i3lock is fancy lock screen for Linux. There is i3lock dep available on Ubuntu but its not what I was looking for; I was more interested in i3lock-color . Lets see how we can install the same on ubuntu. PS: I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 Get source code for i3lock-color $ git clone https://github.com/PandorasFox/i3lock-color.git $ cd i3lock-color Install required packages to build i3lock $ apt install libev-dev $ apt install libxcb-composite0 libxcb-composite0-dev libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-randr0 $ apt install libxcb-xinerama0-dev $ apt install libxcb-xkb-dev $ apt install libxcb-image0-dev $ apt install libxcb-util-dev $ apt install libxkbcommon-x11-dev $ apt install libjpeg-turbo8-dev $ apt install libpam0g-dev Build $ autoreconf -i && ./configure && make Execute $ ./lock.sh Assign Shortcut In order to assign shortcut, install compizconfig $ sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager co...
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