Ubuntu Installation

This document details how to install Whim in Ubuntu so that you can login with gdm and use Whim, and make the most of it.

First get the source tarball and build it. Then follow the README instructions.

Create an ~/.xsession file that contains the following:

 if test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ; then
         eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
 fi
 wish8.6 ~/Whim/main.tcl > whim.log 2>&1

Now logout, and login again and Whim should startup.

If you have a recent X.org, and would like alpha transparency there is a whimcompmgr that can be built in the whimcompmgr directory of the Whim source distribution with make.

If you have problems you can switch to another virtual console and login to remove the ~/.xsession by using Ctrl-Alt-F3 or one of the other virtual consoles.