How To Install icewm on Fedora 34

icewm is Window manager designed for speed, usability, and consistency

Introduction

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

What is icewm

IceWM is a window manager for the X Window System (freedesktop, XFree86). The goal of IceWM is speed, simplicity, and not getting in the user’s way. You can install minimal version of IceWM without all optional dependencies sudo dnf install icewm-minimal-session –setopt=install_weak_deps=False

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

Install icewm 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 icewm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install icewm

Install icewm 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 icewm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install icewm

How To Uninstall icewm on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove icewm

icewm Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/icehelp
/usr/bin/icesh
/usr/bin/icesound
/usr/bin/icewm
/usr/bin/icewm-menu-fdo
/usr/bin/icewm-menu-xrandr
/usr/bin/icewm-session
/usr/bin/icewm-set-gnomewm
/usr/bin/icewmbg
/usr/bin/icewmhint
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/af0263ab55afa673ec74595e51c804d7c35c7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/908182aaa1a3f54c63296fbf13a8ee44d1cbe6
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/a4faa9bcd303fc6687b0ecf06ce78548d27721
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/5e956fffe104c24620e495fb534faa0aec97e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/626ff5b0e33764a9ab64f965b9ed315f728eff
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/db92f1f14a7f660e6d776e97df69af42c56524
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/9011f672367566723f8a7d3c311c00159a09c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/a94a5d50416b55bbfab9445665ef4dfad5dbaf
/usr/share/doc/icewm
/usr/share/doc/icewm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/icewm/README.md
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icehelp.1.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icesh.1.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icesound.1.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-env.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-focus_mode.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-keys.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-menu-fdo.1.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-menu-xrandr.1.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-menu.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-preferences.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-prefoverride.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-programs.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-session.1.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-set-gnomewm.1.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-shutdown.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-startup.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-theme.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-toolbar.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm-winoptions.5.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm.1.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewmbg.1.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewmhint.1.html
/usr/share/licenses/icewm
/usr/share/licenses/icewm/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/icehelp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icesh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icesound.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewm-menu-fdo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewm-menu-xrandr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewm-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewm-set-gnomewm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewmbg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewmhint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-env.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-focus_mode.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-keys.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-menu.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-preferences.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-prefoverride.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-programs.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-shutdown.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-startup.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-theme.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-toolbar.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-winoptions.5.gz
/usr/share/xsessions/icewm-session.desktop
/usr/bin/icehelp
/usr/bin/icesh
/usr/bin/icesound
/usr/bin/icewm
/usr/bin/icewm-menu-fdo
/usr/bin/icewm-menu-xrandr
/usr/bin/icewm-session
/usr/bin/icewm-set-gnomewm
/usr/bin/icewmbg
/usr/bin/icewmhint
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/ff024d6c0bbeed55bfe231c6a1e8fcc3b37d45
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/e4080584ddf8c3d195ade353a0543c2e0728c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/21b09eac0d13fd6c821d25f0ae5c7321d6a54f
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/db66d0f34b9ae26f39a6183cc8f81dcebfabaa
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/5380a4450444fa2ca21f5d98f84679d5b5cce8
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/5369dc6a92916949fd470b8b35b32eeef5849f
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/aeaa7a70eed083964ed947bfd3340832e135b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/9aaa59dc59070458a3429c8b7f0a5c754e72a8
/usr/share/doc/icewm
/usr/share/doc/icewm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/icewm/README.md
/usr/share/doc/icewm/icewm.html
/usr/share/licenses/icewm
/usr/share/licenses/icewm/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/icewm.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/icehelp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icesh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icesound.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewm-menu-fdo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewm-menu-xrandr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewm-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewm-set-gnomewm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewmbg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/icewmhint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-env.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-focus_mode.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-keys.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-menu.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-preferences.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-prefoverride.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-programs.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-shutdown.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-startup.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-theme.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-toolbar.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/icewm-winoptions.5.gz
/usr/share/xsessions/icewm-session.desktop

References

Summary

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