How to Install herbstluftwm software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install herbstluftwm software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

herbstluftwm software package provides manual tiling window manager for X11, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install herbstluftwm 

herbstluftwm is installed in your system.

Make ensure the herbstluftwm package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep herbstluftwm *

You will get with herbstluftwm package name, version, architecture and description in a table

herbstluftwm package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section X Window System software
Package herbstluftwm
Version 0.5.3-1
Description manual tiling window manager for X11
Sub Section x11


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