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Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone has any idea how to install a window manager without root access? I'm trying to install Fluxbox. I unpacked the .tar.gz and ran ...
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  1. 05-20-2010 #1
    jpirie23
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    Installing Window Manager without Root Access

    Hi everyone.

    I was wondering if anyone has any idea how to install a window manager without root access? I'm trying to install Fluxbox.

    I unpacked the .tar.gz and ran ./configure followed by make. I'm unsure of the next step- usually I would just do 'make install' but as I don't have root access I cannot do this.

    I found this file which I think may have something to do with the process that should come next, it seems to have some lines about window managers (~/.xsession):

    Code:
    #!/bin/sh

WM="/usr/bin/fvwm"

xhost -
xrdb -load $HOME/.Xresources

xset c off s 300

HOST=`hostname`

xterm -ls -sb -g 80x24+1+1 -title "$HOST" -bw 2 &

xterm -ls -sb -g 80x32+1-1 -title "$HOST" -bw 2 &
#
# start up gnu emacs, iconified, with the Gnu icon!
emacs -i -iconic &

#
# Starting my favourite Window Manager
# Do this in foreground so quitting window manager logs you out
#

$WM
    This is the output of the tree command when executed in the fluxbox directory after running the make command:

    Code:
    .
|-- AUTHORS
|-- COPYING
|-- ChangeLog
|-- INSTALL
|-- Makefile
|-- Makefile.am
|-- Makefile.in
|-- NEWS
|-- README
|-- TODO
|-- acinclude.m4
|-- aclocal.m4
|-- config.guess
|-- config.h
|-- config.h.in
|-- config.log
|-- config.status
|-- config.sub
|-- configure
|-- configure.in
|-- data
|   |-- Makefile
|   |-- Makefile.am
|   |-- Makefile.in
|   |-- init
|   |-- init.in
|   |-- keys
|   |-- menu
|   `-- styles
|       |-- Artwiz
|       |-- BlueFlux
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   |-- pixmaps
|       |   |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   |   |-- button_close_active.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_close_pressed.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_close_unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_max_active.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_max_pressed.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_max_unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_min_active.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_min_pressed.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_min_unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_stick_active.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_stick_pressed.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_stick_unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_stuck.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_stuck_unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_toolbar.xpm
|       |   |   |-- button_toolbar_pressed.xpm
|       |   |   |-- menu_frame.xpm
|       |   |   |-- title_bar.xpm
|       |   |   |-- title_bar_unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- toolbar.xpm
|       |   |   `-- toolbar_label.xpm
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- BlueNight
|       |-- Emerge
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   |-- pixmaps
|       |   |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   |   |-- bullet.xpm
|       |   |   |-- close-pressed.xpm
|       |   |   |-- close-unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- close.xpm
|       |   |   |-- icon-pressed.xpm
|       |   |   |-- icon-unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- icon.xpm
|       |   |   |-- max-pressed.xpm
|       |   |   |-- max-unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- max.xpm
|       |   |   |-- selected.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stick-pressed.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stick-unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stick.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stuck-pressed.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stuck-unfocus.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stuck.xpm
|       |   |   `-- unselected.xpm
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- Flux
|       |-- LemonSpace
|       |-- Makefile
|       |-- Makefile.am
|       |-- Makefile.in
|       |-- Makro
|       |-- MerleyKay
|       |-- Meta
|       |-- Nyz
|       |-- Operation
|       |-- Outcomes
|       |-- Results
