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 # sde
 
-simple desktop environment 
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+simple desktop environment
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+##dependencies
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+To compile this build of dwm, dmenu, st, sxiv ... you will need the following dependencies on [Void Linux](https://voidlinux.org/)
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+`xbps-install -S libX11-devel libXft-devel libXinerama-devel imlib2-devel libexif-devel giflib-devel libXt-devel libXfixes-devel libXi-devel go ncurses-devel`