How To: Install FluxBox Window Manager on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

May 9, 2010 in Download, How To?, Shell CLI

FluxBox window manager is the real simple of X window system you will have ever see, Lightweight window manger, can be modified with a lot of styles and themes, and really easy to use. FluxBox was based on BlackBox 0.61.1

Installations Guide :

1. simply open terminal and type

sudo apt-get install fluxbox

it will take a while till the installation process done.

and other way to install the FluxBox

2. Visit Download FluxBox site

and download the last stable version there. or if you are interesting in test development release

Download it then simply compile the package

access the directory for the download file then open terminal and type this commands

./configure

make

sudo make install

and here is some screenshots For FluxBox 1.1 after installing it on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with different styles

That’s it for now

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Rleblanc #

ok I installed it, now what?

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- Anonymous #
  
  check your available session on GDM then select fluxbox.
  
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Jw2online #

But how do you get multiple monitors working? That’s my big hang-up.

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- Anonymous #
  
  To be honest i didn’t use multiple monitor on fluxbox before, but you might try these instructions for using multiple monitor http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/X.Org/Dual_Monitors. If i found more information will send you as soon as possible.
  mhnassif
  
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  - Jw2online #
    
    Hanging period on that link. ;)
    
    Yeah, I was REALLY hoping to avoid editing the xorg.conf. I look forward to what you can turn up that won’t require that. That would really add some points to FB for me!
    
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  - Jw2online #
    
    Hanging period on that link. ;)
    
    Yeah, I was REALLY hoping to avoid editing the xorg.conf. I look forward to what you can turn up that won’t require that. That would really add some points to FB for me!
    
    Reply

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