|       |-- Shade
|       |-- Twice
|       |-- arch
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   |-- pixmaps
|       |   |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   |   |-- bullet.xpm
|       |   |   |-- closefcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- closepr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- closeufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- frame.xpm
|       |   |   |-- gripfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- maxfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- maxpr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- maxufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- menuiconfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- menuiconpr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- menuiconufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- minfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- minpr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- minufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- selected.xpm
|       |   |   |-- shadefcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- shadepr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- shadeufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stickfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stickpr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stickufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stuckfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stuckufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- tbarfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- tbarufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- unselected.xpm
|       |   |   |-- unshadefcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- unshadepr.xpm
|       |   |   `-- unshadeufcs.xpm
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- bloe
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   |-- pixmaps
|       |   |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   |   |-- bullet.xpm
|       |   |   |-- closefcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- closepr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- closeufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- frame.xpm
|       |   |   |-- maxfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- maxpr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- maxufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- menuiconfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- menuiconpr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- menuiconufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- minfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- minpr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- minufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- selected.xpm
|       |   |   |-- shadefcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- shadepr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- shadeufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stickfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stickpr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stickufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stuckfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- stuckufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- tbarfcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- tbarufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- unselected.xpm
|       |   |   |-- unshadefcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- unshadepr.xpm
|       |   |   |-- unshadeufcs.xpm
|       |   |   |-- windowlabelfcs.xpm
|       |   |   `-- windowlabelufcs.xpm
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- bora_black
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- bora_blue
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- bora_green
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- carp
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- green_tea
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- ostrich
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- qnx-photon
|       |-- zimek_bisque
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       |-- zimek_darkblue
|       |   |-- Makefile
|       |   |-- Makefile.am
|       |   |-- Makefile.in
|       |   `-- theme.cfg
|       `-- zimek_green
|           |-- Makefile
|           |-- Makefile.am
|           |-- Makefile.in
|           `-- theme.cfg
|-- depcomp
|-- doc
|   |-- CODESTYLE
|   |-- Makefile
|   |-- Makefile.am
|   |-- Makefile.in
