How to Install DWM on Ubuntu or Pop OS
Hendra Bangun Dwi R3 min read
Step 1
sudo apt install build-essential libx11-dev libxinerama-dev sharutils libxft-dev
Step 2
cd .config/
mkdir suckless
cd sukckless
Step 3
sudo apt install git wget curl
sudo apt install neovim
git clone https://git.suckless.org/dwm
git clone https://git.suckless.org/st
git clone git clone https://git.suckless.org/dmenu
git clone https://git.suckless.org/dmenu
Step 4
cd ~/.config/suckless/dwm/
make
sudo make install
Step 5
cd ~/.config/suckless/s/
make
sudo make install
Step 6
cd ~/.config/suckless/dmenu/
make
sudo make install
Step 7
cd
cd /usr/share/xsessions/
sudo touch dwm.desktop
sudo vim dwm.desktop
Step 8
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Dwm
Comment=the dynamic window manager
Exec=dwm
Icon=dwm
Type=XSession
patch program
For git users, use -3 to fix the conflict easily:
cd program-directory
git apply path/to/patch.diff
For patches formatted with git format-patch:
cd program-directory
git am path/to/patch.diff
For tarballs:
cd program-directory
patch -p1 < path/to/patch.diff
sudo make install clean
| Basic | |
| ============================================ | |
| [Shift]+[Mod]+[Enter] - launch terminal. | |
| [Mod]+[b] - show/hide bar. | |
| [Mod]+[p] - dmenu for running programs like the x-www-browser. | |
| [Mod]+[Enter] - push acive window from stack to master, or pulls last used window from stack onto master. | |
| [Mod] + [j / k] - focus on next/previous window in current tag. | |
| [Mod] + [h / l] - increases / decreases master size. | |
| Navigation | |
| ========== | |
| [Mod]+[2] - moves your focus to tag 2. | |
| [Shift]+[Mod]+[2] - move active window to the 2 tag. | |
| [Mod] + [i / d] - increases / decreases number of windows on master | |
| [Mod] + [, / .] - move focus between screens (multi monitor setup) | |
| [Shift]+[Mod]+[, / .] - move active window to different screen. | |
| [Mod]+[0] - view all windows on screen. | |
| [Shift]+[Mod]+[0] - make focused window appear on all tags. | |
| [Shift]+[Mod]+[c] - kill active window. | |
| [Shift]+[Mod]+[q] - quit dwm cleanly. | |
| Layout | |
| ====== | |
| [Mod]+[t] - tiled mode. []= | |
| [Mod]+[f] - floating mode. ><> | |
| [Mod]+[m] - monocle mode. [M] (single window fullscreen) | |
| Floating | |
| ======== | |
| [Mod]+[R M B] - to resize the floating window. | |
| [Mod]+[L M B] - to move the floating window around. | |
| [Mod]+[Space] - toggles to the previous layout mode. | |
| [Mod]+[Shift]+[Space] - to make an individual window float. | |
| [Mod]+[M M B] - to make an individual window un-float. |
0
Subscribe to my newsletter
Read articles from Hendra Bangun Dwi R directly inside your inbox. Subscribe to the newsletter, and don't miss out.
Written by