Install Fluxbox

Most users want to install it from the distribution’s package repository.
Below are the steps you have to take for your distribution.

If you want to install the most current version, you have to download, compile and install manually, but fear not, you shall be guided in the developers section of this wiki.

http://old.fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Update_fluxbox#Using_Ubuntu_and_Debian

Install Package

Fedora

:~# yum install fluxbox

Debian, Ubuntu, etc.

Debian Package System based distributions (i.e. Debian, Ubuntu, ALT Linux, and many more)

:~# apt-get install fluxbox
or
:~# aptitude install fluxbox

The packages in Debian stable might not be very up-to-date. See also [http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Update_fluxbox#Using_Ubuntu_and_Debian how to update fluxbox].

Slackware

Gentoo

SUSE

*The packages for the current version of OpenSUSE (12.3) are [http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=openSUSE%3A12.3&p=1&q=fluxbox here]. *Using [http://software.opensuse.org/search this website] you could find the package that fits your version of OpenSUSE.

*BSD

  • FreeBSD users: from source via ‘’‘make install clean -C /usr/ports/x11-wm/fluxbox’’’ or binary package via either ‘’‘pkg_add -r fluxbox’’’ or ‘’‘pkg install fluxbox’’’ for pkgng users

  • NetBSD users (pkgsrc): ‘’’/usr/pkgsrc/wm/fluxbox/’’’

  • OpenBSD users: fetch the package from one of the ftp-mirrors ([http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html a list is here]), or you can use ports to compile your own (’’’/usr/ports/x11/fluxbox/’’’)

Arch

  • Arch Linux (pacman) : ‘’‘pacman -S fluxbox’’’. .

Source Mage

  • Source Mage GNU/Linux (sorcery): ‘’‘cast fluxbox’’’

Mac

  • Mac OS X users: Get fink and execute:’’’ fink install fluxbox’’’ or ‘’‘sudo apt-get install fluxbox’’’

just a test to see if thing still do what they should

last modified: sillysloft Tuesday, May 30, 2017 7:21 PM