How To Install openbox on CentOS 8
openbox is A highly configurable and standards-compliant X11 window manager
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbox on CentOS 8.
What is openbox
Openbox is a window manager designed explicity for standards-compliance and speed. It is fast, lightweight, and heavily configurable (using XML for its configuration data). It has many features that make it unique among window managers actions, multi-head/Xinerama support, and dynamically generated “pipe menus.” For a full list of the FreeDesktop.org standards with which it is compliant, please see the COMPLIANCE file in the included documentation of this package. For a graphical configuration editor, you’ll need to install the obconf package.
We can use yum or dnf to install openbox on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openbox.
Install openbox on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install openbox using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openbox
Install openbox on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install openbox using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openbox
How To Uninstall openbox on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the openbox package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openbox
openbox Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/xdg/openbox
/etc/xdg/openbox/autostart
/etc/xdg/openbox/environment
/etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
/etc/xdg/openbox/terminals.menu
/usr/bin/obxprop
/usr/bin/openbox
/usr/bin/openbox-session
/usr/bin/setlayout
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/dfa1a3b40f90e6a0f78a4804703b6575f0cdc0
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/eac033c3b90bbeeea0691246d3ab3599d91029
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/653cae757a7df240eda334fb6e9011a181a86b
/usr/libexec/openbox-autostart
/usr/libexec/openbox-xdg-autostart
/usr/libexec/openbox-xdg-menu
/usr/share/applications/openbox.desktop
/usr/share/doc/openbox
/usr/share/doc/openbox/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/openbox/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/openbox/COMPLIANCE
/usr/share/doc/openbox/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/openbox/README
/usr/share/doc/openbox/menu.xml
/usr/share/doc/openbox/menu.xsd
/usr/share/doc/openbox/rc-mouse-focus.xml
/usr/share/doc/openbox/rc.xsd
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl_ES/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/openbox.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/obxprop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/openbox-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/openbox.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/openbox.png
/usr/share/themes/Artwiz-boxed
/usr/share/themes/Artwiz-boxed/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Artwiz-boxed/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/themes/Bear2
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/close.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/close_pressed.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/desk.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/desk_toggled.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/iconify.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/iconify_pressed.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/max.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/max_pressed.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/max_toggled.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/shade.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/shade_pressed.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Bear2/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-3.4
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-3.4/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-3.4/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-Olive
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-Olive/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-Olive/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/themes/Mikachu
/usr/share/themes/Mikachu/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Mikachu/openbox-3/bullet.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Mikachu/openbox-3/close.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Mikachu/openbox-3/desk.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Mikachu/openbox-3/iconify.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Mikachu/openbox-3/max.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Mikachu/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/themes/Natura
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/close.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/close_hover.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/desk.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/desk_hover.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/desk_toggled.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/iconify.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/iconify_hover.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/max.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/max_hover.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/max_toggled.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/shade.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/shade_hover.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Natura/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/themes/Onyx
/usr/share/themes/Onyx-Citrus
/usr/share/themes/Onyx-Citrus/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Onyx-Citrus/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/themes/Onyx/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Onyx/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/themes/Orang
/usr/share/themes/Orang/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Orang/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/themes/Syscrash
/usr/share/themes/Syscrash/openbox-3
/usr/share/themes/Syscrash/openbox-3/max.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Syscrash/openbox-3/max_disabled.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Syscrash/openbox-3/max_pressed.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Syscrash/openbox-3/max_toggled.xbm
/usr/share/themes/Syscrash/openbox-3/themerc
/usr/share/xsessions/openbox.desktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbox on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.