source

1. Checkout the main branch (see Code).

2. In the tlp.git/ directory

   make install
   make install-man
   systemctl enable tlp.service
   

Note

Check Makefile options to customize make install to your distribution’s requirements.

Warning

Depending on your distribution’s specifics make install may not produce a working TLP installation, thus your mileage may vary.