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Install wmii snapshot

Date: 2008-07-29  |   Modified: 2008-08-01  |   Tags: linux, softwaretools, ubuntu, wmii

These are my notes for installing wmii snapshot in my home directory on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy.

  • Download the latest snapshot (wmii+ixp-20080520) from the wmii homepage and save it to ~/incoming.
  • Untar the snapshot. 
    $ cd ~/incoming
$ tar -zxvf wmii+ixp-20080520.tgz
  • Install prerequisites: 
    $ sudo apt-get install build-essential xorg-dev
    $ sudo apt-get install dwm-tools
  • Build: (I left the defaults for everything during make config except for the path. I changed this to a temporary directory, ~/tmp/wmii.) 
    $ cd ~/incoming/wmii+ixp-20080520
$ make config
$ make 
$ make install
  • Move bin, etc, lib, and share to a new wmii directory. 
    $ mkdir ~/lib/wmii
$ mv ~/tmp/wmii/* ~/lib/wmii
  • Create links in my ~/bin directory: 
    $ cd ~/bin
$ ln -s ../lib/wmii/bin/wihack wihack
$ ln -s ../lib/wmii/bin/wmii9rc wmii9rc
$ ln -s ../lib/wmii/bin/wmii9menu wmii9menu
$ ln -s ../lib/wmii/bin/wmii.rc wmii.rc
$ ln -s ../lib/wmii/bin/wmii.sh wmii.sh
  • Create a .xinitrc script: 
    xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
gnome-screensaver&
urxvt&

until wmii; do
    true
done
  • And link ~/.xsession to it: 
    $ ln -s ~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession
  • Log out of the current window manager and then select X client script as the session and log in.

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