|   |-- fbrun.1
|   |-- fbsetbg.1
|   |-- fbsetroot.1
|   |-- fluxbox.1
|   |-- fluxbox.1.in
|   |-- fluxstyle.1
|   |-- fluxstyle.1.in
|   |-- ru
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- fluxbox.1
|   |   `-- fluxbox.1.in
|   `-- startfluxbox.1
|-- install-sh
|-- ltconfig
|-- ltmain.sh
|-- missing
|-- mkinstalldirs
|-- nls
|   |-- C
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   `-- Translation.m
|   |-- Makefile
|   |-- Makefile.am
|   |-- Makefile.in
|   |-- be_BY
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-CP1251.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- bg_BG
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- cs_CZ
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-2.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- da_DK
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- de_AT
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-15.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- de_CH
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-15.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- de_DE
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-15.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- el_GR
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- en_GB
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- en_US
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- es_AR
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-15.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- es_ES
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-15.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- et_EE
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-15.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- fi_FI
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- fluxbox-nls.hh
|   |-- fr_CH
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-15.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- fr_FR
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-15.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- it_IT
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- ja_JP
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |   `-- generated-eucJP.m
|   |-- ko_KR
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-EUC-KR.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- lv_LV
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-13.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- nb_NO
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- nl_NL
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-15.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- nlsinfo
|   |-- no_NO
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- pl_PL
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-2.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- pt_BR
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- pt_PT
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- ru_RU
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-KOI8-R.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- sk_SK
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-2.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- sl_SI
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-2.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- sv_SE
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- tr_TR
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-ISO-8859-1.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- uk_UA
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   |-- generated-KOI8-U.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   |-- vi_VN
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Translation.m
|   |   `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|   `-- zh_CN
|       |-- Makefile
|       |-- Makefile.am
|       |-- Makefile.in
|       |-- Translation.m
|       |-- generated-BIG5.m
|       |-- generated-GB18030.m
|       |-- generated-GB2312.m
|       |-- generated-GBK.m
|       `-- generated-UTF-8.m
|-- src
|   |-- AlphaMenu.cc
|   |-- AlphaMenu.hh
|   |-- AlphaMenu.o
|   |-- ArrowButton.cc
|   |-- ArrowButton.hh
|   |-- ArrowButton.o
|   |-- AtomHandler.hh
|   |-- AttentionNoticeHandler.cc
|   |-- AttentionNoticeHandler.hh
|   |-- AttentionNoticeHandler.o
|   |-- BoolMenuItem.hh
|   |-- BorderTheme.cc
|   |-- BorderTheme.hh
|   |-- BorderTheme.o
|   |-- ButtonTheme.cc
|   |-- ButtonTheme.hh
|   |-- ButtonTheme.o
|   |-- ButtonTool.cc
|   |-- ButtonTool.hh
|   |-- ButtonTool.o
|   |-- CascadePlacement.cc
|   |-- CascadePlacement.hh
|   |-- CascadePlacement.o
