How To Install dvtm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dvtm in Fedora 36. dvtm is Tiling window management for the console

Introduction

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

What is `dvtm`

dvtm brings the concept of tiling window management, popularized by X11-window managers like dwm to the console. As a console window manager it tries to make it easy to work with multiple console based programs like vim, mutt, cmus or irssi.

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

Install dvtm 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 dvtm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dvtm

Install dvtm 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 dvtm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dvtm

How To Uninstall dvtm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dvtm

dvtm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dvtm
/usr/bin/dvtm-status
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/8ee0ebc519ffc74fde910dd4bfb068392b2223
/usr/share/doc/dvtm
/usr/share/doc/dvtm/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/dvtm
/usr/share/licenses/dvtm/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/dvtm.1.gz
/usr/share/terminfo/d
/usr/share/terminfo/d/dvtm
/usr/share/terminfo/d/dvtm-256color

References

dvtm website

Summary

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