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Updated Debian installation guide (markdown)

Simon Ser 2019-07-19 17:03:55 +03:00
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Debian-installation-guide.md

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## Disclaimers
**This guide is outdated and shouldn't be used.** Any attempt to use it will only result in build errors and frustration. Debian users: please update this guide for wlroots.
Note: these instructions are community-maintained, and are not supported by the `sway` project. They are known to work as of the last edit. It should also be noted that Debian is probably the least friendly mainstream distribution to install `sway` and many of it's affiliated applications on since it relies on building from source and non-stable repositories. You may wish to try it on another distribution first before embarking down this road.
This document will guide you through installing sway on Debian Buster (stable). Currently `swaywm` IS available in the `experimental` repositories, HOWEVER several dependencies are only available in `sid`. To get `sway` installed with minimal manual compilation, a couple of `experimental` repositories will be added, but to ensure stability, `sid` repositories will be avoided. The application itself and other dependencies are pulled from GitHub.
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sudo apt-get install libgles2-mesa-dev libdrm2 libdrm-dev libegl1-mesa-dev xwayland
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## Installing `wlc` <sup name="refLink1">[\[1\]](#ref1)</sup>
## Installing `wlc`
Next we'll install [Wlc](https://github.com/Cloudef/wlc) and its dependencies:
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`sway` is extremely popular on [the unixporn subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/search/?q=sway&restrict_sr=1). You may wish too have a look for other recommended applications and configurations there.
Feel free to add additional recommended applications to this list, noting that most users are interested in `sway` as a lightweight, keyboard-driven window manager. Heavy GUI applications like FireFox and LibreOffice are great options for all desktops, but are not specifically relevant to those goals.
<a name="ref1">1</a>. [^](#refLink1) According to [this](https://github.com/Cloudef/wlc#deprecation-notice), "wlc is officially deprecated. Interested users are encouraged to use wlroots instead.". Is installing wlc necessary? I couldn't find a better way of raising this question than adding it as this footnote - please feel free to delete/revert this edit as you wish.
Feel free to add additional recommended applications to this list, noting that most users are interested in `sway` as a lightweight, keyboard-driven window manager. Heavy GUI applications like FireFox and LibreOffice are great options for all desktops, but are not specifically relevant to those goals.