ansible-i3

Ansible playbook to install and configure i3 on Ubuntu.

This playbook installs i3 and some additional tools to provide a complete i3 environment.

Features

This Ansible role installs the following components:

• i3 the tiling window manager with a custom config.
• j4-dmenu-desktop a fast desktop menu
• rofi: A window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement
• quickswitch-i3 a python utility to quickly change to and locate windows in i3.
• compton a compositor for X11.
• conky a Light-weight system monitor for X with custom theme.
• dunst: lightweight and customizable notification daemon
• lightdm with custom theme.

Usage

First, copy vars/vars.yml.example to vars/vars.yml and add your username and your password.

Then you can start the playbook:

ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i hosts -e action=install

Vagrant

To Ansible playbook can be tested with Vagrant:

vagrant up

TODO

• j4-make-config
• Status line for i3
  • j4status and j4status-plugins and i3blocks
  • or i3pystatus
  • or py3status