To build Openbox from CVS you need:
-A C++ Compiler (GNU GCC/G++ 3.2+ suggested)
+A C++ Compiler (GNU GCC/G++ 3.2+ suggested, 2.9x is not supported as it is not
+ very compliant with the ISO C++ standards)
GNU Gettext 0.11.5
GNU Autoconf 2.50+
-GNU Automake
+GNU Automake 1.7.1+ (1.7.1 has a bug fix for py-compile)
GNU Libtool
Xft2 library/headers (devel package) (http://www.fontconfig.org)
Xlib library/headers (devel package)
Python library/headers (devel package) (http://www.python.org)
-SWIG 1.3.17+ (http://www.swig.org)
+SWIG 1.3.14+ (http://www.swig.org)
I recommend the latest version of all these packages.
% ./configure
% make all install
+When building the SWIG generated wrappers (*_wrap.cc), a huge number of
+compiler warnings will be generated. Don't be phased by this, it doesn't mean
+anything is broken unless you get an actual error.
+
Don't try running it from the src/ directory without installing, it won't work.
It needs to be installed before it is run.
The installed binary is 'openbox3'.
+
+
+
+----
+Here's the packages from Debian (sid):
+ g++
+ gettext
+ automake1.7
+ autoconf
+ libtool
+ libxft2-dev
+ python-dev
+ swig1.3
+
+
+----
+Check out the Wiki for how to configure Openbox 3:
+http://icculus.org/openbox/phpwiki/index.php/PythonScripting