This is a fork of fvwm95 meant to be compilable on and play nice with newer Unix-like operating systems.

It is based off the code from the source package in Debian Sarge, slightly modified so that it compiles without errors on modern OSes, and with a more sane configuration to adapt to modern day needs.

The following packages are needed in order to build fvwm95:

On Debian/Ubuntu:

• build-essential
• xorg
• libx11-dev
• libxt-dev
• libxext-dev
• libxpm-dev
• libreadline-dev
• libxmu-headers
• bison
• flex
• autoconf

On Arch:

• base-devel
• xorg
• xorg-xinit
• xbitmaps
• libx11
• libxt
• libxext
• libxpm
• readline
• libxmu
• bison
• flex
• autoconf

The following packages are not necessary to build fvwm95 itself, but they are recommended to have:

On Debian/Ubuntu and Arch:

• xscreensaver
• nitrogen
• thunar
• xterm
• lxappearance
• pulseaudio
• pavucontrol

After all the dependencies are satisfied, configure, build, and install fvwm95 by running:

autoreconf -fvi
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install

In order to start fvwm95 with xinit, add the following to your ~/.xinitrc file:

exec fvwm95

To start it, simply type:

startx

Enjoy!