To build Openbox from CVS you need:
A C Compiler (GNU GCC 3.2+ suggested)
-GNU Gettext
+GNU Gettext 0.12.1
GNU Autoconf 2.50+
-GNU Automake 1.6+
+GNU Automake 1.7+
GNU Libtool
-GNU Bison 1.875+
-GNU Flex
Xft2 library/headers (devel package) (http://www.fontconfig.org)
Xlib library/headers (devel package)
Pkg-Config
-Glib 2.0+
-libxml2 2.0+
-
-Optionally, if you want to build the configuration tool (this is recommended):
-GTK+ 2.0+
-libglade 2.0+
+Glib 2.0+ library/headers (devel package) (http://www.gtk.org)
+libxml2 2.0+ library/headers (devel package)
I recommend the latest version of all these packages.
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'.
+The installed binary is 'openbox'.
+
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+In debian unstable, you want these packages:
+gcc
+gettext
+automake1.7
+autoconf
+libtool
+libxft2-dev
+libxrender-dev
+pkg-config
+libglib2.0-dev
+libxml2-dev
+
+tip: run "update-alternatives --config automake" and select automake1.7 before
+ running ./configure
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