fluxbox-0.1.14

Introduction to fluxbox

Download location (HTTP):       http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/fluxbox/fluxbox-0.1.14.tar.bz2
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Version used:                   0.1.14
Package size:                   372 KB
Estimated Disk space required:  6.5 MB
Estimated build time:           2.21 SBU

The fluxbox package contains a windows manager.

fluxbox depends on:
xfree86-4.3.0

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.