How To Install wmctrl on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmctrl on CentOS 7.
What is wmctrl
The wmctrl program is a UNIX/Linux command line tool to interact with an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager. The tool provides command line access to almost all the features defined in the EWMH specification. It can be used, for example, to obtain information about the window manager, to get a detailed list of desktops and managed windows, to switch and resize desktops, to make windows full-screen, always-above or sticky, and to activate, close, move, resize, maximize and minimize them. The command line access to these window management functions makes it easy to automate and execute them from any application that is able to run a command in response to an event.
We can use yum or dnf to install wmctrl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wmctrl.
Install wmctrl on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install wmctrl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install wmctrl
Install wmctrl on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install wmctrl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install wmctrl
How To Uninstall wmctrl on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the wmctrl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove wmctrl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmctrl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.