How To Install dmenu_run_hlwm on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install herbstluftwm

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install herbstluftwm

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is dmenu_run_hlwm and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install dmenu_run_hlwm on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install dmenu_run_hlwm on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install dmenu_run_hlwm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install herbstluftwm

Install dmenu_run_hlwm on CentOS 8 using yum

Because dmenu_run_hlwm is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install dmenu_run_hlwm package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install herbstluftwm

How to upgrade (update) a single package dmenu_run_hlwm using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like dmenu_run_hlwm in this example you should use the following command:

yum update herbstluftwm

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade herbstluftwm

How to Upgrade dmenu_run_hlwm on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update herbstluftwm

How To remove dmenu_run_hlwm from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dmenu_run_hlwm package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove herbstluftwm

Extra info and code examples

In herbstluftwm the layout is based on splitting frames into subframes which can be split again or can be filled with windows, Tags (or workspaces or virtual desktops or ...) can be added/removed at runtime. Each tag contains an own layout and exactly one tag is viewed on each monitor. The tags are monitor independent. It is configured at runtime via ipc calls from herbstclient. So the configuration file is just a script which is run on startup.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install dmenu_run_hlwm using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the dmenu_run_hlwm from CentOS 8.

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