Install Dmenu_path On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS

Install Dmenu_path On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS

dmenu_path

simple commands for minimalistic window managers

Maintainer: Ilias Tsitsimpis



Section: x11

Install dmenu_path

  • Debian apt-get install suckless-tools Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install suckless-tools Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add dmenu Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S dmenu Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install suckless-tools Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install dmenu Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install suckless-tools Click to copy
  • macOS brew install dmenu Click to copy

suckless-tools

simple commands for minimalistic window managers

This package provides simple commands designed to be used with a minimalistic window manager like dwm but they can be useful in scripts regardless of the window manager used. * dmenu: Dynamic menu is a generic menu for X. * lsw: Lists the titles of all running X windows to stdout, similar to ls(1). * lsx: Lists executables in a directory. * slock: Simple X display locker that locks the X session. * sprop: Sets or gets X window properties. * sselp: Simple X selection printer that prints the X selection to stdout. * ssid: Simple setsid replacement. * swarp: Simple X warping tool to warp the mouse pointer to a given position. * tabbed: Simple generic tabbed fronted to xembed aware applications. * wmname: Prints/sets the window manager name property of the root window imilar to how hostname(1) behaves. * xssstate: Retrieves the state of X screensaver.

dmenu

Generic menu for X
Installation of latest dmenu_path command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian and macOS. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2026 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.