How To Install wmname on Fedora 34

wmname is Prints/sets the EWMH WM name property

Introduction

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

What is wmname

wmname prints/sets the window manager name property of the root window similar to how hostname(1) behaves. wmname is a nice utility to fix problems with JDK versions and other broken programs assuming a reparenting window manager for instance.

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

Install wmname 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 wmname using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wmname

Install wmname 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 wmname using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wmname

How To Uninstall wmname on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove wmname

wmname Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/wmname
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/701f9eaa77111cfb29f624eb2532ad321cac37
/usr/share/doc/wmname
/usr/share/doc/wmname/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/wmname/README

References

Summary

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