dmenu is an efficient dynamic menu for X with password obfuscation support.
In order to build this version of dmenu you need the Xlib header files. You should install Noto Color Emoji in order to have emojis in dmenu
Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dmenu is installed into the /usr/local namespace by default).
Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dmenu (if necessary as root):
make clean install