|   |-- ClientPattern.cc
|   |-- ClientPattern.hh
|   |-- ClientPattern.o
|   |-- ClockTool.cc
|   |-- ClockTool.hh
|   |-- ClockTool.o
|   |-- ColSmartPlacement.cc
|   |-- ColSmartPlacement.hh
|   |-- ColSmartPlacement.o
|   |-- CommandDialog.cc
|   |-- CommandDialog.hh
|   |-- CommandDialog.o
|   |-- CommandParser.cc
|   |-- CommandParser.hh
|   |-- CommandParser.o
|   |-- CompareWindow.hh
|   |-- Container.cc
|   |-- Container.hh
|   |-- Container.o
|   |-- CurrentWindowCmd.cc
|   |-- CurrentWindowCmd.hh
|   |-- CurrentWindowCmd.o
|   |-- Ewmh.cc
|   |-- Ewmh.hh
|   |-- Ewmh.o
|   |-- FbAtoms.cc
|   |-- FbAtoms.hh
|   |-- FbAtoms.o
|   |-- FbCommandFactory.cc
|   |-- FbCommandFactory.hh
|   |-- FbCommandFactory.o
|   |-- FbCommands.cc
|   |-- FbCommands.hh
|   |-- FbCommands.o
|   |-- FbMenu.cc
|   |-- FbMenu.hh
|   |-- FbMenu.o
|   |-- FbMenuParser.cc
|   |-- FbMenuParser.hh
|   |-- FbMenuParser.o
|   |-- FbRootWindow.cc
|   |-- FbRootWindow.hh
|   |-- FbRootWindow.o
|   |-- FbTk
|   |   |-- App.cc
|   |   |-- App.hh
|   |   |-- App.o
|   |   |-- Button.cc
|   |   |-- Button.hh
|   |   |-- Button.o
|   |   |-- CachedPixmap.cc
|   |   |-- CachedPixmap.hh
|   |   |-- CachedPixmap.o
|   |   |-- Color.cc
|   |   |-- Color.hh
|   |   |-- Color.o
|   |   |-- Command.hh
|   |   |-- CompareEqual.hh
|   |   |-- Compose.hh
|   |   |-- EventHandler.hh
|   |   |-- EventManager.cc
|   |   |-- EventManager.hh
|   |   |-- EventManager.o
|   |   |-- FbDrawable.cc
|   |   |-- FbDrawable.hh
|   |   |-- FbDrawable.o
|   |   |-- FbPixmap.cc
|   |   |-- FbPixmap.hh
|   |   |-- FbPixmap.o
|   |   |-- FbString.cc
|   |   |-- FbString.hh
|   |   |-- FbString.o
|   |   |-- FbWindow.cc
|   |   |-- FbWindow.hh
|   |   |-- FbWindow.o
|   |   |-- FileUtil.cc
|   |   |-- FileUtil.hh
|   |   |-- FileUtil.o
|   |   |-- Font.cc
|   |   |-- Font.hh
|   |   |-- Font.o
|   |   |-- FontImp.hh
|   |   |-- GContext.cc
|   |   |-- GContext.hh
|   |   |-- GContext.o
|   |   |-- I18n.cc
|   |   |-- I18n.hh
|   |   |-- I18n.o
|   |   |-- ITypeAheadable.hh
|   |   |-- Image.cc
|   |   |-- Image.hh
|   |   |-- Image.o
|   |   |-- ImageControl.cc
|   |   |-- ImageControl.hh
|   |   |-- ImageControl.o
|   |   |-- ImageImlib2.cc
|   |   |-- ImageImlib2.hh
|   |   |-- ImageXPM.cc
|   |   |-- ImageXPM.hh
|   |   |-- ImageXPM.o
|   |   |-- KeyUtil.cc
|   |   |-- KeyUtil.hh
|   |   |-- KeyUtil.o
|   |   |-- Layer.hh
|   |   |-- LayerItem.hh
|   |   |-- MacroCommand.cc
|   |   |-- MacroCommand.hh
|   |   |-- MacroCommand.o
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- Menu.cc
|   |   |-- Menu.hh
|   |   |-- Menu.o
|   |   |-- MenuIcon.cc
|   |   |-- MenuIcon.hh
|   |   |-- MenuIcon.o
|   |   |-- MenuItem.cc
|   |   |-- MenuItem.hh
|   |   |-- MenuItem.o
|   |   |-- MenuSeparator.cc
|   |   |-- MenuSeparator.hh
|   |   |-- MenuSeparator.o
|   |   |-- MenuTheme.cc
|   |   |-- MenuTheme.hh
|   |   |-- MenuTheme.o
|   |   |-- MultLayers.cc
|   |   |-- MultLayers.hh
|   |   |-- MultLayers.o
|   |   |-- MultiButtonMenuItem.cc
|   |   |-- MultiButtonMenuItem.hh
|   |   |-- MultiButtonMenuItem.o
|   |   |-- NotCopyable.hh
|   |   |-- Observer.cc
|   |   |-- Observer.hh
|   |   |-- Observer.o
|   |   |-- PixmapWithMask.hh
|   |   |-- RefCount.hh
|   |   |-- Resource.cc
|   |   |-- Resource.hh
|   |   |-- Resource.o
|   |   |-- SearchResult.cc
|   |   |-- SearchResult.hh
|   |   |-- SearchResult.o
|   |   |-- Select2nd.hh
|   |   |-- SignalHandler.cc
|   |   |-- SignalHandler.hh
|   |   |-- SignalHandler.o
|   |   |-- SimpleCommand.hh
|   |   |-- StringUtil.cc
|   |   |-- StringUtil.hh
|   |   |-- StringUtil.o
|   |   |-- Subject.cc
|   |   |-- Subject.hh
|   |   |-- Subject.o
|   |   |-- Text.cc
|   |   |-- Text.hh
|   |   |-- Text.o
|   |   |-- TextBox.cc
|   |   |-- TextBox.hh
|   |   |-- TextBox.o
|   |   |-- TextButton.cc
|   |   |-- TextButton.hh
|   |   |-- TextButton.o
|   |   |-- Texture.cc
|   |   |-- Texture.hh
|   |   |-- Texture.o
|   |   |-- TextureRender.cc
|   |   |-- TextureRender.hh
|   |   |-- TextureRender.o
|   |   |-- Theme.cc
|   |   |-- Theme.hh
|   |   |-- Theme.o
|   |   |-- ThemeItems.cc
|   |   |-- ThemeItems.o
|   |   |-- Timer.cc
|   |   |-- Timer.hh
|   |   |-- Timer.o
|   |   |-- Transparent.cc
|   |   |-- Transparent.hh
|   |   |-- Transparent.o
|   |   |-- TypeAhead.hh
|   |   |-- XFontImp.cc
|   |   |-- XFontImp.hh
|   |   |-- XFontImp.o
|   |   |-- XLayer.cc
|   |   |-- XLayer.hh
|   |   |-- XLayer.o
|   |   |-- XLayerItem.cc
|   |   |-- XLayerItem.hh
|   |   |-- XLayerItem.o
|   |   |-- XftFontImp.cc
|   |   |-- XftFontImp.hh
