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https://github.com/VaughnValle/blue-sky

A clean and blue BSPWM setup
https://github.com/VaughnValle/blue-sky

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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

* bspwm

* sxhkd

* polybar

* picom

* rofi

* spotify-client

* spicetify

* alacritty

* zsh

* oh my zsh!

* powerlevel10k

* vim

* slim

* slimlock



## 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= 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 

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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"``



	---

12. Apply the desktop wallpaper:



		 sudo apt install feh

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

13. 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/

14. Install Oh My ZSH!:



		 sudo apt install zsh

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

15. Install Powerlevel10k:



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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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 " `` 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



## Thanks for dropping by!