How To Install wmx on Fedora 34

wmx is A really simple window manager for X

Introduction

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

What is wmx

A really simple window manager for X, based on wm2, with a minimal set of configurable options.

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

Install wmx 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 wmx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wmx

Install wmx 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 wmx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wmx

How To Uninstall wmx on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove wmx

wmx Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients.d/Xclients.wmx.sh
/usr/bin/wmx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/c66258fa9cf9cb73d816a601aae7e72b0f45a7
/usr/share/doc/wmx
/usr/share/doc/wmx/README
/usr/share/doc/wmx/README.contrib
/usr/share/doc/wmx/TODO.netwm
/usr/share/doc/wmx/UPDATES
/usr/share/doc/wmx/rsharman-patch
/usr/share/doc/wmx/rsharman-patch/Patch.rs1
/usr/share/doc/wmx/rsharman-patch/Patch.rs1.nfo
/usr/share/doc/wmx/rsharman-patch/README.keybindings
/usr/share/doc/wmx/rsharman-patch/README.menu
/usr/share/doc/wmx/rsharman-patch/README.remote
/usr/share/doc/wmx/rsharman-patch/examples.tgz
/usr/share/wmx
/usr/share/wmx/firefox
/usr/share/wmx/mutt
/usr/share/wmx/office
/usr/share/wmx/pidgin
/usr/share/wmx/screenlock
/usr/share/wmx/startup
/usr/share/wmx/thunderbird
/usr/share/wmx/xchat
/usr/share/wmx/xv
/usr/share/xsessions/wmx.desktop

References

Summary

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