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VaughnValle / blue-sky

A clean and blue BSPWM setup
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Cerulean

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Cerulean is a minimalistic Linux setup for Pop! OS using various shades of blue. This setup uses BSPWM as the tiling window manager.

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Dependencies

Installation Steps (Ubuntu/Pop! OS 20.04)

NOTE: This guide uses ~/Downloads as the default path for cloning repos

  1. Update your repositories:

     sudo apt update

  2. Upgrade your system:

     sudo apt upgrade

  3. Install bspwm:

    Install required dependencies (vim included):

     sudo apt install build-essential git vim xcb libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-ewmh-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libasound2-dev libxcb-xtest0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libuv1-dev

    Clone the repository:

     cd ~/Downloads
 git clone https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm.git

    Compile and install bspwm:

     cd bspwm
 make
 sudo make install

    Copy bspwm configuration files:

     mkdir ~/.config/bspwm
 cp examples/bspwmrc ~/.config/bspwm
 chmod +x ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
 cd ..

    OPTIONAL: Configure bspwmrc to your liking

     vim ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc

  4. Install sxhkd:

    Clone the repository:

     git clone https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd.git

    Compile and install sxhkd:

     cd sxhkd
 make
 sudo make install

    Copy sxhkd configuration files:

     mkdir ~/.config/sxhkd
 cp ../bspwm/examples/sxhkdrc ~/.config/sxhkd
 cd ..

    OPTIONAL: Configure the keybind in sxhkdrc to your liking:

     vim ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc

    NOTE: Make sure the terminal emulator used in the config file is installed as the terminal will be the only way we can interact with bspwm upon startup after a fresh installation

  5. Install Polybar:

    Install required dependencies:

     sudo apt install cmake cmake-data pkg-config python3-sphinx libcairo2-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-composite0-dev python3-xcbgen xcb-proto libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-ewmh-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxcb-xrm-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libjsoncpp-dev libmpdclient-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libnl-genl-3-dev

    Clone the repository:

     git clone --recursive https://github.com/polybar/polybar

    Compile and install Polybar:

     cd polybar
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake ..
 make -j$(nproc)
 sudo make install

  6. Install Picom:

    Install required dependencies:

     sudo apt install meson libxext-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-damage0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-composite0-dev libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-present-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libpixman-1-dev libdbus-1-dev libconfig-dev libgl1-mesa-dev  libpcre2-dev  libevdev-dev uthash-dev libev-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-glx0-dev

    Clone the repository:

     git clone https://github.com/ibhagwan/picom.git

    Build (with Ninja):

     cd picom
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 meson --buildtype=release . build
 ninja -C build

    Install Picom:

     sudo ninja -C build install
 cd ..

    NOTE: Default installation path is /usr/local, use this to change the install prefix:

     meson configure -Dprefix=<path> build

  7. Install Rofi:

    Install required dependencies:

     sudo apt install bison flex libstartup-notification0-dev check autotools-dev libpango1.0-dev librsvg2-bin librsvg2-dev libcairo2-dev libglib2.0-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libjpeg-dev

    Get necessary releases:

     cd ~/Downloads
 wget https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/releases/download/1.5.4/rofi-1.5.4.tar.gz
 wget https://github.com/libcheck/check/releases/download/0.15.1/check-0.15.1.tar.gz
 tar -xvzf rofi-1.5.4.tar.gz
 tar -xvzf check-0.15.1.tar.gz

    Build check:

     cd check-0.15.1
 ./configure
 make
 make check

    Install check:

     sudo make insttar -xvzfall
 cd ..

    Build rofi:

     cd rofi
 mkdir build && cd build
 ../configure
 make

    Install rofi:

     sudo make install

    Enable and use rofi:

     vim ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc

    Change dmenu to:

     rofi -modi run,drun,window -show drun -show-icons -sidebar-mode

  8. Install spotify:

     curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_0D811D58.gpg | sudo apt-key add - 
 echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
 sudo apt update && sudo apt install spotify-client

  9. Install spicetify:

    Install spicetify:

     curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/khanhas/spicetify-cli/master/install.sh | sh
 sudo chmod a+wr /usr/share/spotify
 sudo chmod a+wr /usr/share/spotify/Apps -R

    Launch Spotify using spicetify: 

     spicetify
 spicetify backup apply enable-devtool
 spicetify update

    Theming:

     cd ~/Downloads
 git clone https://github.com/morpheusthewhite/spicetify-themes.git
 cd spicetify-themes
 cp -r * ~/spicetify-cli/Themes
 cd ~/spicetify-cli/Themes/Dribbblish/
 cp dribbblish.js ../../Extensions
 spicetify config extensions dribbblish.js
 spicetify config current_theme Dribbblish color_scheme nord-dark
 spicetify config inject_css 1 replace_colors 1 overwrite_assets 1
 spicetify apply

  10. Install alacritty:

    Install alacritty:

     sudo apt install alacritty

    Clone the repo: 

     cd ~/Downloads
 git clone https://github.com/VaughnValle/blue-sky.git

    Apply alacritty theme:

     mkdir ~/.config/alacritty
 cp blue-sky/alacritty/alacritty.yml ~/.config/alacritty/

    NOTE: If you get the error: GLSL 3.30 is not supported error, do this:

     vim /usr/share/applications/com.alacritty.Alacritty.desktop

    and change Exec=alacritty to Exec=bash -c "LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 alacritty"

  11. Apply the desktop wallpaper:

     sudo apt install feh
 echo 'feh --bg-fill $HOME/Downloads/blue-sky/wallpapers/blue3.png' >> ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc

  12. Configure polybar:

     mkdir ~/.config/polybar
 cd ~/Downloads/blue-sky/polybar
 cp * -r ~/.config/polybar
 echo '~/.config/polybar/./launch.sh' >> ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
 cd fonts
 sudo cp * /usr/share/fonts/truetype/

  13. Install Oh My ZSH!:

     sudo apt install zsh
 sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)

  14. Install Powerlevel10k:

     git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

  15. Theme vim:

     mkdir -p ~/.vim/colors
 cd ~/Downloads
 cp blue-sky/nord.vim ~/.vim/colors
 git clone https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline.git
 cd vim-airline
 cp * -r ~/.vim
 cd ~/Downloads
 git clone https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline-themes.git
 cd vim-airline-themes
 cp * -r ~/.vim
 echo 'colorscheme nord' >> ~/.vimrc
 echo let g:airline_theme=\'base16\' >> ~/.vimrc

  16. Theme rofi:

     mkdir -p ~/.config/rofi/themes
 cp ~/Downloads/blue-sky/nord.rasi ~/.config/rofi/themes
 rofi-theme-selector #preview the "nord theme" with Enter and apply it with Alt+a

 # modify keybindings
 vim ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
 # replace dmenu with rofi -show drun

  17. Install slim and slimlock:

    Installation slim and slimlock:

     sudo apt install slim libpam0g-dev libxrandr-dev libfreetype6-dev libimlib2-dev libxft-dev
 sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 #select slim

    NOTE: If you get fatal error: ft2build.h: do:

     sudo vim /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h

    Change line 39: to #include <freetype2/ft2build.h>" <truncated> and do:

     sudo cp /usr/include/freetype2/freetype /usr/include

    Then run:

     sudo make
 sudo make install
 cd ..

    Theming:

     cd ~/Downloads/blue-sky
 sudo cp slim.conf /etc && sudo cp slimlock.conf /etc
 sudo cp default /usr/share/slim/themes

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