diff --git a/localhost.yml b/localhost.yml
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+++ b/localhost.yml
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+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+    - desktop
diff --git a/roles/desktop/files/usr/share/icons/dwm.png b/roles/desktop/files/usr/share/icons/dwm.png
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index 0000000..21603d2
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diff --git a/roles/desktop/files/usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop b/roles/desktop/files/usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop
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+++ b/roles/desktop/files/usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Name=Dwm
+Comment=Dynamic window manager
+Exec=dwm
+Icon=dwm
+Type=XSession
diff --git a/roles/desktop/tasks/dwm.yml b/roles/desktop/tasks/dwm.yml
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+++ b/roles/desktop/tasks/dwm.yml
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+---
+- name: install required packages
+  apt:
+    update_cache: yes
+    pkg:
+      - git
+      - make
+      - libx11-dev
+      - libxft-dev
+      - libxinerama-dev
+
+- name: checkout
+  shell:
+    cmd: |
+      mkdir -p ~/src
+      cd ~/src
+      git clone {{ dwm-repo }}
+
+- name: build dwm
+  make:
+    chdir: ~/src/dwm
+
+- name: copy xsession
+  become: yes
+  copy:
+    src: usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop
+    dest: /usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop
+
+- name: copy icon
+  become: yes
+  copy:
+    src: usr/share/icons/dwm.png
+    dest: /usr/share/icons/dwm.png
+
+- name: install dwm
+  become: yes
+  make:
+    chdir: ~/src/dwm
+    target: install
diff --git a/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml b/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml
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+++ b/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- import_tasks: setup.yml
+
+- import_tasks: dwm.yml
diff --git a/roles/desktop/tasks/setup.yml b/roles/desktop/tasks/setup.yml
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+++ b/roles/desktop/tasks/setup.yml
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+---
+- block:
+  become: yes
+  - name: install git and make
+    apt:
+      update_cache: yes
+      pkg:
+        - git
+        - make
diff --git a/roles/desktop/vars/main.yml b/roles/desktop/vars/main.yml
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+++ b/roles/desktop/vars/main.yml
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+---
+dwm-repo: https://github.com/pgrondek/dwm.git
+st-repo: https://github.com/pgrondek/stterm.git