What do I need to install AfterStep?
AfterStep is an X window manager. So, you need to have an X workstation. It will apparently compile against, and work with, X11R5, but for optimal performance, it is preferable that you use X11R6. In order to compile AfterStep from the source, you need (apart from a C compiler, like gcc) the X developers’ libraries on your system. The most common problem that people have in compiling AfterStep is as a result of not having the required libraries on their system. In particular, XFree86 lists the necessary libraries as an “optional” package. As a result, many people do not install them, and so cannot compile AfterStep. You should be able to get the libraries wherever you got your distribution of XFree86. AfterStep is known to run on Linux, FreeBSD (not all modules work), HP-UX, and Solaris. For the latter two, you should read the relevant READMEs before trying to compile. X, and hence AfterStep, is really designed with an eye to the assumptions of multiuser systems like UNIX or VMS. If yo
