How To Install blackbox on Fedora 34

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blackbox on Fedora 34.

What is blackbox

Blackbox is a window manager for the X Window environment, which is almost completely compliant with ICCCM specified operation policies. It features nice and fast interface with multiple workspaces and simple menus. Fast built-in graphics code that can render solids, gradients and bevels is used to draw window decorations. Remaining small in size, blackbox preserves memory and CPU. blackbox 0.76 5.fc34 x86_64 424 k blackbox-0.76-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora Very small and fast Window Manager https MIT Blackbox is a window manager for the X Window environment, which is almost completely compliant with ICCCM specified operation policies. It features nice and fast interface with multiple workspaces and simple menus. Fast built-in graphics code that can render solids, gradients and bevels is used to draw window decorations. Remaining small in size, blackbox preserves memory and CPU.

We can use yum or dnf to install blackbox on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install blackbox.

Install blackbox on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install blackbox

Install blackbox on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install blackbox

How To Uninstall blackbox on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the blackbox package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove blackbox

blackbox Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/Blackbox
/usr/bin/blackbox
/usr/bin/bsetbg
/usr/bin/bsetroot
/usr/bin/bstyleconvert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/7460f92ac9a9245b4e9bb32b3a8d770ecffcde
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/9ab9262c724eab54fa8cd53d744463d606b5e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/2d9fb9ee9b52e0a1d86bc53eeb928262103b24
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/f20ea9708a703085d8d9147f1a17546999730a
/usr/lib64/libbt.so.0
/usr/lib64/libbt.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/blackbox
/usr/share/blackbox/menu
/usr/share/blackbox/styles
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Artwiz
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Blue
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Cthulhain
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Flux
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Gray
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Green
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Minimal
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Nyz
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Operation
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Outcomes
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Purple
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Rampage
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Rancor
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Red
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Results
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Shade
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Spiff
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/TDF
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Twice
/usr/share/doc/blackbox
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/ABOUT-NLS
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/COMPLIANCE
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/README
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/README.md
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/README.md.in
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/RELEASE
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/RELEASE.md
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/blackbox
/usr/share/licenses/blackbox/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_AR/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/blackbox.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/bsetroot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/blackbox.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/bsetroot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/blackbox.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bsetbg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bsetroot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man1/blackbox.1.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man1/bsetroot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/sl/man1/blackbox.1.gz
/usr/share/xsessions/blackbox.desktop
/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/Blackbox
/usr/bin/blackbox
/usr/bin/bsetbg
/usr/bin/bsetroot
/usr/bin/bstyleconvert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/2655b3c654dbb459440fead3352f087fda30b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/3f97d7f4b938b5de057627ba798273ee0d913e
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/6c3993df8524974717d8ef181c9459c8de8b91
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/fb91b8ed81217c2080d40c1c27b1e159994b6e
/usr/lib/libbt.so.0
/usr/lib/libbt.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/blackbox
/usr/share/blackbox/menu
/usr/share/blackbox/styles
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Artwiz
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Blue
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Cthulhain
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Flux
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Gray
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Green
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Minimal
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Nyz
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Operation
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Outcomes
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Purple
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Rampage
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Rancor
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Red
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Results
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Shade
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Spiff
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/TDF
/usr/share/blackbox/styles/Twice
/usr/share/doc/blackbox
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/ABOUT-NLS
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/COMPLIANCE
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/README
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/README.md
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/README.md.in
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/RELEASE
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/RELEASE.md
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/blackbox/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/blackbox
/usr/share/licenses/blackbox/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_AR/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/blackbox.mo
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/blackbox.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/bsetroot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/blackbox.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/bsetroot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/blackbox.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bsetbg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bsetroot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man1/blackbox.1.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man1/bsetroot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/sl/man1/blackbox.1.gz
/usr/share/xsessions/blackbox.desktop

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install blackbox on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.