Installing i3 on Kali Linux
Overview¶
i3 is a Linux window tiling manager; effectively a Linux desktop environment that's stripped down to its absolute minimum. While appearing to be counterintuitive, it's targeted at developers and enthusiast users to optimize speed and efficiency. Similar to vim, familiarity with a tiling manager can improve productivity and workflow speeds.
Installing i3 on Kali Linux is a little more involved than other, more barebones distributions. Because of that, some installation scripts can be utilized.
Installation via CleanBuilds¶
Info
My CleanBuilds repository can be found here.
# Installation
git clone https://github.com/tylerdotrar/CleanBuilds
cd CleanBuilds/kali-i3
chmod +x build.sh
# Script Usage
./build.sh
Installation via Kali-i3-Endeavour¶
Info
Mesumine's kali-i3-endeavour repository can be found here.
# Installation
git clone https://github.com/Mesumine/kali-i3-endeavour.git
cd kali-i3-endeavour
chmod +x install.sh
# Script Usage
'./install.sh -a' to install all optional programs, aimed at full installation
'./install.sh -m -v' to install only required programs, aimed at Virtual machine
'./install.sh -c list.txt -v -b' to install optional programs from list, aimed at VM, with Alt as bind key
-a Install and configure all optional packages.
-m Install and configure only the required packages.
-b Change bind key from Windows to Alt.
-c <list.txt> Install and configure the packages in the list in addition to the required packages.
-v Configure towards VM. change $mod+g to $mod+Shift+g. change $mod+l to $mod+Shift+l
-h Print help.
The optional programs are:
Flameshot : a screen capture tool that can grab sections of the screen and edit on the fly.
neovim : hyperextensible Vim-based editor. Also comes with custom config file.
picom : a lightweight compositor for x11. Will be used for transparent terminals
arandr : gui interface for xrandr. used for changing display settings
