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Window Maker can be installed from most [[Package manager|package managers]]. | Window Maker can be installed from most [[Package manager|package managers]]. | ||
On [[Debian]] and Debian-based distributions:< | On [[Debian]] and Debian-based distributions: | ||
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# apt install wmaker | # apt install wmaker | ||
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On [[Arch Linux|Arch]] and Arch-based distributions, Window Maker can be only only installed with an AUR helper such as [[yay]]: | |||
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$ yay -S windowmaker | $ yay -S windowmaker | ||
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On [[Gentoo]] and Gentoo-based distributions: | |||
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# emerge -av x11-wm/windowmaker | # emerge -av x11-wm/windowmaker | ||
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On [[RHEL]], [[Fedora]] and Fedora-based distributions: | |||
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# dnf install WindowMaker | # dnf install WindowMaker | ||
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If none of these work or the version is outdated, you may try to install it manually (0.96.0) by running: | |||
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$ wget <nowiki>https://www.windowmaker.org/pub/source/release/WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz</nowiki> | $ wget <nowiki>https://www.windowmaker.org/pub/source/release/WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz</nowiki> | ||
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$ tar xvf WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz | $ tar xvf WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz | ||
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$ cd WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz | $ cd WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz | ||
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$ ./configure --prefix=/usr | $ ./configure --prefix=/usr | ||
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$ make | $ make | ||
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</ | # make install | ||
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Revision as of 14:44, 11 June 2024
Window Maker is a window manager for X11 designed to emulate the look and feel of NeXTSTEP as an environment compatible with OpenStep libraries. It has been developed from scratch since 1997 by Alfredo Kojima in C.
Installation
Window Maker can be installed from most package managers.
On Debian and Debian-based distributions:
# apt install wmakerOn Arch and Arch-based distributions, Window Maker can be only only installed with an AUR helper such as yay:
$ yay -S windowmakerOn Gentoo and Gentoo-based distributions:
# emerge -av x11-wm/windowmakerOn RHEL, Fedora and Fedora-based distributions:
# dnf install WindowMakerIf none of these work or the version is outdated, you may try to install it manually (0.96.0) by running:
$ wget <nowiki>https://www.windowmaker.org/pub/source/release/WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz</nowiki> $ tar xvf WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz $ cd WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz $ ./configure --prefix=/usr $ make # make install