How can I install AfterStep without being root?
This is fairly easy, but you must be sensitive to the version you are using. You will have to install all the files under your home directory. The usual recommendation is to use the same directories as suggested in the installation procedure, but replacing /usr/share, usr/local, or whatever you like by your home directory. For example, if you home directory is /home/blah you would use directories like /home/blah/bin, /home/blah/etc, /home/blah/lib, and the like. Compile AfterStep following the standard installation procedure (i.e the one described in the README) until the install step. Then, do the following (make sure to create the destination directories first if they don’t exist. All the source paths are relative to the AfterStep source directory): • Copy afterstep/afterstep to $HOME/bin/. • Copy modules/*/(binaries) to $HOME/bin/. • Copy apps/*/(binaries) to $HOME/bin/. • Copy GNUstep/ to $HOME/. • Edit $HOME/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/base.* to reflect the above paths in the lines
