Installing blackbox window manager on Fedora Core

From: Daniele Paolo Scarpazza (dpscarpazza_at_edigital.it)
Date: 05/31/04

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    Date: 31 May 2004 05:10:11 -0700

    This is a short report on how to install the blackbox window manager
    on a system running linux Fedora Core.

    -download blackbox-0.65.0.tar.gz from blackboxwm.sourgeforge.net
    -cd into blackbox-0.65.0
    -type ./configure
    -file src/Window.cc needs an additional "#include <cassert>" line at
    the beginning
    -run "make" a number of times (more than 10) until no warnings are
    generated
    -run "make install"
    -add a file name "blackbox.desktop" in your /usr/share/xsessions, with
    the following contents:

    [Desktop Entry]
    Encoding=UTF-8
    Type=XSession
    Exec=blackbox
    TryExec=blackbox
    Name=BlackBox
    Comment=BlackBox Window Manager.

    That's it.

    To modify the menu, edit file /usr/local/share/blackbox/menu.

    Greetings

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