README.md

ashwinvis/i3

Courtesy

• bookercodes/dotfiles

• electro7/dotfiles

• marguerite/linux-bing-wallpaper

i3

Lemonbar config files and help here

Installation

Arch Linux

• Install Arch Linux (without X desktop).

• Install required packages:

  # pacman -S i3 rxvt-unicode sddm xorg-apps
  # pacman -S git
  # pacman -S conky curl alsa-utils
  # pacman -S mpd mpc
  # pacman -S notification-daemon xinput
  # pacman -S perl-anyevent-i3 awesome-terminal-fonts

• Delete all files in $HOME/.i3 and clone git:

  $ git clone https://github.com/ashwinvis/i3.git ~/.i3

• Install pacaur / use makepkg

• Install lemonbar:

  $ pacaur -S lemonbar-xft-git

• Install wallpaper-reddit:

  pip install --user -e https://github.com/ashwinvis/wallpaper-reddit.git

Debian jessie 8.5:

Installation instructions by @electro7: May be incomplete

• Install debian base (without X desktop).

• Install required packages:

  $ apt-get install i3 rxvt-unicode-256color lightdm x11-xserver-utils
  $ apt-get install git vim
  $ apt-get install conky curl alsa-utils
  $ apt-get install mpd mpc ncmpcpp
  $ apt-get install notification-daemon xinput
  

• Delete all files in $HOME and clone git:

  $ git clone https://github.com/electro7/dotfiles.git .

• Install vim plugins:

  $ git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
  $ vim +PluginInstall +qall

• Install lemonbar:

  $ mkdir tmp; cd tmp
  $ git clone  https://github.com/LemonBoy/bar.git
  $ apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
  $ apt-get install libxcb1-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev
  $ make
  $ checkinstall -D make install

• Restart lightdm.