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icewm


Information about the package, icewm, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The icewm package is designed for, Light and configurable window manager.


Package Name:

icewm

Summary:

Light and configurable window manager

Description:

IceWM is a window manager for the X Window System (freedesktop, XFree86). The goal of IceWM is speed, simplicity, and not getting in the user's way.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.3.8

Release:

3.el6

Size:

759 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for icewm


Control the icewm package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install icewm

This command will install icewm on the server.

yum remove icewm

This command will un-install icewm on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove icewm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove icewm

This command will un-install icewm on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove icewm when using the -y flag.

yum update icewm

This command will update icewm to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove icewm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update icewm

This command will update icewm to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove icewm when using the -y flag.

yum info icewm

This command will show you core information about the icewm package.

yum deplist icewm

This command will show you the dependencies for icewm. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update icewm

This command will check if there is an update waiting on icewm. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.