DWM setup on debian

This repo is meant to be used on any* distribution, mainly targeting

• Gentoo*
• PikaOS
• Debian Testing
• Ubuntu LTS
• Ubuntu

Note

Distributions marked with * Requires you to install packages yourself
List can be found in the debian-apt script.
On other distros you are on your own

Prequisites:

• X11 server

What it setups?

• startx
• DWM window manager
• Basic functionalities:
  • Dunst (Notifications)
  • Screenshots
  • Multimedia keybinds
  • Performance toggle keybinds
  • Fcitx5
  • Theming tools
  • Screen setup tools
  • Lockscreen
• Emacs (with Doom emacs and my configs)
• Zsh (with oh-my-zsh)
• Color schemes (gruvbox-material)
• Kitty terminal

Reference repos:

Repository	URL
Dwm	https://git.iostria.org/dotfiles/dwm.git
home .files	https://git.iostria.org/dotfiles/home-dotfiles.git
Doom emacs	https://git.iostria.org/dotfiles/doom-configs.git
Dotfiles	https://git.iostria.org/dotfiles/dotfiles.git
Wallpapers	https://git.iostria.org/dotfiles/wallpapers.git

Quick Install

If you are on debian based distribution:

./debian-apt-install.sh

to install required packages. On other distros, refer to the top of the repo.

Then run the setup script:

chmod +x ./setup.sh
./setup.sh

This will automatically:

1. Install git (if not present)
2. Clone all required repositories
3. Copy dotfiles to their locations
4. Install apt packages
5. Setup Zsh with plugins
6. Install DOOM Emacs
7. Build and install DWM
8. Install Nerd Fonts

Manual Steps (if you prefer)

[1] Install git

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y git

[2] Clone all my repos:

git clone https://git.iostria.org/dotfiles/dwm.git
git clone https://git.iostria.org/dotfiles/home-dotfiles.git
git clone https://git.iostria.org/dotfiles/doom-configs.git
git clone https://git.iostria.org/dotfiles/dotfiles.git

[3] Copy files to their places

mkdir ~/.doom.d

cp -r dwm ~/
cp -r home-dotfiles/. ~/
cp -r doom-configs/. ~/.doom.d/
cp -r dotfiles/. ~/.config/

[4] Install Zsh stuff

sudo apt install zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

git clone --depth 1 -- https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autocomplete

[5] Install DOOM Emacs

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs ~/.config/emacs
~/.config/emacs/bin/doom install

rm -rf ~/.config/doom.d

~/.config/emacs/bin/doom sync

[6] Install DWM and dwmblocks

cd dwm
sudo make install
cd dwmblocks
sudo make install
make user-install

[7] Fonts (manual setup*)

bash -c  "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/officialrajdeepsingh/nerd-fonts-installer/main/install.sh)"

[9] Flatpak cursors

You need to grant flatpak apps access to your cursors.

# Grant access to user cursor themes (~/.icons and ~/.local/share/icons)
flatpak override --user --filesystem=~/.icons:ro
flatpak override --user --filesystem=~/.local/share/icons:ro
# Grant access to system cursor themes
flatpak override --user --filesystem=/usr/share/icons:ro
flatpak override --user --filesystem=xdg-config/gtk-3.0:ro
flatpak override --user --filesystem=xdg-config/gtk-4.0:ro
# Set the XCURSOR_PATH environment variable
flatpak override --user --env=XCURSOR_PATH=/home/$USER/.icons:/run/host/user-share/icons:/run/host/share/icons

# If you want to set a specific cursor theme (replace 'Sunset-cursors' with your theme name)
flatpak override --user --env=XCURSOR_THEME=Sunset-cursors
# Optional: set cursor size
flatpak override --user --env=XCURSOR_SIZE=24

[LAST] Last step

Just reboot and enjoy :). You still need to install the fonts and setup gtk and qt6ct theming to how you like and setup your screen in arandar or in ~/.xprofile with xrandr

To change your shell to zsh, run: chsh -s $(which zsh)