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i3 is a tiling window manager, primarily targeted at advanced users and developers.

Prerequisites

Internet connectivity, unless the packages have been pre-fetched into a local cache.
A non-root user account.
The community repository must be enabled.
Set up eudev.
Install and configure D-Bus. without D-Bus icons and keyboard shortcuts may be missing.
Install appropriate Graphics driver drivers for your hardware. Without graphics drivers, errors are likely to occur.
Install Xorg

Installation

Install i3, i3 status bar and terminal packages i3wm, i3status, xterm

# apk add i3wm i3status xterm

Note: Add the user to input and video groups. The default configuration is minimal and most menu options won't work unless you customize and/or install additional packages.

Install drivers

Ensure you have the required drivers.

# apk search xf86-input*

# apk search xf86-video*

# apk add xf86-video-fbdev xf86-video-vesa

Install fonts

Install fonts. If you start i3 without fonts it will be unusable.

# apk add font-terminus

starting i3

Now you can start i3 manually:

# startx /usr/bin/i3

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 [https://i3wm.org/ i3] is a tiling window manager, primarily targeted at advanced users and developers.
+== Prerequisites ==
 {{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base|Install Xorg]]
 == Installation ==
-Install X11 and set it up using the <code>setup-xorg-base</code> script.{{Cmd|# setup-xorg-base}}
+Install i3,  i3 status bar and terminal packages {{pkg|i3wm|arch=}}, {{pkg|i3status|arch=}}, {{pkg|xterm|arch=}}{{Cmd|# apk add i3wm i3status xterm}}
-Install i3,  i3 status bar and terminal packages {{pkg|i3wm|arch=}}, {{pkg|i3status|arch=}}, {{pkg|xterm|arch=}}.
-{{Cmd|# apk add i3wm i3status xterm}}
 {{Note|Add the user to '''input''' and '''video''' groups. The default configuration is minimal and most menu options won't work unless you customize and/or install additional packages.}}
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 {{Cmd|# apk add {{pkg|font-terminus|arch=}}}}
-=== Install dbus ===
-Install dbus and set it up.
-{{Cmd|# apk add {{pkg|dbus|arch=}}}}
-{{Cmd|# dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id}}
-{{Cmd|# rc-update add dbus}}
 == starting i3 ==
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 == See also ==
 * [[Xorg|Legacy Xorg drivers]]
 * [https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html i3 user guide]