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Fluxbox-0.9.5

Introduction to Fluxbox

The Fluxbox package contains a windows manager.

Package information

Fluxbox dependencies

Required

XFree86-4.3.0.1

Installation of Fluxbox

Install Fluxbox by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-kde --enable-gnome &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--enable-kde: This command activates Fluxbox's ability to allow KDE tray icons to be placed in the slit.

--enable-gnome: This command activates Fluxbox's ability to support GNOME.

Configuring Fluxbox

Config files

~/.fluxbox/init, ~/.fluxbox/keys, ~/.fluxbox/menu

Configuration Information

Be sure to backup your current .xinitrc before proceeding.

cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF">
exec fluxbox
EOF
mkdir ~/.fluxbox &&
cp /usr/share/fluxbox/init ~/.fluxbox/init &&
cp /usr/share/fluxbox/keys ~/.fluxbox/keys &&
cp /usr/share/fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/menu

Menu Items are added by editing~/.fluxbox/menu. The syntax is explained on the fluxbox man page.

Contents

The Fluxbox package contains fluxbox, bsetbg and bsetroot.

Description

fluxbox

fluxbox is a window manager for X11 based on Blackbox 0.61.0.

bsetbg

bsetbg is a utility that sets the background image. It needs display, Esetroot, wmsetbg, xv, qiv or xsri to be used.

bsetroot

bsetroot is a Blackbox utility to change root window appearance.

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