How to Install Awesome on CentOS 8

Installing

2. 2. Installing Dependencies

   Then to Install Required Software
   Run:

   sudo dnf in gdk-pixbuf2-devel cairo-devel xcb* libxkbcommon-devel libxkbcommon-x11-devel startup-notification-devel git cmake

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.
   Next see How to Install:

   • Libxdg-basedir & Libxdg-basedir-devel:
   • Lua-lgi

3. 2. Downloading Awesome

   Download Awesome Window Manager for CentOS GNU/Linux

   Awesome Source Code

   Downloading Awesome for CentOS

   Best to Clone it with Git.

4. 3. Extracting Awesome

   And to Extract Awesome Zip Archive into the /tmp Folder
   (Skip in case of Git Checkout)
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click on Package and Open with Archive Manager:

   
   Or from Command Line:

   unzip -d /tmp/ ~/Downloads/awesome*.zip

   (But if downloaded with Firefox it may be instead into /tmp/mozilla*)
   Finally, if you are in Trouble to Find Out it on Terminal See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.

5. 4. Installing Awesome

   Now to Install Awesome Desktop for CentOS
   Access the target with:

   cd /tmp/awesome*

   Or:

   cd ./awesome*

   Then make it:

   make

   And finally to Install play:

   sudo make install