How to Install Stump on OpenBSD

Stump is a lightweight window manager for X11 that is designed to be modular, extensible, and easy to configure. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Stump on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we get started with the installation process, you should ensure that your OpenBSD system is up to date and that you have the necessary packages installed. Specifically, we need to install the following packages:

• xorg
• xterm
• git

You can install these packages using the pkg_add command. Open your terminal and run the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add xorg xterm git

Installing Stump

1. Clone the Stump repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/StumpWM/stumpwm.git

2. Change to the Stump directory:

$ cd stumpwm

3. Build and install Stump:

$ sh autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

4. Copy the default configuration file to your home directory:

$ cp contrib/stumpwmrc ~/.stumpwmrc

Configuring Stump

Now that Stump is installed, you may wish to configure it to suit your needs. The default configuration file (~/.stumpwmrc) contains a number of example configurations that you can modify or remove as desired.

To start using Stump, simply launch it from the command line:

$ stumpwm

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Stump on OpenBSD. With this lightweight window manager, you can easily configure your desktop environment to suit your needs, without having to rely on heavy, resource-intensive window managers.

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