Install i3-gaps on ubuntu 18.04

i3-gaps.sh

#!/bin/bash
sudo apt install -y libxcb1-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libpango1.0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libyajl-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libev-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev autoconf libxcb-xrm0 libxcb-xrm-dev automake

cd /tmp

# clone the repository
git clone https://www.github.com/Airblader/i3 i3-gaps
cd i3-gaps

# compile & install
autoreconf --force --install
rm -rf build/
mkdir -p build && cd build/

# Disabling sanitizers is important for release versions!
# The prefix and sysconfdir are, obviously, dependent on the distribution.
../configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-sanitizers
make
sudo make install

I had the same issue as mentioned above, all that I required extra to the script was : sudo apt install libxcb-shape0-dev

Hope this helps someone.

For the total noobs here. You also need to install suckless-tools and i3status as a dependency. Without i3status, you get an error when logging in the first time that status command not found. Without suckless-tools the MOD + D (app search) wont work, because you don't have dmenu installed. Just run sudo apt install i3status suckless-tools

Please change the value of --prefix in line 17 to /usr/local instead of /usr as per convention /usr is for packages installed by the system package manager and /usr/local is for packages installed by users externally :)

when i do make and sudo make install it says "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.", i am using ubuntu 18.04 windows subsystem, while doing this i am in "/tmp/i3-gaps/build"

when i do make and sudo make install it says "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.", i am using ubuntu 18.04 windows subsystem, while doing this i am in "/tmp/i3-gaps/build"

Ubuntu 19,the same thing.

@Ferryistaken and @Hammer2900, make sure the configure step before make actually runs without errors. As it is in the gist, it won't. You need to install libxcb-shape0-dev as well, as others have mentioned. Just do sudo apt install libxcb-shape0-dev and run the commands from ../configure[...] again.

@Ferryistaken and @Hammer2900, make sure the configure step before make actually runs without errors. As it is in the gist, it won't. You need to install libxcb-shape0-dev as well, as others have mentioned. Just do sudo apt install libxcb-shape0-dev and run the commands from ../configure[...] again.

Thanks, this worked for me. How did you knew this was the problem?

@Ferryistaken and @Hammer2900, make sure the configure step before make actually runs without errors. As it is in the gist, it won't. You need to install libxcb-shape0-dev as well, as others have mentioned. Just do sudo apt install libxcb-shape0-dev and run the commands from ../configure[...] again.

Thanks, this worked for me. How did you knew this was the problem?

Ran into the same problem when not reading outputs properly. The error message mentioned hints that the make-command was not successful, and people here in the thread had mentioned the missing dependency earlier.

Note that I had to checkout a different branch for gaps to work. Master is on i3 4.14, and 4.15 or greater is apparently needed for gaps to work. I checked out the 4.17 branch.

Note that I had to checkout a different branch for gaps to work. Master is on i3 4.14, and 4.15 or greater is apparently needed for gaps to work. I checked out the 4.17 branch.

Agreed, please add it to the script, I was having a rough time until I checked out on 4.18.3 branch (last with a configure.ac file)

help me autoreconf: 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in' is required

Together, all of these comments result in these commands:

sudo apt install -y libxcb1-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libpango1.0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libyajl-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libev-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev autoconf libxcb-xrm0 libxcb-xrm-dev automake i3status suckless-tools libxcb-shape0-dev
git clone https://www.github.com/Airblader/i3 i3-gaps
cd i3-gaps/
git checkout 4.18.3
autoreconf --force --install
rm -rf build/
mkdir -p build
cd build/
../configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-sanitizers
make
sudo make install