Dan Hitt <dan.h...@gmail.com wrote: > This is a sort of subquery to the question of how to change window > managers. (And thanks again Johan, Camaleón, and Indulekha for your > earlier help.) > > So the question is: supposing you compile a window manager yourself, > so that it does not come from the packaging system. > > What is the standard best way of setting this new window manager as yours? > > It certainly won't exist in any of the lists on the login page, since > debian could not know about it. > > So, i googled around, and there's this page > http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/doc/debian/ch-X.html > which recommends just making an executable file > /home/USER/.xsession > and putting in a sequence of commands there---which > could just be the path to your window manager. > > I tried this, and . . . . it works. > > But i feel a little uneasy about this, like this is not a best practice, > or some newer release of debian may break it. > > (Note that the window manager i built is WindowMaker 0.95.2 which > is a few revisions ahead of the squeeze version. And although it > certainly works, and i can launch applications, it doesn't look at all > like the squeeze version. For example, it has a solid light purple > background, instead of the debian swirls.) > > Thanks in advance for any info. >
The best way is to make a debian package of it, then install it with dpkg. Check this out: http://wiki.debian.org/HowToPackageForDebian Have fun! -- ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ Indulekha -- ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ Indulekha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120430133632.GA22554@radhesyama
