how to compile i3 window manager (i3 wm) 4.6

1.  Install the below packages.

sudo apt-get install -y libxcb1-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libyajl-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libev-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libpango1.0-dev libxcursor-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libpango1.0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libyajl-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libev-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxkbcommon-dev

sudo apt-get install -y libxcb1-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libyajl-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libev-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev build-essential freeglut3-dev libfreeimage-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libopenal-dev bpango1.0-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsndfile-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxcb-cursor-dev

2. download i3-4.8.tar.bz2

3. uncompress i3-4.8.tar.bz2

4. cd i3-4.8

5. make

6. make isntall


Congratulations. You make it. I test the way in ubuntu 14.04 and mint 16.

If you want to compile i3-4.7, you need to compile http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xcb/util-cursor . But I don't know how to compile it.


How to compile i3status

1.  Install the below packages.

sudo apt-get install libpango1.0-dev libxcursor-dev libconfuse-dev libasound2-dev  libiw-dev

2. download http://i3wm.org/i3status/i3status-2.8.tar.bz2

3. uncompress

4. cd to folder

5. make

6. make isntall