she_dyed wrote:*blech* i got tied up in dependencies. it wasn't as simple as removing the old and installing the shinier one. Any chance of an update to this threesum? Or is the 'experimental' making it difficult or impossible?
Without knowing exactly what you did it's hard to tell you what went wrong.
Here is one option for using Awesome 3.5.1 on a BBQ spin. I just did this tonight, so I know it works.
1. Install a more recent BBQ spin (you're going to replace awesome anyway, so you don't need to start with threesum). I like Coal for this purpose; it's fairly light but has most of what you need. You could also use Elektra, Pidsley, or one of several others.
2. Once Coal is installed, apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade. You will get a large scary looking upgrade; don't worry. I just did this and did not have a problem.
3. After the upgrade, reboot and make sure Coal still boots and you can startx into LXDE properly. If this does not work, report exactly what you did and what errors you received (but again, I just did this so you should also be able to do it).
4. The experimental sources are already enabled in Coal, so simply run this command:
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sudo apt-get install -t experimental awesome
5. Edit ~/.xinitrc. Comment out the "exec startlxde" and add "exec awesome"
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#!/bin/sh
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
#exec startlxde
exec awesome
6. Log out of LXDE, and run "startx" to start Awesome 3.5.1.
If I'm bored or curious later I might try installing and updating threesum, but you're really better off using a more recent spin.
(edit) or wait for bacon to update threesum in October if you're lazy.