How To Install wmctrl on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmctrl on Fedora 34.
What is wmctrl
The wmctrl program is a UNIX/Linux command line tool to interact with an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager. The tool provides command line access to almost all the features defined in the EWMH specification. It can be used, for example, to obtain information about the window manager, to get a detailed list of desktops and managed windows, to switch and resize desktops, to make windows full-screen, always-above or sticky, and to activate, close, move, resize, maximize and minimize them. The command line access to these window management functions makes it easy to automate and execute them from any application that is able to run a command in response to an event.
We can use yum or dnf to install wmctrl on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wmctrl.
Install wmctrl 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 wmctrl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install wmctrl
Install wmctrl 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 wmctrl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install wmctrl
How To Uninstall wmctrl on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the wmctrl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove wmctrl
wmctrl Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/wmctrl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/9ebc17b96cc715ce00d08aa06212c96bead994
/usr/share/doc/wmctrl
/usr/share/doc/wmctrl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wmctrl/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/wmctrl/README
/usr/share/man/man1/wmctrl.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmctrl on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.