How To Install fvwm on Fedora 34
fvwm is Highly configurable multiple virtual desktop window manager
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fvwm on Fedora 34.
What is fvwm
Fvwm is a window manager for X11. It is designed to minimize memory consumption, provide a 3D look to window frames, and implement a virtual desktop.
We can use yum or dnf to install fvwm on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fvwm.
Install fvwm 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 fvwm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fvwm
Install fvwm 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 fvwm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fvwm
How To Uninstall fvwm on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the fvwm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fvwm
fvwm Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/FvwmCommand
/usr/bin/fvwm
/usr/bin/fvwm-bug
/usr/bin/fvwm-config
/usr/bin/fvwm-convert-2.6
/usr/bin/fvwm-menu-desktop
/usr/bin/fvwm-menu-directory
/usr/bin/fvwm-menu-headlines
/usr/bin/fvwm-menu-xlock
/usr/bin/fvwm-perllib
/usr/bin/fvwm-root
/usr/bin/fvwm2
/usr/bin/xpmroot
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/c7d7f733542a8798219b4b84e0b9b192817686
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/eee164f248c0cd4ba1952fe87ec37e7fe19f9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/e80caf81bd49ff930a941cc300d6aae7d81ba7
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/c4b716d1003c0a344d775a04cc3870a41374fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/a463b18c01a615d7f80866de7dbdec591d4f81
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/e133f30f5079d555aec4ff5a64124120042ba6
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/e0971aa657f92b9683f5f554fb8f7a7326949b
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/ac2a5759ec4528a4736b891afad56374f6331b
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/7663bda41931d08e65ba290142bd4adcc0b156
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/18d453cd4c9ee03bd750b93264bfbe9875a1da
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/8ec72e8786dc232921d215d5bf5f68dfb07a57
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/23a04534507cf95a2daa03e548129f692e55f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/1b1e2c5dd5bab5f761159ea14e2c43fa9af0d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/e8ced248e0556effffb914202ecf9a56c6265b
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/4231c755917eaa491657273601f940e4edaefa
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/cfc17617da3d62576f5627b151df22492d7253
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/bcad0c9dfcf023ce8e3841f4d541979e839b69
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/e50c67783e841c627fa6b852ffcc2f80c06718
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/e202368fe64b66f5823059ca7e5955bc5b229b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/2b95426baf8f45a15d5f680abb2e64faf8b4c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/172719607690ad6ecc6b03a615e737e43db3e8
/usr/libexec/fvwm
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmAnimate
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmAudio
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmAuto
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmBacker
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmBanner
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmButtons
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmCascade
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmCommand.pm
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmCommand.sh
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmCommandS
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmConsole
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmConsoleC
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmConsoleC.pl
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmCpp
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmEvent
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmForm
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmIconMan
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmIdent
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmM4
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmPager
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmPerl
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmProxy
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmRearrange
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmScript
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmTalk
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmTile
/usr/share/doc/fvwm
/usr/share/doc/fvwm/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fvwm/README.md
/usr/share/fvwm
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmBacker
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmButtons
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmDefaults
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmIconMan
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmIdent
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmPager
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmProxyDefaults
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-Capture
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-Desktop
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-Form
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-QuitVerify
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-Rlogin
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-RootCursor
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-Talk
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-TalkHelp
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-XDGMenuHelp
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-XDGOptionsHelp
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-BaseConfig
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-BellSetup
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-Buttons
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-Colorset
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-ComExample
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-Date
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-FileBrowser
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-Find
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-KeyboardSetup
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-PointerSetup
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-Quit
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-ScreenDump
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-ScreenSetup
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-WidgetDemo
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config/.stalonetrayrc
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config/FvwmScript-ConfirmCopyConfig
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config/FvwmScript-ConfirmQuit
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config/FvwmScript-DateTime
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config/config
/usr/share/fvwm/fvwm-menu-desktop-config.fpl
/usr/share/fvwm/fvwm-script-ComExample.pl
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Commands.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Constants.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Event.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/EventNames.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Module
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Module.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Module/Terminal.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Module/Tk.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Module/Toolkit.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/Colorsets.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/GlobalConfig.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/ModuleConfig.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/PageInfo.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/Scheduler.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/WindowList.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/General
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/General/FileSystem.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/General/Parse.pm
/usr/share/licenses/fvwm
/usr/share/licenses/fvwm/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv_SE/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv_SE/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmAnimate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmAuto.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmBacker.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmBanner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmButtons.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmCommand.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmConsole.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmConsoleC.pl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmCpp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmEvent.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmForm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmIconMan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmIdent.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmM4.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmPager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmPerl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmProxy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmRearrange.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmScript.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-bug.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-convert-2.6.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-menu-desktop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-menu-directory.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-menu-headlines.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-menu-xlock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-perllib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-root.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpmroot.1.gz
/usr/share/xsessions/fvwm.desktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fvwm on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.