How To Install cwm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cwm in Fedora 36. cwm is Calm Window Manager by OpenBSD project

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cwm on Fedora 36.

What is `cwm`

cwm (calm window manager) is a window manager for X11 which contains many features that concentrate on the efficiency and transparency of window management, while maintaining the simplest and most pleasant aesthetic. This package contains a Linux port of the official project, which changes the source for the port portion but doesn’t touches the original functionality provided by the original OpenBSD’s project.

We can use yum or dnf to install cwm on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cwm.

Install cwm on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cwm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cwm

Install cwm on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cwm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cwm

How To Uninstall cwm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove cwm

cwm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cwm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/cca206ffe2217828fbba2dfd8b6dd22b612705
/usr/share/doc/cwm
/usr/share/doc/cwm/README
/usr/share/licenses/cwm
/usr/share/licenses/cwm/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/cwm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/cwmrc.5.gz
/usr/share/xsessions/cwm.desktop

References

cwm website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cwm on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).