Cerulean

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

Update your repositories:
```
  sudo apt update
```
Upgrade your system:
```
  sudo apt upgrade
```

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

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

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

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=<path> build

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

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

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

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"

Apply the desktop wallpaper:

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

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/

Install Oh My ZSH!:

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

Install Powerlevel10k:

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

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

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

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 <freetype2/ft2build.h>" <truncated> 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

Cerulean

Dependencies

Installation Steps (Ubuntu/Pop! OS 20.04)

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