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# Download
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## Packages
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**awesome** is currently available in:
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* Arch Linux:
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* [stable](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/awesome/)
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* [awesome-git in AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/awesome-git)
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* [awesome-luajit-git in AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/awesome-luajit-git/)
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* [Debian](http://packages.debian.org/awesome)
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* [Ubuntu](http://packages.ubuntu.com/awesome)
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* [Fedora](https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/awesome/awesome/)
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* [FreeBSD](http://www.freshports.org/x11-wm/awesome/)
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* [Gentoo](http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-wm/awesome)
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* [OpenBSD](http://openports.se/x11/awesome)
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* [NetBSD](http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/wm/awesome/)
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* [Source Mage GNU/Linux](http://codex.sourcemage.org/test/windowmanagers/awesome/)
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* [T2 SDE](http://t2-project.org/packages/awesome.html)
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* [CRUX](http://crux.nu/portdb/index.php?q=awesome&a=search&s=true)
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* [openSUSE](http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/windowmanagers/)
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* [Milis Linux](https://notabug.org/milislinux/milis/src/master/talimatname/genel/a/awesome)
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* [PLD Linux](http://pld-linux.org)
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* [Mageia](http://mageia.madb.org/package/show/application/0/name/awesome)
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* [OpenIndiana](http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster/en/search.shtml?token=awesome&action=Search)
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Repology provides a [comprehensive overview](https://repology.org/metapackage/awesome/versions) of which version of **awesome** is included in which distribution.
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### Distributions using Awesome as the default window manager
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* [GoboLinux](https://gobolinux.org)
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## Building from Source
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<p class="standout">
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We strongly recommend using the awesome package of your distribution.
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</p>
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This is because many people who tried to build from source had problems.
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[LGI](https://github.com/pavouk/lgi), one of awesome's dependencies, currently
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hardcodes the package search path used by Lua 5.1. Part of the reason for this
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is that Lua upstream intends Lua to be embedded, which means that detecting an
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installed Lua version properly is not easy.
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After installing awesome, you can check if you are affected by this problem by
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running `awesome -v`. If an error message is displayed instead of LGI version's
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number, you are likely affected.
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### Stable
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Latest stable version of **awesome** is version 4.3 (*Too long*)
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released on 28 January 2019.
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* [v4.3 changelog](../changelogs/v4.3.txt) ([short](../changelogs/short/v4.3.txt))
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* [awesome-4.3.tar.bz2](https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome-releases/raw/master/awesome-4.3.tar.bz2) ([GPG sig](https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome-releases/raw/master/awesome-4.3.tar.bz2.asc))
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* [awesome-4.3.tar.xz](https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome-releases/raw/master/awesome-4.3.tar.xz) ([GPG sig](https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome-releases/raw/master/awesome-4.3.tar.xz.asc))
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### Old stable
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This branch of **awesome** is deprecated.
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Latest old stable version of **awesome** is version 3.5.9 (*Mighty Ravendark*)
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released on 6 March 2016.
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* [v3.5.9 changelog](../changelogs/v3.5.9.txt) ([short](../changelogs/short/v3.5.9.txt))
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* [awesome-3.5.9.tar.bz2](https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome-releases/raw/master/awesome-3.5.9.tar.bz2)
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* [awesome-3.5.9.tar.xz](https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome-releases/raw/master/awesome-3.5.9.tar.xz)
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### Development
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The Git repository can be cloned from Github:
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`git clone https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome.git`
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Alternatively, development versions can be downloaded as ZIP files through the
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[Github web interface](https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome).
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## History
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A list of of old releases [[is available here|releases]].
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