dummy on debian whats to fly to mars...
deltahoch3 opened this issue · 10 comments
howdy jzbor,
former dwm-user on debian system here who can't get his head around, how to install and run / fly to marswm...
could you provide a little help/readme, how to install and run it on debian / ubuntu, sorry for this newbie questions...
looks really nice, clean and minimal, just how i like it...
cheers and thanks in advanced and keep it up,
all the best
hardy
Hi, I am not quite sure, as I am not using Debian myself. I don't think it is packaged for Debian nor probably will it in the near future.
What you can do is install it via cargo (cargo install marswm marsbar mars-relay), which will install the binary in cargo's binary path. If you have not changed it it is $HOME/.cargo/bin/. I have not tested this myself, but I am pretty sure this will work, so tell me how it goes.
Also for building the application you will need the following libraries installed: libX11, libXft, libXinerama, libXrandr. It might be that their package names are slightly different on Debian.
@jzbor thanks for replying, i'll give it a go, and will let you know how it went :)
It's possible to bootstrap pkgsrc on Linux, so you could use it to build marswm on your Debian system.
It's possible to bootstrap pkgsrc on Linux, so you could use it to build
marswmon your Debian system.
Same goes for nix ;).
But I think I cargo is the easiest and "most native" solution. I am also planning on adding a cargo section to the README if anyone can confirm that this in fact works fine (although I don't know why it would'nt).
cargo seems to work, but how do i start marswm? same as dwm with an .desktop file in? sorry for being a dummy
@deltahoch3 either in .xinitrc, here's mine or, if you're using a display-manager in .xsession.
cargo seems to work, but how do i start marswm? same as dwm with an .desktop file in? sorry for being a dummy
Yes a .desktop file is the way to go.
The suggestions from @0323pin will work too, but I think they are only preferable if you don't want to use a display manager for login.
EDIT: You will probably also want to launch different applications at launch, so maybe putting a startup script in the desktop file and then launching marswm (and e.g. marsbar) from there...
cargo seems to work, but how do i start marswm? same as dwm with an .desktop file in? sorry for being a dummy
Yes a .desktop file is the way to go.
The suggestions from @0323pin will work too, but I think they are only preferable if you don't want to use a display manager for login.
EDIT: You will probably also want to launch different applications at launch, so maybe putting a startup script in the desktop file and then launching
marswm(and e.g.marsbar) from there...
thanks a lot! I'll try asap
Hello, have you been able to confirm the instructions given here or in INSTALLATION.md?
I am closing this now. Feel frew to reopen if you want to test marswm on Debian.