Dotfiles I3 Catppuccin

My dotfiles managed by gnu stow. Using I3 and Catppuccin theme.

Preconditions

Create some folder to prevent them being symlinked for other application.

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/man/man1
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/man/man5
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/icons

Stow

Install

sudo apt Install stow

Stow all

stow conf.*
stow app.*
stow fonts

Fonts

stow fonts
fc-cache -fv # update the font cache.

Theming

Use lxappearance

Widget = Arc-Dark

Icon Theme = Papirus-Dark

Mouse Cursor = Catppuccin Mocha Dark

Monitors

Use ARandR to configure the monitor(s). Then save the configuration using autorandr. The configuration will be automatically selected based on the connected devices.

autorandr --save <profile>

Applications

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
    arandr \
    autorandr \
    btop \
    dunst \
    fd-find \
    feh \
    flameshot \
    lxappearance \
    papirus-icon-theme \
    arc-theme \
    udiskie \
    udisks2 \
    xclip \
    shellcheck \
    code \
    xrdp \
    xorgxrdp \
    duf \
    keychain \
    policykit-1-gnome

pip3 install thefuck --user

• kitty: kitty-0.42.2-x86_64
• bat: bat-v0.25.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
• fzf: fzf-0.65.2-linux_amd64
• lazygit: lazygit_0.58.1_linux_x86_64
• lsd: lsd-v1.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
• ripgrep: ripgrep-14.1.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
• ripgrep-all: ripgrep_all-v0.10.10-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
• starship: starship-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
• btop: apt version
• fastfetch: fastfetch-linux-amd64 2.58.0
• i3: i3-4.25
• picom: github.com/yshui/picom 2025 dec 9
• polybar: polybar-3.7.2
• rofi: rofi-2.0.0
• flameshot: v11.0.0
• i3lock-color: master Dec 12, 2025
• autotiling: v1.9.3
• yazi: yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl 25.5.31
• delta: delta-0.18.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl

bat

rebuild bat's cache to load the theme

bat cache --build

git

add to ~/.gitconfig

[core]
    editor = code --wait
[user]
    name = <user_name>
    email = <user_email>
[include]
    path = ~/.git_aliases
    path = ~/.config/delta/delta.gitconfig

fd

symbolic link for fdfind to fd

ln -s $(which fdfind) ~/.local/bin/fd

i3

Dependencies

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
    meson \
    ninja-build \
    libev-dev \
    libpango1.0-dev \
    libstartup-notification0-dev \
    libxcb-cursor-dev \
    libxcb-icccm4-dev \
    libxcb-keysyms1-dev \
    libxcb-randr0-dev \
    libxcb-shape0-dev \
    libxcb-xinerama0-dev \
    libxcb-xrm-dev \
    libxkbcommon-x11-dev \
    libyajl-dev

Optional dependencies

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
    dmenu \
    i3lock \
    asciidoc \
    i3status

Install

mkdir -p build && cd build
meson setup
ninja
sudo ninja install

i3lock-color

Follow the installation in the README.md file.

i3 autotiling

Dependencies

pip install i3ipc

picom

Follow the installation in the README.md file.

required libconfig-1.8.2

Install

sudo apt install cmake
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install

polybar

Dependencies

sudo apt install build-essential git cmake cmake-data pkg-config python3-sphinx python3-packaging libuv1-dev libcairo2-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-composite0-dev python3-xcbgen xcb-proto libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-ewmh-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev

Optional Dependencies

apt install libxcb-xkb-dev libxcb-xrm-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libjsoncpp-dev libmpdclient-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libnl-genl-3-dev

Install

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j$(nproc)
# Optional. This will install the polybar executable in /usr/bin
sudo make install

rofi

Dependencies

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
    libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev \
    libxcb-ewmh-dev

Install

meson setup -Dxcb=enabled build
ninja -C build install

vscode

config

~/.config/Code/User/settings.json

{
    "catppuccin.accentColor": "lavender",
    "cmake.options.advanced": {
        "build": {
            "statusBarVisibility": "visible"
        },
        "cpack": {
            "statusBarVisibility": "hidden"
        },
        "ctest": {
            "statusBarVisibility": "icon"
        },
        "workflow": {
            "statusBarVisibility": "hidden"
        }
    },
    "cmake.options.statusBarVisibility": "compact",
    "editor.fontFamily": "MesloLGSDZ Nerd Font",
    "editor.minimap.size": "fill",
    "editor.renderControlCharacters": true,
    "editor.renderWhitespace": "all",
    "editor.rulers": [
        {
            "color": "#8f8f8f2d",
            "column": 120
        }
    ],
    "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true,
    "explorer.confirmPasteNative": false,
    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
    "files.trimFinalNewlines": true,
    "git.blame.editorDecoration.enabled": true,
    "security.workspace.trust.untrustedFiles": "open",
    "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "MesloLGSDZ Nerd Font Mono",
    "terminal.integrated.scrollback": 10000,
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Catppuccin Mocha",
    "workbench.iconTheme": "catppuccin-mocha",
    "workbench.secondarySideBar.defaultVisibility": "hidden",
}

extensions

• Catppuccin.catppuccin-vsc
• Catppuccin.catppuccin-vsc-icons
• DavidAnson.vscode-markdownlint
• streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker
• ms-vscode.cmake-tools
• ms-vscode.cpptools

Fun terminal applications

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
    cmatrix \
    cbonsai \
    tty-clock \
    cowsay \
    lolcat \
    fortune

• pipes.sh (installed using stow)
• cowthink (installed with cowsay)