To build Openbox from CVS you need:
-A C++ Compiler (GNU GCC/G++ 3.2+ suggested)
-GNU Gettext 0.11.5
+A C Compiler (GNU GCC 3.2+ suggested)
+GNU Gettext
GNU Autoconf 2.50+
-GNU Automake
GNU Libtool
+GNU Bison 1.875+
+GNU Flex
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)
+Pkg-Config
I recommend the latest version of all these packages.
It needs to be installed before it is run.
The installed binary is 'openbox3'.
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+Here's the packages from Debian (sid):
+ gcc
+ gettext
+ autoconf
+ libtool
+ bison
+ flex
+ libxft2-dev
+ pkg-config
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