How To Install 9wm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install 9wm in Fedora 36. 9wm is Emulation of the Plan 9 window manager 8 1/2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 9wm on Fedora 36.

What is 9wm

9wm is an X window manager which attempts to emulate the Plan 9 window manager 8-1/2 as far as possible within the constraints imposed by X. It provides a simple yet comfortable user interface, without garish decorations or title-bars. Or icons. And it’s click-to-type.

We can use yum or dnf to install 9wm on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install 9wm.

Install 9wm on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install 9wm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install 9wm

Install 9wm on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install 9wm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install 9wm

How To Uninstall 9wm on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the 9wm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove 9wm

9wm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/9wm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/738e1eecea0aa4b42fe22ed8b9d5af62215cb2
/usr/share/doc/9wm
/usr/share/doc/9wm/CREDITS.md
/usr/share/doc/9wm/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/9wm
/usr/share/licenses/9wm/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/man/man1/9wm.1.gz
/usr/share/xsessions/9wm.desktop

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 9wm on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).