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On [[Debian]] and Debian-based distributions: | On [[Debian]] and Debian-based distributions: | ||
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sudo 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]]: | 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 | |||
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On [[Gentoo]] and Gentoo-based distributions: | On [[Gentoo]] and Gentoo-based distributions: | ||
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sudo emerge -av x11-wm/windowmaker | |||
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On [[RHEL]], [[Fedora]] and Fedora-based distributions: | On [[RHEL]], [[Fedora]] and Fedora-based distributions: | ||
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sudo 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If none of these work or the version is outdated, you may try to install it manually (0.96.0) by running: | If none of these work or the version is outdated, you may try to install it manually (0.96.0) by running: | ||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 https://www.windowmaker.org/pub/source/release/WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz | |||
tar xvf WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz | |||
cd WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz | |||
./configure --prefix=/usr | |||
make | |||
sudo make install | |||
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[[Category:Window Managers]] | [[Category:Window Managers]] | ||
Revision as of 20:08, 16 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:
sudo apt install wmaker
On Arch and Arch-based distributions, Window Maker can be only only installed with an AUR helper such as yay:
yay -S windowmaker
On Gentoo and Gentoo-based distributions:
sudo emerge -av x11-wm/windowmaker
On RHEL, Fedora and Fedora-based distributions:
sudo dnf install WindowMaker
If none of these work or the version is outdated, you may try to install it manually (0.96.0) by running:
wget https://www.windowmaker.org/pub/source/release/WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz
tar xvf WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz
cd WindowMaker-0.96.0.tar.gz
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install