How to Install and Uninstall matchbox-window-manager.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: January 12,2025

1. Install "matchbox-window-manager.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install matchbox-window-manager.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "matchbox-window-manager.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall matchbox-window-manager.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the matchbox-window-manager.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : matchbox-window-manager
Arch : x86_64
Version : 1.2
Release : 16.1.20070628svn.amzn2.0.2
Size : 105 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Window manager for the Matchbox Desktop
URL : http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/
License : GPLv2+
Description : Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on
: non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes,
: kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms
: or system resources are limited.
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: This package contains the window manager from Matchbox.