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///
/// This is AfterStep 1.8.0 INSTALL
///
INSTALL
+-------+
Unarchive the distribution AfterStep-<version>.tar.(gz|bz2) then -
./configure
make
make install
Now if you do not use graphical login and session management all you have to do is this:
mv ~/.xinitrc ~/xinitrc.old
echo afterstep > ~/.xinitrc
If indeed graphical login is used the situation is more complex.
- If you have gnome-session version 3.0 and above - all you have to do is select
AfterStep from available sessions list on your graphical login screen.
- If you prefer KDE environment, then you need to add :
KDEWM=afterstep
export KDEWM
to your /etc/profile. Then just select KDE session on login screen.
- If your system is older (such as RHEL 6) and gnome-session is version 2,
then you need to add :
WINDOW_MANAGER=afterstep
export WINDOW_MANAGER
to your /etc/profile. Then just select GNOME session on login screen.
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
+----------------------+
Unarchive the distribution AfterStep-1.7.x.tar(gz|bz2), then run
configure to guess system-dependant options:
./configure
Configure has several options which can be fed to it to --disable or
--enable or include various characteristics of AfterStep. A complete listing
can be obtained from ./configure --help, a few are below, defaults are listed
within the brackets.
--with-imageloader=APP used to display non-XPMs [xli -onroot -quiet]
--with-helpcommand=APP display manpage for window [xiterm -e man]
--with-startsort=METHOD start menu sorting method [SORTBYALPHA]
--enable-different-looknfeels
different look&feel for each desktop [no]
--with-desktops=DESKS default desktops in pager [4]
--with-deskgeometry=GEOM
desktop views as COLUMNSxROWS [2x2]
--enable-newlook support new look options (MyStyles) [yes]
--enable-pagerbackground
provide background support with the Pager [yes]
--enable-i18n support I18N [no]
--enable-xlocale using X_LOCALE [no]
--enable-menuwarp warp mouse pointer to menus [no]
--enable-savewindows save windows and re-open next session [yes]
--enable-makemenus make the start menu from the start/ tree [yes]
--enable-makemenusonboot
always make the start menu when starting AS [no]
--enable-texture support gradient, XPM, and JPEG textures [yes]
--enable-shade support shaded windows [yes]
--enable-virtual support virtual desktops [yes]
--enable-saveunders request saveunders for menus [yes]
--enable-windowlist compile built-in window-list [yes]
--enable-availability check for unavailable binaries [yes]
--enable-staticlibs enable linking to libafterstep statically [yes]
--enable-script compile Script module [yes]
--with-xpm support XPM image format [yes]
--with-jpeg support JPEG image format [yes]
--with-png support PNG image format [yes]
If you CANNOT become root, you will have to change systems-wide installation
paths to someplace from your PATH where you have permisson to write by using
the appropriate paths to the following ./configure options.
--prefix=PRE install architecture-independent files in PRE
[/usr/local]
--bindir=DIR user executables in DIR [PRE/bin]
--datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data in DIR
[PRE/share]
--mandir=DIR man documentation in DIR [PRE/man]
Make sure these directories exist before you start the configure, otherwise
you'll have one file called bin, one called man, etc. :) Begin the build
process and monitor the output of the above commands for possible error
messages!!!
make
Become root, or omit the su command if you have changed ./configure to
install in your $HOME, and execute the install process to install the binaries
and man pages.
su root -
make install
Insert a call to the window manager within the X servers user script. If the
path to the installed binary is not in your PATH, then provide the full path
to it in the echo. By default the binaries are installed into /usr/local and
this is NOT in root's PATH! :)
echo afterstep > ~/.xinitrc
If you prefer to continue using the old .steprc single file configuration
instead of the GNUstep logic hierarchy, use this modified version for the
.xinitrc file
echo "afterstep -f ~/.steprc" > ~/.xinitrc
To capture any error which might be output during the first run of AfterStep,
you can direct any that might ocur into a file for inspection later.
startx > ~/AF-debug 2>&1
RPM METHOD
+----------+
If you'd like to make an rpm directly from this tarball, you can use the
AfterStep.spec file included in the tarball, or extract it and edit it
to your liking. By using the one supplied in the tarball -
rpm -tb AfterStep-1.7.x.tar.gz [or .bz2]
Further information can be optained from the rpm man page. The included
AfterStep-redhat.tar.gz file is the menu used for this method.
Feb 3, 2000
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