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Cerulean

Cerulean - 50 Shades of Blue

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

  1. Update your repositories:

      sudo apt update
    
  2. Upgrade your system:

      sudo apt upgrade
    
  3. 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
    
  4. 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


  5. 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
    
  6. 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
    

  7. 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 
    
  8. 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
    
  9. 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
    
  10. 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"


  11. Apply the desktop wallpaper:

     sudo apt install feh
     echo 'feh --bg-fill $HOME/Downloads/blue-sky/wallpapers/blue3.png' >> ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
    
  12. 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/
    
  13. Install Oh My ZSH!:

     sudo apt install zsh
     sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)
    
  14. Install Powerlevel10k:

     git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
    
  15. 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
    
  16. 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
    
  17. 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
    

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