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breaksand30

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Registered: 2011-01-13

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Trying to install awesome WM

I'm quite new to Arch and not very familiar with all the commands and such. I'm trying to install awesome WM right now and pacman won't find it. So I went to http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13916 and tried to install it with makepkg but it says I need some dependencies such as cairo-xcb. So I tried downloading the PKGBUILD for that and installing it but it's not working. Does anybody know how exactly I can install awesome wm? I'm a noob to arch.

Sherwood51

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From: Geneva -Switzerland

Registered: 2010-05-25

Posts: 20

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Re: Trying to install awesome WM

Hi,

awesome WM is not in the official repos anymore but the easiest way, I think, to install it is using the [archlinuxfr] repos (a repository well maintained by the french community).

breaksand30

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Registered: 2011-01-13

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Re: Trying to install awesome WM

Hi,

awesome WM is not in the official repos anymore but the easiest way, I think, to install it is using the [archlinuxfr] repos (a repository well maintained by the french community).

But then wouldn't it be french?

arinlares

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From: Anaheim, CA

Registered: 2010-02-01

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Re: Trying to install awesome WM

Sort out all of the dependencies, and then install Awesome.  cairo-xcb exists in the AUR.  It always helps to check the packages in the AUR and see if they rely on other AUR packages.

zainin

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From: Poland

Registered: 2010-10-23

Posts: 33

Re: Trying to install awesome WM

What exactly do you mean by "it's not working"? Try to be more specific.

When you run makepkg for cairo-xcb read its output - if it says you're missing some dependencies, then install them with pacman. If they aren't in some repo, you can find them in AUR.
And after you've installed cairo-xcb, run makepkg for awesome. Read its output. If you're still missing some dependencies, install them with pacman. Run makepkg again and then you should've no problems.

Also, I assume you know how to install packages from AUR. If you do not, then read this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AU … g_packages

Sherwood51

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From: Geneva -Switzerland

Registered: 2010-05-25

Posts: 20

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Re: Trying to install awesome WM

But then wouldn't it be french?

What would be in french?? It's just a package...