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dwm - dynamic window manager

dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X.

How to install DWM on Ubuntu Server?

1. Download DWM files wget https://dl.suckless.org/dwm/dwm-6.2.tar.gz

2. Install dependencies: sudo apt install libx11-dev libxft-dev libxinerama-dev xorg

3. Make and install from code tar -xvf dwm-6.2.tar.gz cd dwm-6.2 sudo make clean install

4. Download dmenu wget https://dl.suckless.org/tools/dmenu-5.0.tar.gz

5. Install dmenu tar -xvf dmenu-5.0 cd dmenu-5.0 sudo make clean install

6. Download simple terminal st wget https://dl.suckless.org/st/st-0.8.4.tar.gz

7. Install simple terminal tar -xvf st-0.8.4.tar.gz cd st-0.8.4 sudo make clean install

8. Remove GDM3, as the only desktop environment we need is DWM, and it comes by default when you install xorg sudo apt remove gdm3

9. Create .xinitrc file, to start DWM cd ~ echo dwm > .xinitrc

10. Start the graphical interface: cd ~ echo startx >> .bash_profile

11. For Transparency, you must install picom Follow steps on this repository: https://github.com/yshui/picom.git If you like to have Blur effects, install this picom instead: https://github.com/jonaburg/picom

12. To control brightness, install xbacklight sudo apt install xbacklight

    Configure Brightness: vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf

    Paste this in case your have Intel Graphics Card:

    Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
        Driver      "intel"
        Option      "Backlight"  "intel_backlight"
    EndSection