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Redshift setup
; Global settings for redshift
[redshift]
; Set the day and night screen temperatures
temp-day=6000
temp-night=2000
; Enable/Disable a smooth transition between day and night
; 0 will cause a direct change from day to night screen temperature.
; 1 will gradually increase or decrease the screen temperature.
transition=1
; Set the screen brightness. Default is 1.0.
;brightness=0.9
; It is also possible to use different settings for day and night
; since version 1.8.
brightness-day=1
brightness-night=1
; Set the screen gamma (for all colors, or each color channel
; individually)
gamma=0.8
;gamma=0.8:0.7:0.8
; This can also be set individually for day and night since
; version 1.10.
gamma-day=1
;gamma-day=0.8:0.7:0.8
gamma-night=0.7
; Set the location-provider: 'geoclue', 'geoclue2', 'manual'
; type 'redshift -l list' to see possible values.
; The location provider settings are in a different section.
location-provider=manual
; Set the adjustment-method: 'randr', 'vidmode'
; type 'redshift -m list' to see all possible values.
; 'randr' is the preferred method, 'vidmode' is an older API.
; but works in some cases when 'randr' does not.
; The adjustment method settings are in a different section.
adjustment-method=randr
; Configuration of the location-provider:
; type 'redshift -l PROVIDER:help' to see the settings.
; ex: 'redshift -l manual:help'
; Keep in mind that longitudes west of Greenwich (e.g. the Americas)
; are negative numbers.
[manual]
lat=-30.9
lon=30.4
; Configuration of the adjustment-method
; type 'redshift -m METHOD:help' to see the settings.
; ex: 'redshift -m randr:help'
; In this example, randr is configured to adjust screen 1.
; Note that the numbering starts from 0, so this is actually the
; second screen. If this option is not specified, Redshift will try
; to adjust _all_ screens.
; [randr]
; screen=1
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.10
_Name=Redshift
_GenericName=Color temperature adjustment
_Comment=Color temperature adjustment tool
Exec=redshift-gtk
Icon=redshift
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;
StartupNotify=true
  • Download and extract from here
  • Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libxcb1-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libx11-dev
  • Configure build:
./configure --enable-randr --enable-ubuntu --enable-gui --with-systemduserunitdir=$HOME/.config/systemd/user
  • Build:
make
sudo make install
  • Put the redshift.conf file in ~/.config
  • Put the redshift.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications
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