dbus

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    "systemd user bus",
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    "ipc",
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  "caveats": "To start the session bus now and at login:\n\n  brew services start dbus\n\nTo start the system bus now and on boot, install and activate the included daemon:\n\n  sudo cp -f $(brew --prefix dbus)/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons\n  sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist\n\nIf the daemon is already installed and running, restart it:\n\n  sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/org.freedesktop.dbus-system\n",
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  "desc": "Message bus system, providing inter-application communication",
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  "homepage": "https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/dbus",
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  "license": "AFL-2.1 OR GPL-2.0-or-later",
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  "name": "dbus",
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  "one_liner": "IPC message bus system enabling inter-process communication on desktop and embedded systems.",
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  "version_head": "HEAD",
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  "why_use_this": "D-Bus is the de facto standard for privileged and unprivileged inter-process communication on Linux desktops and many embedded systems. If you\u0027re building desktop applications, system daemons, or anything that needs to coordinate with other processes (notifications, power management, hardware events), D-Bus provides a standardized, session/system-wide message bus. It\u0027s a build/runtime dependency for most Linux GUI frameworks and many system services."
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