https://mohitdudi.github.io/tags/dwl/ Recent content in Dwl on Mohit Hugo en-us Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:19:00 +0530 https://mohitdudi.github.io/posts/dwl-install-debian/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:19:00 +0530 https://mohitdudi.github.io/posts/dwl-install-debian/ <blockquote> <p>debian 12 was used to build wlroots 0.18 and dwl 0.7</p> </blockquote> <h2 id="adding-backport-and-testing-repo-s">Adding backport and testing repo&rsquo;s</h2> <ul> <li>Add following lines to your <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code></li> <li>These repo&rsquo;s are required to pull some version specific packages <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span style="display:flex;"><span>deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>deb http://deb.debian.org/debian sid main </span></span></code></pre></div></li> </ul> <h2 id="install-required-packages">Install Required Packages</h2> <ul> <li>Same packages are needed by both wlroots and dwl</li> <li>Some packages are pulled from backport and testing repo&rsquo;s due to version requirements</li> <li>This list of packages is not verbose (as of now) <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span style="display:flex;"><span>apt install -t bookworm-backports libwayland-server0 </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>apt install -t sid libliftoff-dev </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>apt install meson cmake libgbm-dev glslang-dev glslang-tools libudev-dev libseat-dev hwdata libdisplay-info-dev libinput-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-present-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-xinput-dev xwayland libxcb-errors-dev libxcb-composite0-dev libxcb-ewmh-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-res0-dev </span></span></code></pre></div></li> </ul> <h2 id="wlroots">Wlroots</h2> <blockquote> <p>Building wlroots is recommended as you can customize your build (enabling Xwayland support)</p>