INSTALL.md

Binaries

• In Debian sid, buster or their Ubuntu derivatives, install alttab from the official repository:

  apt install alttab
  

  Also, unofficial deb packages for snapshots and backports are available. Follow setup instructions there.

• In FreeBSD, install the port:

  cd /usr/ports/x11/alttab/ && make install clean
  

  or add the package:

  pkg install alttab
  

• In Arch Linux, alttab is available in AUR (outdated version at Mar 2018).

• In Alpine Linux, alttab is in aports/testing repository.

• In openSUSE, alttab is available in Tumbleweed and from the X11:Utilities repository:

  zypper ar -f obs://X11:Utilities x11utils
  zypper ref
  zypper in alttab
  

Building from source

1. Install build dependencies. Basic Xlib, Xft, Xrender, Xrandr, libpng libraries and uthash macros are required. In Debian or Ubuntu:

   apt install libx11-dev libxmu-dev libxft-dev libxrender-dev libxrandr-dev libpng-dev uthash-dev
   

   Maintainer or packager may also install autotools and ronn:

   apt install autoconf automake ruby-ronn
   

2. Download:

   git clone https://github.com/sagb/alttab.git && cd alttab
   

3. Maintainer or packager may want to update autotools stuff and refresh documentation with ronn:

   ./bootstrap.sh
   

4. Build:

   ./configure  
   make  
   make install
   

   See README for usage notes.