Xmonad GUI on debian

Question

I followed this guide to install Xmonad GUI on my debian 7.1. Installation completed successfully after executing:

aptitude install xmonad libghc6-xmonad-dev libghc6-xmonad-contrib-dev

After executing of:

$ xmonad

I'm getting the following error:

deepsy@deepsypc:~$ xmonad
/home/deepsy/.xmonad/xmonad-x86_64-linux: executeFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)
X Error of failed request:  BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
Major opcode of failed request:  2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
Serial number of failed request:  7
Current serial number in output stream:  8

I've tried to apt-get purge xmonad and reinstall it with apt-get install xmonad, but I'm still getting the same error.

Answer 1

It seems that you are already have a window manager running. Try xmonad --replace!