How To Install xmonad-core on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmonad-core on CentOS 7. xmonad-core is A tiling window manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmonad-core on CentOS 7.

What is `xmonad-core`

This package just provides the core xmonad window manager program. To run the default xmonad configuration you should install xmonad-basic. If you want to customize xmonad please install either xmonad or xmonad-mate.

We can use yum or dnf to install xmonad-core on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xmonad-core.

Install xmonad-core on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install xmonad-core using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xmonad-core

Install xmonad-core 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 xmonad-core using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xmonad-core

How To Uninstall xmonad-core on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the xmonad-core package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xmonad-core

References

xmonad-core website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmonad-core on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.