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== Setting up your profile ==
== Setting up your profile ==
Change to your home directory:
Change to your home directory:
{{cmd|$ cd /home/<yourusername>}}
{{cmd|$ cd ~}}
Create {{Path|.xinitrc}}:
Create or edit {{Path|.xinitrc}} with at least the following:
{{cmd|$ vi .xinitrc}}
Add this line:
{{cat|~/.xinitrc|exec dwm}}
{{cat|~/.xinitrc|exec dwm}}
Save the file and exit vi.
Save the file and exit vi.


Next, create {{Path|.profile}}.:
Next, create or edit {{Path|.profile}} with at least the following:
{{cmd|$ vi .profile}}
Add this line:
{{cat|~/.profile|startx}}
{{cat|~/.profile|startx}}


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Log out or reboot. dwm will run the next time you log in.  
Log out or reboot. dwm will run the next time you log in.  
Press {{Key|Alt}}+{{Key|p}} to launch dmenu. Type firefox then press enter. Firefox will load and run in tile 9.
Press {{Key|Alt}}+{{Key|p}} to launch dmenu. Type firefox then press {{key|enter}}. Firefox will load and run in tile 9.


= See Also =
= See Also =

Revision as of 18:22, 28 December 2023

dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts.

This guide covers:

  • Installing dependencies for the suckless tools and installing firefox
  • Installing from source or from repository dwm (dynamic window manager), dmenu (dynamic menu), st (simple terminal)
  • Configuring the new profile to run dwm at login.

Prerequisites

Installing from binary repository

# apk add dwm dmenu st

This will install dwm, dmenu and st

Installing from source

Installing dependencies

Note: git make gcc g++ libx11-dev libxft-dev libxinerama-dev ncurses are needed to install suckless tools from source.

dbus-x11 is needed for the dbus system (enables firefox running in dwm to open in a tile)

The last three adwaita-gtk2-theme adwaita-icon-theme font-dejavu are optional, but recommended for a nicer looking firefox.

The command to install the dependencies:

# apk add git make gcc g++ libx11-dev libxft-dev libxinerama-dev ncurses dbus-x11 firefox-esr adwaita-gtk2-theme adwaita-icon-theme font-dejavu

Installing suckless tools dwm, dmenu, and st from source

Change to the /tmp directory.

$ cd /tmp

then execute:

# git clone https://git.suckless.org/dwm

Once downloaded, go to the dwm directory

# cd dwm

To install, run:

# make clean install

Next, go up one directory level

# cd ..

to install dmenu:

# git clone https://git.suckless.org/dmenu # cd dmenu # make clean install

Finally, go up one more directory level

# cd ..

to install st:

# git clone https://git.suckless.org/st # cd st # make clean install

Setting up your profile

Change to your home directory:

$ cd ~

Create or edit .xinitrc with at least the following:

Contents of ~/.xinitrc

exec dwm

Save the file and exit vi.

Next, create or edit .profile with at least the following:

Contents of ~/.profile

startx
Note: If you install additional programs that call your `$SHELL` with the POSIX `-l` login flag, you'll need to make launching `startx` conditional, otherwise X will attempt to launch every time your shell is called with the login flag.

Contents of ~/.profile

if [ -z $DISPLAY ] && [ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]; then startx fi

Log out or reboot. dwm will run the next time you log in. Press Alt+p to launch dmenu. Type firefox then press enter. Firefox will load and run in tile 9.

See Also

See also