Installing on Arch Linux

Qtile is available on the AUR as qtile-git.

Using an AUR Helper

The preferred way to install Qtile is with an AUR helper. For example, if you use yaourt:

yaourt -S qtile-git

Using pacman

Packages in Core:

• pygtk (32-Bit / 64-Bit)
• python2 (32-Bit / 64-Bit)
• cairo (32-Bit / 64-Bit)

If you don’t have these already, they can be installed with:

sudo pacman -S pygtk python2 cairo

Packages in the AUR:

• pycairo-xcb-git
• xorg-xpyb-git
• qtile-git

To install these packages, download the .tar.gz’s from the AUR and run the following commands for each:

tar -xvzf <packagename>-<vernum>.tar.gz
cd <packagename>-<vernum>
makepkg -s
sudo pacman -U <packagename>

Please see the Arch Wiki for more information on installing packages from the AUR:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR#Installing_packages