0003 build i3 from source

https://i3wm.org/downloads/

Arch first official 4.21 package

https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/i3-wm/ https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/blob/packages/i3-wm/trunk/PKGBUILD

manual build and install

build dependencies

NB openSUSE package names

• meson (ninja)
• libev-devel
• libxkbcommon-x11-devel
• pango-devel
• startup-notification-devel
• xcb-util-devel
• xcb-util-cursor-devel
• xcb-util-keysyms-devel
• xcb-util-wm-devel
• xcb-util-xrm-devel
• libyajl-devel

# zypper install meson libev-devel libxkbcommon-x11-devel pango-devel startup-notification-devel xcb-util-devel xcb-util-cursor-devel xcb-util-keysyms-devel xcb-util-xrm-devel libyajl-devel xcb-util-wm-devel

$ wget https://i3wm.org/downloads/i3-4.21.tar.xz
$ tar xfz i3-4.21.tar.xz
$ cd i3-4.21
$ meson build            # setup ./build/ check dependencies
$ ninja -C build         # compile
# ninja -C build install # install to /usr/local

uninstall custom build

follow build and install steps, then:

$ cd i3-4.21
# ninja -C build uninstall