How To Install Herbstclient On Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora And Raspbian?

How To Install Herbstclient On Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora And Raspbian?

herbstclient

manual tiling window manager for X11

Maintainer: Christoph Egger



Section: x11

Install herbstclient

  • Debian apt-get install herbstluftwm Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install herbstluftwm Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add herbstluftwm Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S herbstluftwm Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install herbstluftwm Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install herbstluftwm Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install herbstluftwm Click to copy

herbstluftwm

manual tiling window manager for X11

In herbstluftwm the layout is based on splitting frames into subframes which can be split again or can be filled with windows, Tags (or workspaces or virtual desktops or ...) can be added/removed at runtime. Each tag contains an own layout and exactly one tag is viewed on each monitor. The tags are monitor independent. It is configured at runtime via ipc calls from herbstclient. So the configuration file is just a script which is run on startup.

Installing herbstclient command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of herbstclient 2026 package in your OS.