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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
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-->
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<refentry>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle><application>plinth</application></refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo class="manual">FreedomBox</refmiscinfo>
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<refmiscinfo class="version"> </refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname><application>plinth</application></refname>
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<refpurpose>
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a web front end for administering FreedomBox
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</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>plinth</command>
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<arg><option>-h, </option><option>--help</option></arg>
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<arg><option>--server_dir</option><arg choice="req">SERVER_DIR</arg></arg>
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<arg><option>--develop</option></arg>
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<arg><option>--diagnose</option></arg>
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<arg>
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<option>--setup</option>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">application</arg>
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</arg>
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<arg>
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<option>--setup-no-install</option>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">application</arg>
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</arg>
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<arg>
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<option>--list-dependencies</option>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">application</arg>
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</arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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FreedomBox is a community project to develop, design and promote
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personal servers running free software for private, personal
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communications. It is a networking appliance designed to allow
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interfacing with the rest of the Internet under conditions of
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protected privacy and data security. It hosts applications such
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as blog, wiki, website, social network, email, web proxy and a
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Tor relay on a device that can replace a wireless router so that
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data stays with the users.
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</para>
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<para>
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Plinth is a web interface to administer the functions of the
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FreedomBox. It is extensible and is made of modules. Each
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module provides a simplified user interface to control the
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underlying functionality of a specific application of
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FreedomBox. As FreedomBox can act as a wireless router, it is
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possible to configure networking from Plinth. Plinth allows
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configuration of basic system parameters such as time zone,
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hostname and automatic upgrade settings.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Options</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--server_dir SERVER_DIR</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This the URL fragment under which Plinth will provide its
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services. By default the value from
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<filename>plinth.config</filename> is used. Plinth is
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shipped with a value of <filename>/plinth</filename> in
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<filename>/etc/plinth/plinth.config</filename>. This
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means that Plinth will be available as
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http://localhost:8000/plinth by default.
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When <filename>/etc/plinth/plinth.config</filename> is not
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available, <filename>plinth.config</filename> from the current
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working directory is used.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--develop</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Enable development mode. Use plinth.config and the actions_dir
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of the current working directory. Enables extra debug messages,
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enable Django debug mode for detailed error pages and and turn off
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Django security features. Monitor source files for changes and
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restart Plinth on modifications. Die if there is an error during
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module initialization.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--diagnose</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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If provided, Plinth loads modules, performs initialization
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but does start the web server. Instead it runs diagnostic
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tests on each module and exits.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--setup</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Perform application setup operations and exit. Setting up
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an application involves installing packages required for
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that application and performing pre and post install
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configuration setups. If no application is provided,
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setup all applications which describe themselves as
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essential. If a list of applications is provided, setup
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only those applications.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--setup-no-install</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Same as <option>--setup</option> but no new Debian
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packages are installed during setup. When a package needs
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to be installed, a check is done to make sure the package
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is already installed. If the package is already
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installed, no upgrade is performed and setup skips this
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step and proceeds to next operation. If the package is
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not installed an error is raised and setup process halts.
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This is option is useful for running setup during post
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installation script of a Debian package. Essential
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packages are added as dependencies for the Debian package
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and then setup process is executed from post install
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script of the Debian package.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--list-dependencies</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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For the list of provided applications, print the list of
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packages needed by the applications. If no application is
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provided as additional argument, then print list of
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packages needed by all essential applications. If '*' is
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provided in the list of the applications, then list of
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packages needed by all applications will be printed.
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Although, packages are installed when the application is
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first accessed, this list will be useful for adding list
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of dependencies to a Debian package and to get a list of
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all interesting packages. Other output may be printed on
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stderr and should be ignored.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Configuration</title>
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<para>
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Plinth reads various configuration options from the file
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<filename>/etc/plinth/plinth.config</filename>. If this file is
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not present, then it reads configuration file
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<filename>./plinth.config</filename> from the current directory.
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This is mainly meant to make Plinth work with configuration from
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source code directory for debugging purposes.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<example>
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<title>Start Plinth with default options</title>
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<synopsis>$ plinth</synopsis>
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<para>
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Run Plinth as guided by configuration file.
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</para>
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</example>
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<example>
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<title>Run Plinth with different URL prefix</title>
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<synopsis>$ plinth --server_dir='/myurl'</synopsis>
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<para>
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Run Plinth with the '/myurl' prefix. Note that Apache forwards requests
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to '/plinth' by default, so /myurl is not accessible outside of your
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FreedomBox without adapting the apache configuration.
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</para>
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</example>
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<example>
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<title>Run Plinth in development mode</title>
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<synopsis>$ plinth --develop</synopsis>
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<para>
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Run in development mode on the terminal. Enable auto-reloading and
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more extensive debugging.
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</para>
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</example>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Bugs</title>
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<para>
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See <ulink
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url="https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/plinth/issues">Plinth
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issue tracker</ulink> for a full list of known issues and TODO items.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Author</title>
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<para>
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<author>
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<firstname>Plinth Developers</firstname>
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<contrib>Original author</contrib>
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</author>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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