This is a DWM patches from Chris Titus Tech. I’ve tweaked and configured the patches to suit my personal workflow, but it’s simple enough for anyone to use.

Dependencies

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm base-devel libx11 libxinerama libxft imlib2 libxcb git unzip flameshot lxappearance feh mate-polkit meson libev uthash libconfig meson ninja

Debian/Ubuntu-based

sudo apt install -y build-essential libx11-dev libxinerama-dev libxft-dev libimlib2-dev libx11-xcb-dev libfontconfig1 libx11-6 libxft2 libxinerama1 libxcb-res0-dev git unzip flameshot lxappearance feh mate-polkit meson ninja-build

Fedora

sudo dnf install -y libX11-devel libXinerama-devel libXft-devel imlib2-devel libxcb-devel unzip flameshot lxappearance feh mate-polkit meson ninja-build

Installation

For Installating necessary dependencies & stuffs run this command:

bash <(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/harilvfs/dwm/refs/heads/main/setup.sh)

Install

git clone https://github.com/harilvfs/dwm ~/
cd ~/dwm
sudo make clean install

Install slstatus

cd ~/dwm/slstatus
sudo make clean install

Add this to your ~/.xinitrc

exec dwm &
slstatus

Important

After installation, remember to adjust some keybindings in config.h to fit your use case.

Note

Default keybinding for terminal is mod + x and for rofi is mod + r.

Tmux

Install tmux

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S tmux

Debian

sudo apt install tmux

Fedora

sudo dnf install tmux

openSUSE

sudo zypper install tmux

Clone Tmux Plugin Manager [TPM]

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

Install TPM

cd ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
chmod +x tpm
./tpm

Configuration

• Create the configuration directory:

mkdir ~/.config/tmux

• Download the tmux configuration file:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/harilvfs/dwm/refs/heads/main/config/tmux/tmux.conf ~/.config/tmux/

• Install Config Plugins

cd ~/.tmux/plugin/tpm/scripts/
chmod +x *.sh
./install_plugins.sh

• Update Plugins

cd ~/.tmux/plugin/tpm/scripts/
./update_plugin.sh

Picom

For transparency settings, check out this ➤ Picom Config.

For the inbuild animation of picom, check out this ➤ FT-LABS

Installation with Animations

To use the inbuilt animations provided by FT-Labs picom, follow the steps below:

First Install Aur Helper (eg. paru or yay)

Paru

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
cd paru
makepkg -si

Yay

sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

Install Ftlab Picom Package

paru -S picom-ftlabs-git

picom-ftlabs-git Package Maintainer fazzi

Dependencies

Assuming you already have all the usual building tools installed (e.g. gcc, python, meson, ninja, etc.)

Project Overview

For one click installing & setup use my Carch Project