• Xorg (for beginners, I recommend installing the whole package)
• xrdb (for reloading xresource colorschemes)
• A terminal emulator
  • if you use anything other than alacritty, modify the line static const char *termcmd[] = { "alacritty", NULL }; in ~/.config/dwm/config.h to your terminal's name (the theme_changer script will only change the colorschemes of wezterm, alacritty or kitty)
• rofi (for opening programs, showing keybindings, changing theme, using as power menu, managing clipboard, using as a calculator etc)
• luastatus (for status info)
• feh (for setting wallpaper)
• Font: Iosevka Nerd Font and Iosevka normal
  • You can also use any other nerd font, but don't forget to add that font to *fonts[] in ~/.config/dwm/config.h and recompile)

You may choose not to install any of these and but doing so might make some things not work as intended

• Drop-down terminal: kitty
  • Drop-down creator - tdrop
  • If you want to use anothera terminal as a drop-down terminal, replace kitty to your preferred terminal name in this line - RULE(.class = "kitty", .isfloating = 1) in ~/.config/dwm/config.h
• Paru
• picom
• networkmanager-dmenu
• brightnessctl
• starship
• macchina

Work in Progress!!!

[!WARNING]

Backup your dotfiles from your home directory. These steps below will overwrite your configs.**

[!WARNING]

This rice only has been on a 1920x1080 resolution display.**

[!NOTE]

If you want to use my dotfiles then it is highly recommended to fork this repo as I might heavily change it overtime.**

If you don't want to use my configs for programs other than dwm and dmenu, then manually change the ~/.bin/dwm/theme_changer or else things might get out of control

• Clone this repo to your preferred directory and cd into it - git clone https://github.com/junnunkarim/dotfiles-linux && cd dotfiles-linux

• Install mandatory dependencies

sudo pacman -Su --needed base-devel coreutils xorg alacritty lua feh ttf-iosevka-nerd ttc-iosevka wmctrl

• Install luastatus

  • sudo pacman -Su --needed cmake yajl python-docutils
  • Follow installation steps from here - luastatus

• Copy necessary configs -

  • cp -rf .bin .Xresources .xinitrc ~
    • If you won't use my bashrc then add .bin to your $PATH variable
    • Do not copy .xsession as it will change your keyboard layout to dvorak.
  • cp -rf .config/alacritty .config/dwm .config/rofi .config/wallpaper ~/.config/

• Build dwm and dmenu

cd ~/.config/dwm && sudo make install
cd ~/.config/dmenu && sudo make install

• Create a desktop entry for dwm

sudo vim /usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=dwm
Comment=the dynamic window manager
Exec=dwm
Icon=dwm
Type=XSession

• Open $HOME/.config/dwm/config.h in a text editor and modify the keybindings to your needs
• Extract the gtk themes from .themes directory to your $HOME/.themes directory
• Login to dwm using a display manager
  • After getting into dwm press super + t and choose any colorscheme (this is to load the wallpaper for the first time)

[!WARNING]

For each options below, make sure that you are in the dotfiles-linux directory

• Install paru (AUR helper)
  • git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
  • cd paru
  • makepkg -si
• If you want to use my .bashrc
  • cp .bashrc ~
  • sudo pacman -Su --needed exa starship
  • paru -S --needed macchina
• If you want to use my config.fish
  • cp -rf ~/.config/fish/config.fish
  • sudo pacman -Su --needed exa starship
  • paru -S --needed macchina
• nvim dotfiles
  • cp -rf .config/nvim ~/.config
• If you want to use my .vimrc
  • cp .vimrc ~
  • install vim-plug
  • setup coc-nvim
• brightnessctl
  • sudo pacman -Su --needed brightnessctl
• picom
  • sudo pacman -Su --needed picom
• networkmanager-dmenu
  • paru -S --needed networkmanager-dmenu-git
• redshift
  • sudo pacman -Su --needed redshift
• Dropdown terminal
  • paru -S --needed kitty tdrop tmux
  • cp -rf .config/kitty ~/.config
• zathura
  • sudo pacman -Su --needed zathura
  • cp -rf .config/zathura ~/.config/
• slock
  • cp -rf .config/slock ~/.config/
  • cd ~/.config/slock && sudo make install
  • Continue lockscreen setup using arch wiki - slock

• BAR_AWESOMEBAR_PATCH
• BAR_LTSYMBOL_PATCH
• BAR_STATUS_PATCH
• BAR_STATUSBUTTON_PATCH
• BAR_STATUS2D_PATCH
• BAR_SYSTRAY_PATCH
• BAR_UNDERLINETAGS_PATCH
• BAR_TITLE_LEFT_PAD_PATCH
• BAR_BORDER_PATCH
• BAR_CENTEREDWINDOWNAME_PATCH
• BAR_EWMHTAGS_PATCH
• BAR_IGNORE_XFT_ERRORS_WHEN_DRAWING_TEXT_PATCH
• BAR_PADDING_VANITYGAPS_PATCH
• ATTACHBOTTOM_PATCH
• CENTER_PATCH
• COMBO_PATCH
• COOL_AUTOSTART_PATCH
• CYCLELAYOUTS_PATCH
• FOCUSONNETACTIVE_PATCH
• FSIGNAL_PATCH
• LOSEFULLSCREEN_PATCH
• NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING_PATCH
• ONLYQUITONEMPTY_PATCH
• RESTARTSIG_PATCH
• SHIFTVIEW_CLIENTS_PATCH
• STACKER_PATCH
• SWITCHTAG_PATCH
• TOGGLEFULLSCREEN_PATCH
• VANITYGAPS_PATCH
• VANITYGAPS_MONOCLE_PATCH
• XRDB_PATCH
• ZOOMSWAP_PATCH
• TILE_LAYOUT
• MONOCLE_LAYOUT

• Switch to xrdb patch for theme switching
• Fix the issue with hardcoded path
• Create a list of keybindings
• Explain installation procedure and how everything works
  • Mention the mandatory and optional dependencies
  • Make a detailed guide for archlinux
• Redo setup on an updated version of dwm-flexipatch
• Explain the features of this setup
• Switch to rofi from dmenu (but keep dmenu as an alternative)
• Make new colorschemes
  • nord
  • dracula
  • catppuccin
  • rose-pine
  • everblush
  • kanagawa
• Rice Firefox or switch to vieb
• Create conky and eww widgets
• Remove unused patches
• Give credit to proper persons and projects
• Write my own neovim config
• Update the README
• Update rofi to look like dmenu