How to Install, Customize, and Patch DWM (2026 Edition) | Full Guide

This is a quick and painless tutorial on how to install DWM, the dynamic window manager. (This was done on Arch Linux in this tutorial, but can be done on any distro of your choice.)

Prerequisites (on Arch Linux): base-devel, git, xorg-server, xorg-xinit

Nerd Font Cheat Sheet: https://www.nerdfonts.com/cheat-sheet
My Build of Dwm: https://github.com/tonybanters/dwm

Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPrgNFnbAhQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy7FMagiTFk

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:37 Install DWM
2:21 First Login
3:27 Keybinds and Font
6:20 Install Rofi
7:15 Bash Aliases
8:24 Add Rofi Command to DWM
9:40 How to Apply Patches
11:53 Rice Tags and Rules
15:00 Going Over My Full Build
19:00 Obligatory Neofetch


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