Suckless builds

My setup of suckless tools for (Arch) Linux environment. Each suckless program is stored as a git submodule. Selection of patches in patches directory, configs in config directory. Features simple status bar for dwm and a custom homepage for surf.

Works best with my accompanying dotfiles.

Prerequisites

Dependencies for suckless programs and minimal xorg runtime are stored in pkg-list.txt. To install packages with pacman run:

sed '/^#/d' pkg-list.txt | pacman -S --needed -

Package list assumes you have base developer tools installed. Dockerfile contains more explicit list of packages needed for build step. If you want to use my dwm bar remember to run sensors-detect before. List of other packages that I use (which are not suckless related) can be found in my dotfiles.

How to build

Apply my selection of patches and copy configs. Patching can be done like:

cd dwm && patch < ../patches/dwm-...

Using gathered patches in alphabetical order should succeed (with one minor exception in config.def.h for surf's web search which doesn't matter since proper config.h is supplied). Copy configs like:

cd dwm && cp ../configs/dwm/config.h .

Then build and install in a standard way:

cd dwm && make && sudo make install

Other

To use my dwm status bar install it with sudo install dwmbar /usr/local/bin. Then place dwmbar& in .xinitrc.

Surf looks for homepage inside ~/.surf/homepage.html.

Theming

St has base16 brewer color scheme applied. Matching gtk2 and gtk3 theme is mantis. Follow instructions on theme's page and apply it with lxappearance.