|   |   |-- XftFontImp.o
|   |   |-- XmbFontImp.cc
|   |   |-- XmbFontImp.hh
|   |   |-- XmbFontImp.o
|   |   |-- XrmDatabaseHelper.hh
|   |   |-- libFbTk.a
|   |   `-- stringstream.hh
|   |-- FbWinFrame.cc
|   |-- FbWinFrame.hh
|   |-- FbWinFrame.o
|   |-- FbWinFrameTheme.cc
|   |-- FbWinFrameTheme.hh
|   |-- FbWinFrameTheme.o
|   |-- FocusControl.cc
|   |-- FocusControl.hh
|   |-- FocusControl.o
|   |-- FocusModelMenuItem.hh
|   |-- GenericTool.cc
|   |-- GenericTool.hh
|   |-- GenericTool.o
|   |-- Gnome.cc
|   |-- Gnome.hh
|   |-- Gnome.o
|   |-- HeadArea.cc
|   |-- HeadArea.hh
|   |-- HeadArea.o
|   |-- IconButton.cc
|   |-- IconButton.hh
|   |-- IconButton.o
|   |-- IconMenu.cc
|   |-- IconMenu.hh
|   |-- IconMenu.o
|   |-- IconMenuItem.hh
|   |-- IconbarTheme.cc
|   |-- IconbarTheme.hh
|   |-- IconbarTheme.o
|   |-- IconbarTool.cc
|   |-- IconbarTool.hh
|   |-- IconbarTool.o
|   |-- IntResMenuItem.hh
|   |-- Keys.cc
|   |-- Keys.hh
|   |-- Keys.o
|   |-- Layer.hh
|   |-- LayerMenu.cc
|   |-- LayerMenu.hh
|   |-- LayerMenu.o
|   |-- Makefile
|   |-- Makefile.am
|   |-- Makefile.in
|   |-- MenuCreator.cc
|   |-- MenuCreator.hh
|   |-- MenuCreator.o
|   |-- MenuTheme.cc
|   |-- MenuTheme.hh
|   |-- MenuTheme.o
|   |-- Netizen.cc
|   |-- Netizen.hh
|   |-- Netizen.o
|   |-- ObjectResource.hh
|   |-- Parser.cc
|   |-- Parser.hh
|   |-- Parser.o
|   |-- PlacementStrategy.hh
|   |-- RegExp.cc
|   |-- RegExp.hh
|   |-- RegExp.o
|   |-- Remember.cc
|   |-- Remember.hh
|   |-- Remember.o
|   |-- Resources.cc
|   |-- Resources.o
|   |-- RootCmdMenuItem.cc
|   |-- RootCmdMenuItem.hh
|   |-- RootCmdMenuItem.o
|   |-- RootTheme.cc
|   |-- RootTheme.hh
|   |-- RootTheme.o
|   |-- RowSmartPlacement.cc
|   |-- RowSmartPlacement.hh
|   |-- RowSmartPlacement.o
|   |-- STLUtil.hh
|   |-- Screen.cc
|   |-- Screen.hh
|   |-- Screen.o
|   |-- ScreenPlacement.cc
|   |-- ScreenPlacement.hh
|   |-- ScreenPlacement.o
|   |-- ScreenResources.cc
|   |-- ScreenResources.o
|   |-- SendToMenu.cc
|   |-- SendToMenu.hh
|   |-- SendToMenu.o
|   |-- Shape.cc
|   |-- Shape.hh
|   |-- Shape.o
|   |-- Slit.cc
|   |-- Slit.hh
|   |-- Slit.o
|   |-- SlitClient.cc
|   |-- SlitClient.hh
|   |-- SlitClient.o
|   |-- SlitTheme.cc
|   |-- SlitTheme.hh
|   |-- SlitTheme.o
|   |-- Strut.hh
|   |-- StyleMenuItem.cc
|   |-- StyleMenuItem.hh
|   |-- StyleMenuItem.o
|   |-- SystemTray.cc
|   |-- SystemTray.hh
|   |-- SystemTray.o
|   |-- TextTheme.cc
|   |-- TextTheme.hh
|   |-- TextTheme.o
|   |-- ToggleMenu.hh
|   |-- ToolFactory.cc
|   |-- ToolFactory.hh
|   |-- ToolFactory.o
|   |-- ToolTheme.cc
|   |-- ToolTheme.hh
|   |-- ToolTheme.o
|   |-- Toolbar.cc
|   |-- Toolbar.hh
|   |-- Toolbar.o
|   |-- ToolbarItem.cc
|   |-- ToolbarItem.hh
|   |-- ToolbarItem.o
|   |-- ToolbarTheme.cc
|   |-- ToolbarTheme.hh
|   |-- ToolbarTheme.o
|   |-- UnderMousePlacement.cc
|   |-- UnderMousePlacement.hh
|   |-- UnderMousePlacement.o
|   |-- WinButton.cc
|   |-- WinButton.hh
|   |-- WinButton.o
|   |-- WinButtonTheme.cc
|   |-- WinButtonTheme.hh
|   |-- WinButtonTheme.o
|   |-- WinClient.cc
|   |-- WinClient.hh
|   |-- WinClient.o
|   |-- WinClientUtil.cc
|   |-- WinClientUtil.hh
|   |-- WinClientUtil.o
|   |-- Window.cc
|   |-- Window.hh
|   |-- Window.o
|   |-- WindowCmd.cc
|   |-- WindowCmd.hh
|   |-- WindowCmd.o
|   |-- Workspace.cc
|   |-- Workspace.hh
|   |-- Workspace.o
|   |-- WorkspaceCmd.cc
|   |-- WorkspaceCmd.hh
|   |-- WorkspaceCmd.o
|   |-- WorkspaceMenu.cc
|   |-- WorkspaceMenu.hh
|   |-- WorkspaceMenu.o
|   |-- WorkspaceNameTheme.hh
|   |-- WorkspaceNameTool.cc
|   |-- WorkspaceNameTool.hh
|   |-- WorkspaceNameTool.o
|   |-- Xinerama.hh
|   |-- Xutil.cc
|   |-- Xutil.hh
|   |-- Xutil.o
|   |-- defaults.cc
|   |-- defaults.hh
|   |-- defaults.o
|   |-- fluxbox
|   |-- fluxbox.cc
|   |-- fluxbox.hh
|   |-- fluxbox.o
|   |-- main.cc
|   `-- main.o
|-- stamp-h1
|-- util
|   |-- Makefile
|   |-- Makefile.am
|   |-- Makefile.in
|   |-- fbrun
|   |   |-- FbRun.cc
|   |   |-- FbRun.hh
|   |   |-- FbRun.o
|   |   |-- Makefile
|   |   |-- Makefile.am
|   |   |-- Makefile.in
|   |   |-- fbrun
|   |   |-- fbrun.xpm
|   |   |-- main.cc
|   |   `-- main.o
|   |-- fbsetbg
|   |-- fbsetroot
|   |-- fbsetroot.cc
|   |-- fbsetroot.hh
|   |-- fbsetroot.o
|   |-- fluxbox-generate_menu
|   |-- fluxbox-generate_menu.in
|   |-- fluxbox-remote
|   |-- fluxbox-remote.cc
|   |-- fluxbox-remote.o
|   |-- fluxbox-update_configs
|   |-- fluxbox-update_configs.cc
|   |-- fluxbox-update_configs.o
|   |-- startfluxbox
|   `-- startfluxbox.in
|-- version.h
`-- version.h.in

