evilwm installation guide

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Darcs

A Darcs repository is provided:

$ darcs get http://www.6809.org.uk/repos/evilwm

When the development version differs significantly, I'll occasionally upload a snapshot.

Debian

evilwm is now in the main Debian archive. If you use testing or unstable, you can simply apt-get install evilwm.

NetBSD/pkgsrc

evilwm is part of the NetBSD packages collection, so you can either run pkg_add evilwm or download the NetBSD package for your architecture here.

Documentation for building evilwm from source on a wide range of Operating Systems using pkgsrc is available here. Jonathan Perkin is the primary contact for this package, and he can provide support on building pkgsrc.

Installation

To build from source, untar, change directory, check Makefile, make, make install. Example: 

$ gzip -dc evilwm-VERSION.tar.gz | tar xvf -
$ cd evilwm-VERSION
$ make
$ make install

Then do the usual things to your .xinitrc. After starting, you should be able to bring up an xterm with Ctrl+Alt+Enter and do stuff!

.xinitrc

A sample .xinitrc to play with. Note it doesn't have the WM as the magic process (this is so I don't have to quit X just to try new versions). Also note that I set the cursor shape and background colour with standard X tools.

If you are starting your session from a display manager like gdm, you might find you have better luck installing your startup script as .xsession and giving the file execute permission.

Updated 18 Jun 2007