AfterStep on Ubuntu (12.04/12.10/13.04)
Compilation
Prerequisites
Packages required for compilation:
sudo apt-get install gcc autoconf libtool libfreetype6-dev xorg-dev x11-utils
Compilation
The actual compilation step should be quite painless:
cd afterstep-stable
./configure
make
sudo make install
At this point you should have AfterStep installed in /usr/local/bin (binaries) and /usr/local/share/afterstep (data files).
Setup
Really, once you run above installation steps all you have to do is logout, select AfterStep session from the list of available sessions and log back in. AfterStep should just work.
Hints
If you want your GNOME panel back, just go to menu/Desktop/Config Files/Autoexec, add Exec "I" gnome-panel to InitFunction, save and restart session.
If you find that GNOME apps have weird appearance and ignore current theme - you need to add gnome-settings-daemon to your autoexec as well, although it should be started automatically. Same goes for gnome-screensaver.
To get AfterStep as your KDE window manager - add
export KDEWM=afterstep</code
to your profile.
System Configuration
MS Core Fonts, so that you can use Helvetica, Courier, Times, etc. fonts (Optional):
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer