Stuff to install

• Font Awesome - Used for icons in my XMobar config

  sudo apt install fonts-font-awesome

Install XMonad and XMobar using cabal

Install Dependencies

sudo apt install libx11-dev libxft-dev libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev \
                libxss-dev libxpm-dev xorg-dev libpango1.0-dev \
                libasound2-dev libmpd-dev

Install cabal

sudo apt install cabal-install

Install XMonad and XMobar

cabal update
cabal install xmonad 
cabal install --lib xmonad-contrib
cabal install xmobar --flags="all_extensions" --overwrite-policy=always

Useful Links

• Install XMonad
  • I like using the cabal install method.

Other Stuff

Make Ctrl+Alt+Backspace kill X Server

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Press enter a couple times until you get to the screen about Control+Alt+Backspace and change that to <Yes>