Description
i3 Window Manager for RHEL/CentOS 7
Installation Instructions
Minimal GUI using i3 and Lilyterm
For RHEL/CentOS 7 installed from "minimal" package group
Installation
Required Repositories:
Install X11 server and drivers (e.g. for VMware virtual machine):
yum install xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-drv-vmware xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse xorg-x11-drv-evdev mesa-dri-drivers
Install lightdm:
yum install lightdm xorg-x11-xinit-session
Install i3, i3status, and lilyterm:
yum install dejavu-sans-fonts dejavu-sans-mono-fonts dejavu-serif-fonts i3 i3status lilyterm
Install py3status—Optional, for additional customization to the status bar
yum install py3status
Install feh—Optional, to set wallpaper:
yum install feh
Set Up
Boot to GUI by default:
systemctl set-default graphical.target
Start GUI now:
systemctl isolate graphical.target
Active Releases
The following unofficial repositories are provided as-is by owner of this project. Contact the owner directly for bugs or issues (IE: not bugzilla).
Release | Architectures | Repo Download |
---|---|---|
EPEL 7 | x86_64 (12)* | EPEL 7 (86 downloads) |
* Total number of downloaded packages.
Quick Enable
#> dnf copr enable danielfallon/i3wm-el7
More info about enabling Copr repositories