61 directories, 868 files
    I am running CentOS version 5.

    I hope that's some information for someone to have some ideas?

    Cheers!

    John
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  2. 05-20-2010 #2
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    you can "install" it, just not outside of your home directory

    i would suggest running the configure command with --prefix=~/fluxbox or something of the sort, then you have to make sure that is in your path and it should work, although you will probably have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable too, but we can figure that stuff out later
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    Aha! That's definitely a step in the right direction, thanks!

    Now I have ran following:

    ./configure --prefix=/u1/cs3/jp95/fluxbox
    make
    make install


    This put some files in ~/fluxbox and has also made a .fluxbox folder.

    I changed my path to this:

    /u1/cs3/jp95/fluxbox/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/hosts:/usr/oracle/bin:/usr/local/mpich/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_14/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_14/jre/bin:.

    Tree output of ~/fluxbox

    Code:
    .
|-- bin
|   |-- fbrun
|   |-- fbsetbg
|   |-- fbsetroot
|   |-- fluxbox
|   |-- fluxbox-generate_menu
|   |-- fluxbox-remote
|   |-- fluxbox-update_configs
|   `-- startfluxbox
`-- share
    |-- fluxbox
    |   |-- init
    |   |-- keys
    |   |-- menu
    |   `-- styles
    |       |-- Artwiz
    |       |-- BlueFlux
    |       |   |-- pixmaps
    |       |   |   |-- button_close_active.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_close_pressed.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_close_unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_max_active.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_max_pressed.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_max_unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_min_active.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_min_pressed.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_min_unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_stick_active.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_stick_pressed.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_stick_unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_stuck.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_stuck_unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_toolbar.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- button_toolbar_pressed.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- menu_frame.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- title_bar.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- title_bar_unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- toolbar.xpm
    |       |   |   `-- toolbar_label.xpm
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- BlueNight
    |       |-- Emerge
    |       |   |-- pixmaps
    |       |   |   |-- bullet.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- close-pressed.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- close-unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- close.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- icon-pressed.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- icon-unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- icon.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- max-pressed.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- max-unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- max.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- selected.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stick-pressed.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stick-unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stick.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stuck-pressed.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stuck-unfocus.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stuck.xpm
    |       |   |   `-- unselected.xpm
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- Flux
    |       |-- LemonSpace
    |       |-- Makro
    |       |-- MerleyKay
    |       |-- Meta
    |       |-- Nyz
    |       |-- Operation
    |       |-- Outcomes
    |       |-- Results
    |       |-- Shade
    |       |-- Twice
    |       |-- arch
    |       |   |-- pixmaps
    |       |   |   |-- bullet.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- closefcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- closepr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- closeufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- frame.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- gripfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- maxfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- maxpr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- maxufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- menuiconfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- menuiconpr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- menuiconufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- minfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- minpr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- minufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- selected.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- shadefcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- shadepr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- shadeufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stickfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stickpr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stickufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stuckfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stuckufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- tbarfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- tbarufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- unselected.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- unshadefcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- unshadepr.xpm
    |       |   |   `-- unshadeufcs.xpm
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- bloe
    |       |   |-- pixmaps
