Ubuntu 10.04 still ships with wmii-3.6. New extensions, which are implemented in the latest wmii, are required to run gnome-panel.
I have prepared the following packages for you:
If it does not fit you, please use the following script to build latest wmii from source code.
#!/bin/bash WORKDIR="/tmp/wmii" URL="http://dl.suckless.org/wmii/wmii+ixp-3.9b1.tbz" FILE=wmii+ixp-3.9b1.tbz DIR=wmii+ixp-3.9b1 # prepare working directory rm -rf $WORKDIR mkdir -p $WORKDIR cd $WORKDIR # install necessary dependencies - sudo make deb-dep miss some dependencies sudo aptitude install build-essential debhelper libxext-dev x11proto-xext-dev \ libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev fakeroot quilt gcc make dpkg-dev \ libixp libxft-dev mercurial txt2tags hg clone http://hg.suckless.org/wmii cd wmii dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us -b
You can found working package in /tmp/wmii and install it using following command
$ sudo dpkg -i wmii-hg_hg2550_i386.deb
Gnome's registry also needs a little bit of tweaking in order for it to play nicely with wmii. Next fire up the gconf-editor:
$ gconf-editor
And unmark the checkbox at apps>nautilus>preferences and untick show_desktop
Next go to desktop>gnome>background and untick draw_background + empty picture_filename.
This step is the step that was the most difficult to find. Simply run this command:
$ echo export WINDOW_MANAGER=`which wmii` >> ~/.gnomerc
This'll create a .gnomerc which will then run wmii.
cp -r /etc/X11/wmii-hg/ ~/.wmii-hg/
In order for "MOD-a" -> quit to work properly, you need to modify ~/.wmii-hg/wmiirc in the following way
$ gnome-control-center
Click on "Appearance" and select your theme of choice - the first one (custom) works fine.
Above steps has been based on info from Ryan Kraay's page. He provides even more tips, which I did not found necessary myself.
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https://launchpad.net/~maglione-k/+archive/ppa
Install the PPA as described.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maglione-k/ppa
but then edit the resulting apt source file
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/maglione-k-ppa-lucid.list
so that it reads
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/maglione-k/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
instead of
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/maglione-k/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
then you can install wmii-hg from aptitude
Perhapps you also need to follow Radek's other tweaks.
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brad
http://xtargets.heroku.com
Hi Brad,
I have been using this myself for Jaunty, but I consider building a package for your own distribution as a cleaner solution.
Cheers,
Radek