This is a fork of fvwm95 meant to be compilable on and play nice with newer Unix-like operating systems.
It is based off the code from the source package in Debian Sarge, slightly modified so that it compiles without errors on modern OSes, and with a more sane configuration to adapt to modern day needs.
The following packages are needed in order to build fvwm95:
On Debian/Ubuntu:
- xorg
- build-essential
- libx11-dev
- libxt-dev
- libxext-dev
- libxpm-dev
- libreadline-dev
- libxmu-headers
- bison
- flex
- autoconf
On Arch:
- xorg
- xorg-xinit
- xbitmaps
- libx11
- libxt
- libxext
- libxpm
- readline
- libxmu
- bison
- flex
- autoconf
The following packages are not necessary to build fvwm95 itself, but they are recommended to have:
On Debian/Ubuntu and Arch:
- xscreensaver
- nitrogen
- thunar
- xterm
- lxappearance
- pulseaudio
- pavucontrol
After all the dependencies are satisfied, configure, build, and install fvwm95 by running:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
In order to start fvwm95 with xinit, add the following to your
~/.xinitrc file:
exec fvwm95
To start it, simply type:
startx
Enjoy!