    |       |   |   |-- bullet.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- closefcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- closepr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- closeufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- frame.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- maxfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- maxpr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- maxufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- menuiconfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- menuiconpr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- menuiconufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- minfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- minpr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- minufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- selected.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- shadefcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- shadepr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- shadeufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stickfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stickpr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stickufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stuckfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- stuckufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- tbarfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- tbarufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- unselected.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- unshadefcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- unshadepr.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- unshadeufcs.xpm
    |       |   |   |-- windowlabelfcs.xpm
    |       |   |   `-- windowlabelufcs.xpm
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- bora_black
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- bora_blue
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- bora_green
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- carp
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- green_tea
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- ostrich
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- qnx-photon
    |       |-- zimek_bisque
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       |-- zimek_darkblue
    |       |   `-- theme.cfg
    |       `-- zimek_green
    |           `-- theme.cfg
    `-- man
        `-- man1
            |-- fbrun.1
            |-- fbsetbg.1
            |-- fbsetroot.1
            |-- fluxbox.1
            |-- fluxstyle.1
            `-- startfluxbox.1

23 directories, 144 files
    Tree output of ~/.fluxbox

    Code:
    .
|-- backgrounds
|-- fbrun_history
|-- init
|-- keys
|-- menu
|-- pixmaps
|-- startup
`-- styles
    I edited the ~/.fluxbox/startup file so that it's looking for the binaries in the right place so that seems to be closer to working now. I think all that needs to be done is that ~/fluxbox/bin/startfluxbox needs to be ran somehow before Gnome locks the X server.

    The output of running ~/fluxbox/bin/startfluxbox is this:

    Code:
    bash-3.2$ ./startfluxbox 
Failed to read: session.ignoreBorder
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.forcePseudoTransparency
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.colorsPerChannel
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.doubleClickInterval
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.tabPadding
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.styleFile
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.styleOverlay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.menuFile
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.keyFile
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.slitlistFile
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.groupFile
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.appsFile
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.tabsAttachArea
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.cacheLife
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.cacheMax
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.autoRaiseDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.modKey
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.imageDither
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.opaqueMove
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.fullMaximization
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarping
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.desktopwheeling
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.reversewheeling
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.showwindowposition
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.autoRaise
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.clickRaises
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.decorateTransient
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.defaultDeco
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.rootCommand
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.resizeMode
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.tab.placement
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.windowMenu
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.followModel
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.userFollowModel
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspaces
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.window.focus.alpha
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.menu.alpha
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.menuDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.menuDelayClose
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.tab.width
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.menuMode
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.overlay.lineWidth
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.overlay.lineStyle
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.overlay.joinStyle
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.overlay.capStyle
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.windowScrollAction
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.windowScrollReverse
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.allowRemoteActions
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.tabs.maxOver
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.tabs.intitlebar
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.focusModel
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.tabFocusModel
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.focusNewWindows
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.colPlacementDirection
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.windowPlacement
Setting default value
BScreen::BScreen: an error occured while querying the X server.
        another window manager already running on display :0.0
Error: Couldn't find screens to manage.
Make sure you don't have another window manager running.
    That's not surprising I guess though, as Gnome is running.

    I'd appreciate some more help here. =)
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