Installing on Slackware

Qtile is available on the SlackBuilds.org as:

Package Name Description
qtile stable branch (release)

Using slpkg (third party package manager)

The easy way to install Qtile is with slpkg. For example:

slpkg -s sbo qtile

Manual installation

Download dependencies first and install them. The order in which you need to install is:

  • pycparser
  • cffi
  • six
  • futures
  • python-xcffib
  • trollius
  • cairocffi
  • qtile

Please see the HOWTO for more information on SlackBuild Usage HOWTO.