How To Install icewm on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icewm on AlmaLinux 8.
What is icewm
IceWM is a window manager for the X Window System (freedesktop, XFree86). The goal of IceWM is speed, simplicity, and not getting in the user’s way. You can install minimal version of IceWM without all optional dependencies sudo dnf install icewm-minimal-session –setopt=install_weak_deps=False
We can use yum or dnf to install icewm on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install icewm.
Install icewm on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install icewm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install icewm
Install icewm on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install icewm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install icewm
How To Uninstall icewm on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the icewm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove icewm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icewm on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
