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how to install tinywm a new window manager in slackware 14.1?
i have download the tar file from tinywm site...i want to install the same on my machine and replace my existing fluxbox window manager to tinywm......
i followed this thread but bumped at point 5 as the tar file that i extracted doesnt have the ./configure... http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...anager-383418/ how do i go about now? i have also copied the old fluxbox file and renamed to tinywm...now if i type xwmconfig i can see the tinywm there but i know i cant run it since the user binaries doesnt exist....i am stuck here.... |
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From the README:
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Usage:It's a toy or a demonstrator intended for developers, so you don't have a need for it. |
hey didier thanks for the info....yes i saw it too....well looking for something neat and fast.....and get a terminal open would be the only thing i would be looking at....
p.s. i havent logged out for a long long time...hoping i get back in without much hassles... |
@moisespedro: yes i ran make install and this is what i got..incompatibility issues with stock 64 bit?
again, i have the multi-lib enabled....do correct me if am wrong.... so just hoping i get through this last hurdle there.... " in/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libgcc_s.so when searching for -lgcc " later if i type whereis tinywm i get no results... |
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I downloaded tinywm-1.3. It builds without a problem. This is on Slackware64 current. Do you have the *proto packages from Slackware's x directory installed?
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There is no /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so in Slackware64 but /usr/X11R6/lib64/libX11.so instead. I think that you don't have a genuine and full Slackware64. Maybe multilib?
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Didier is correct, lib/ is the wrong location on 64bit slackware. Try removing the -I and -L options from the cc command and let gcc sort it out. '-lX11' is likely all that is needed.
P.S. I think he was also right to point out that you will likely find tinywm a little too tiny for any practical use. |
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@Didier: once again, thanks for the tip on the window manager...looking for something lightweight and just on experimental basis want to try it out..... @Gazl: yes gazl, i just want to run xterm's when my desktop is opened...and am ok working from the command line..and prefer it too.... ---------- Post added 05-04-15 at 09:20 AM ---------- Quote:
i ran tar -xzvf on that file and got the tinywm directory again...when i do a makeall after cd to the directory, i get the errors listed... "*proto packages from Slackware's x directory" - could you let me know how to check the same and i will get back with the feasible results.... |
@nitecrawler: I just downloaded tinywm-1.3.tgz, and changed -L$(PREFIX)/lib to -L$(PREFIX)/lib64 in its Makefile and ran make. There were some warnings, but I got a binary that I could run. I'm on Slackware64 -current w/ multilib. (Without changing the Makefile I got a binary too, though.)
However, there are other window managers you could try as well, like dwm (tiling), mcwm (floating) or cwm. They all have SlackBuilds available, and are pretty lightweight. |
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cd /var/log/packages/ && ls *proto*Code:
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@nitecrawler: are you sure tinywm is not build, despite these warnings? After you do 'make' or 'make all', is there a file "tinywm"? That is the window manager.
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