How To Install fvwm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fvwm in Fedora 36. fvwm is Highly configurable multiple virtual desktop window manager

Introduction

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

What is `fvwm`

Fvwm is a window manager for X11. It is designed to minimize memory consumption, provide a 3D look to window frames, and implement a virtual desktop.

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

Install fvwm 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 fvwm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fvwm

Install fvwm 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 fvwm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fvwm

How To Uninstall fvwm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fvwm

fvwm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/FvwmCommand
/usr/bin/fvwm
/usr/bin/fvwm-bug
/usr/bin/fvwm-config
/usr/bin/fvwm-convert-2.6
/usr/bin/fvwm-menu-desktop
/usr/bin/fvwm-menu-directory
/usr/bin/fvwm-menu-headlines
/usr/bin/fvwm-menu-xlock
/usr/bin/fvwm-perllib
/usr/bin/fvwm-root
/usr/bin/fvwm2
/usr/bin/xpmroot
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/590b6ee2dd371f86ebffd34f9ccfc6c60d3830
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/73c796ebf9ee6b98c411f2310bc94f44f9e5c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/67807baf616f9fbbbb34cfb5b5485bd5057f21
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/9502abdc0095aebf149ece58e68d847c459ec5
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/bcbb7ca18a2d94a7a51b105825aac70bb4d51b
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/08d5003457935ef8a5e3bd470d0170539d8bac
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/20fbe0f763c15b4b0af462fd47272d46c765f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/edb933b6c2658b382175c7e371cc53dec8f3d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/cbcdfe25b844ac35d1070d48d836f449dffe44
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/c8e69a8b39f3ff6ea79c80d80b3839d8dfe437
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/96e66baf1d2e592e3b2659ac9d933c5fe711bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/ba2e2e0b74ece19e99569353f38b3e542aa9eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/cfb7bab6c988bede2f710481b5e8e1252f6ba4
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/693a2bcafc0ad4ddae7009d60a81c27293adc4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/5227dbdd558102bec84db72be335bea1f6b248
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/b30578fd8ae8be2485488f902a5b30af2f1beb
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/970889a8ca7091366c552b3b51a77d04521c81
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/c4de94552d71bcf6b2272b15ca9ac378ec7a80
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/b426deafc1d28c18a08ffd79128b9ef52225f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/ed413960fcc98c37ef22c5091ecedc894e0afe
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/10ba3412eb7923fe238e2f0e142a90fe6fc963
/usr/libexec/fvwm
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmAnimate
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmAudio
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmAuto
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmBacker
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmBanner
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmButtons
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmCascade
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmCommand.pm
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmCommand.sh
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmCommandS
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmConsole
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmConsoleC
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmConsoleC.pl
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmCpp
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmEvent
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmForm
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmIconMan
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmIdent
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmM4
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmPager
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmPerl
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmProxy
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmRearrange
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmScript
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmTalk
/usr/libexec/fvwm/2.6.9/FvwmTile
/usr/share/doc/fvwm
/usr/share/doc/fvwm/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fvwm/README.md
/usr/share/fvwm
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmBacker
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmButtons
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmDefaults
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmIconMan
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmIdent
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmPager
/usr/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmProxyDefaults
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-Capture
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-Desktop
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-Form
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-QuitVerify
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-Rlogin
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-RootCursor
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-Talk
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-TalkHelp
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-XDGMenuHelp
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmForm-XDGOptionsHelp
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-BaseConfig
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-BellSetup
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-Buttons
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-Colorset
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-ComExample
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-Date
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-FileBrowser
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-Find
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-KeyboardSetup
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-PointerSetup
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-Quit
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-ScreenDump
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-ScreenSetup
/usr/share/fvwm/FvwmScript-WidgetDemo
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config/.stalonetrayrc
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config/FvwmScript-ConfirmCopyConfig
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config/FvwmScript-ConfirmQuit
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config/FvwmScript-DateTime
/usr/share/fvwm/default-config/config
/usr/share/fvwm/fvwm-menu-desktop-config.fpl
/usr/share/fvwm/fvwm-script-ComExample.pl
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Commands.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Constants.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Event.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/EventNames.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Module
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Module.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Module/Terminal.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Module/Tk.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Module/Toolkit.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/Colorsets.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/GlobalConfig.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/ModuleConfig.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/PageInfo.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/Scheduler.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/FVWM/Tracker/WindowList.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/General
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/General/FileSystem.pm
/usr/share/fvwm/perllib/General/Parse.pm
/usr/share/licenses/fvwm
/usr/share/licenses/fvwm/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv_SE/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv_SE/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/FvwmScript.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmAnimate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmAuto.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmBacker.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmBanner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmButtons.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmCommand.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmConsole.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmConsoleC.pl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmCpp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmEvent.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmForm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmIconMan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmIdent.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmM4.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmPager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmPerl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmProxy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmRearrange.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/FvwmScript.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-bug.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-convert-2.6.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-menu-desktop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-menu-directory.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-menu-headlines.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-menu-xlock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-perllib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm-root.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fvwm2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpmroot.1.gz
/usr/share/xsessions/fvwm.desktop

References

fvwm website

Summary

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