Enter a fullscreen mode on and off: $mod + f.

This opens up a menu at the top of the screen where you can put keywords to search for specific app.

Launching system applications via the dmenu: $mod + d.

Note that $mod represents the modifier key you selected. Now that it is installed with the basic configuration setup, there are a few key combinations that can be used to perform some basic tasks

simply use the default configuration file.Īnd you should now be welcomed by black screen with some status bar at the bottom that resembles the one shown in the screenshot below Basic Usage of i3.

auto-generate an i3-wm configuration file, ~/.config/i3/config or.

Upon successfully logging in, you are then prompted on whether to: Next, enter your account password to login to your system.

Click the settings icon and select i3 session as your login screen.

Once the installation is done, you can now proceed to configure i3-wm on Debian 11.įirst, log out of your system and log in again.Ĭlick on your account username and gear, settings icon appears at the bottom right screen. Configuring i3 Windows Manager on Debian 11 These packages are installed along with the i3 meta package. There are other tools that are needed to use the i3 window manager efficiently. You should now be able to install latest version of i3-wm by running the command below apt install i3 To ensure we install and latest version and to ensure seamless updates/upgrades, create i3-wm Debian repos wget -O- | gpg -dearmor > /etc/apt//i3wm-signing.gpg apt install apt-transport-https -yes echo 'deb all main' | sudo tee /etc/apt//i3-autobuild.list The default Debian 10 repos provide i3-wm version 4.19.1.

The current stable version of i3 is 4.20.1. Install latest i3 Windows Manager from Ubuntu/Debian Repos Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::metapackage, role::program,ĪPT-Sources: bullseye/main amd64 Packages Recommends: i3lock (>= 2.2), suckless-tools, i3status (>= 2.3), dunst

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