REI3 is a modern, minimalist, and lightweight window manager for Linux operating systems. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing REI3 on Alpine Linux.
Before installing REI3, you need to install some required packages. Open a terminal and enter the following commands to install the necessary packages:
sudo apk add xorg-server xf86-video-vesa xf86-input-synaptics xf86-input-evdev
This command installs the X11 windowing system and some drivers.
After installing the required packages, you can install REI3 using the following command:
sudo apk add rei3
This command will download and install REI3 on your system.
By default, REI3 doesn't come with any configuration files, so we need to create them. To enable the configuration files, create a file named .xinitrc in your user's home directory with the following content:
exec rei3
This command tells X11 to start REI3 as your default window manager.
To start the X11 windowing system, restart your computer or execute the following command:
startx
This command will start REI3 as your default window manager.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed REI3 on Alpine Linux Latest! You are now ready to explore this minimalist and lightweight window manager.
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