To build Openbox from CVS you need: A C Compiler (GNU GCC 3.2+ suggested) GNU Gettext 0.12.1 GNU Autoconf 2.50+ GNU Automake 1.7+ GNU Libtool Xft2 library/headers (devel package) (http://www.fontconfig.org) Xlib library/headers (devel package) Pkg-Config 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. Do the following to build and install Openbox in CVS: % ./bootstrap % ./configure % make all install 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 'openbox'. ---- 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 ----