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Howdy is currently available for Debian/Ubuntu and Arch Linux. If you’re interested in packaging Howdy for your distro, don’t hesitate to open an issue. If you're using Fedora and want to work on a RPM port, take a look at [#26](https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy/issues/26).
Install the `howdy` package from the AUR. For AUR installation instructions, take a look at this [wiki page](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages).
You will need to do some additional configuration steps. Please read the [ArchWiki entry](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Howdy) for more information.
If you're curious you can run `sudo howdy config` to open the central config file and see the options Howdy has. On most systems this will open the nano editor, where you have to press `ctrl`+`x` to save your changes.
The easiest ways to contribute to Howdy is by starring the repository and opening GitHub issues for features you'd like to see. If you want to do more, you can also [buy me a coffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/boltgolt).
Any python errors get logged directly into the console and should indicate what went wrong. If authentication still fails but no errors are printed you could take a look at the last lines in `/var/log/auth.log` to see if anything has been reported there.
This script is in no way as secure as a password and will never be. Although it's harder to fool than normal face recognition, a person who looks similar to you or well-printed photo of you could be enough to do it.