How To Install openbox on Fedora 34
openbox is A highly configurable and standards-compliant X11 window manager
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbox on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openbox.
Install openbox 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 openbox using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openbox
Install openbox 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 openbox using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openbox
How To Uninstall openbox on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the openbox package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openbox
openbox Package Contents on Fedora 34
/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/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/d46759d05f8b81d82452b65505a259122cdab8
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/3783d23c06ea841d9c27522d42885d2939c4de
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/5bd701d825518d46e42118e4e2a9642856bbde
/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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbox on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
