Suckless - Install

dwm

https://dwm.suckless.org/

apt install libxft-dev

cd ~/dev/src/
git clone https://git.suckless.org/dwm

Compile and install:

sudo -i
cd /home/patrick/dev/src/dwm/
make clean install

dmenu

cd ~/dev/src/
git clone https://git.suckless.org/dmenu

sudo -i
cd /home/patrick/dev/src/dmenu/
make clean install

I had to edit line 637 of demnu.c:

                      for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-                               if (INTERSECT(x, y, 1, 1, info[i]))
+                               if (INTERSECT(x, y, 1, 1, info[i]) != 0)
                                      break;

Tip

For details, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/suckless/comments/ll3bm1/dmenu_installation_issue/

Startup

Edit:

sudo vim /usr/share/xsessions/xsession.desktop

Add the following:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=WM from xsession script
Comment=Runs the window manager defined by xsession script
Exec=/etc/X11/Xsession
Type=Application

Login manager:

vim ~/.xsession
exec dwm

Tip

To switch to Gnome, exec gnome-session

To set Caps Lock to Ctrl:

setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

Tip

From https://askubuntu.com/questions/445099/whats-the-opposite-of-setxkbmap-option-ctrlnocaps

Create ~/.Xmodmap:

clear lock
clear control
keycode 66 = Control_L
add control = Control_L Control_R

From the terminal:

xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap

Patches

cd ~/dev/src/dwm/
wget https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/fibonacci/dwm-fibonacci-5.8.2.diff
git apply dwm-fibonacci-5.8.2.diff

If you haven’t made changes to config.h:

cp config.def.h config.h

Then run `Make and Install`_ (see above)…

st - terminal

cd ~/dev/src/
git clone https://git.suckless.org/st

sudo -i
cd /home/patrick/dev/src/st
make clean install

Patches

cd ~/dev/src/st/
wget https://st.suckless.org/patches/scrollback/st-scrollback-20190331-21367a0.diff
wget https://st.suckless.org/patches/solarized/st-no_bold_colors-20170623-b331da5.diff
wget https://st.suckless.org/patches/solarized/st-solarized-light-20190306-ed68fe7.diff
wget https://st.suckless.org/patches/nordtheme/st-nordtheme-0.8.2.diff

I am installing these at the moment:

cd ~/dev/src/st/
git apply st-scrollback-20190331-21367a0.diff
git apply st-nordtheme-0.8.2.diff

I have installed these in the past:

git apply st-no_bold_colors-20170623-b331da5.diff
git apply st-solarized-light-20190306-ed68fe7.diff

If you haven’t made changes to config.h:

cp config.def.h config.h

I like to use a font size of 14:

vim config.h
static char *font = "Ubuntu Mono:pixelsize=14:antialias=true:autohint=true";

Then run `Make and Install`_ (see above)…

surf

apt install libgcr-3-dev
# not sure if you need the following:
apt install libglib2.0-dev

add-apt-repository ppa:webkit-team/ppa
apt update
apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev

git clone https://git.suckless.org/surf
sudo -i
cd /home/patrick/dev/src/surf/
make clean install