sawfish-1.3

Introduction to sawfish

The sawfish package contains a window manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows where all window decorations are configurable and all user-interface policy is controlled through the extension language.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sawmill/sawfish-1.3.tar.gz
Download (FTP):
Download MD5 sum: 9e5ce5e76c60acecdb1889c1f173295a
Download size: 1.5 MB
Estimated disk space required: 17.5 MB
Estimated build time: 0.26 SBU

sawfish dependencies

Required

X (XFree86-4.4.0 or X.org-6.8.2), librep-0.17, rep-gtk-0.18, EsounD-0.2.35 and GTK+-2.6.4

Installation of sawfish

Install sawfish by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --libexec=/usr/sbin --infodir=/usr/share/info \
  --disable-themer &&
make

Now, as the root user:

make install

Command explanations

--with-audiofile: This command directs sawfish to use libaudiofile for sound manipulation.

--with-esd: This command directs sawfish to use the Enlightened Sound Daemon.

--disable-themer: This option prevents building the sawfish themer. This program was not migrated to GTK-2.

Configuring sawfish

Configuration Information

Be sure to backup your current .xinitrc before proceeding.

cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
exec sawfish
EOF

Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.0

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