/fvwm95

fvwm95, ported to work on modern distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch.

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fvwm95


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.

Reference screenshot

How to build

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

Actually installing

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!