How To Install xmonad-basic on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmonad-basic on Fedora 36.
What is xmonad-basic
xmonad is a tiling window manager for X. Windows are arranged automatically to tile the screen without gaps or overlap, maximising screen use. All features of the window manager are accessible from the keyboard extensible in Haskell. Custom layout algorithms, and other extensions, may be written by the user in config files. Layouts are applied dynamically, and different layouts may be used on each workspace. Xinerama is fully supported, allowing windows to be tiled on several screens. This meta-package allows running the default basic upstream xmonad configuration with xterm and dmenu. If you want to customize xmonad, please install xmonad or xmonad-mate.
We can use yum or dnf to install xmonad-basic on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xmonad-basic.
Install xmonad-basic 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 xmonad-basic using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xmonad-basic
Install xmonad-basic 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 xmonad-basic using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xmonad-basic
How To Uninstall xmonad-basic on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the xmonad-basic package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xmonad-basic
xmonad-basic Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/xsessions/xmonad.desktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmonad-basic on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
