How To Install openbox on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbox on AlmaLinux 8.
What is openbox
Openbox is a window manager designed explicity for standards-compliance and speed. It is fast, lightweight, and heavily configurable (using XML for its configuration data). It has many features that make it unique among window managers actions, multi-head/Xinerama support, and dynamically generated “pipe menus.” For a full list of the FreeDesktop.org standards with which it is compliant, please see the COMPLIANCE file in the included documentation of this package. For a graphical configuration editor, you’ll need to install the obconf package.
We can use yum or dnf to install openbox on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openbox.
Install openbox 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 openbox using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openbox
Install openbox 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 openbox using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openbox
How To Uninstall openbox on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the openbox package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openbox
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbox on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
