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Blackbox window manager is currently at version 51.1 and requires
all the libraries and header files for the X windowing system.
In the case of sparclinux on my own IPC the following were needed.

XFree86-devel-3.3.3.1-1.1.sparc.rpm
XFree86-libs-3.3.3.1-1.1.sparc.rpm
XFree86-3.3.3.1-1.1.sparc.rpm
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-1.1.rpm
XFree86-Sun-3.3.3.1-1.1.sparc.rpm

Also, a C compiler and glibc libraries.
This is just to compile it for the machine your using.

Config files for blackbox once installed are ......
/usr/local/share/Blackbox/menu
/usr/local/share/Blackbox/styles/stylesmenu

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This is a simple overview of how to implement
a new theme in Blackbox.

In the untared directory you should find a file
usually called the same thing as the theme. Edit
the bottom(at least it's usually found at the 
bottom) of this file. The line that looks like,
#rootCommand:                     xv -root -quit -max /usr/local/share/Blackbox/
styles/Platinum

Now the portion you will want to edit is the path to 
.jpg file. Unless you are using another way to 
display the root background screen. In that
case we'll need to talk that over. I hear that 
xloadimage works but I don't know !

After that you need to edit the stylesmenu file. The
default location of this is /usr/local/share/Blackbox/styles/stylesmenu. 
I keep all my styles in my home account /home/gkeen/mythemes/stylesmenu.
The sytax should be disernable from the file itself.


Now to make it available in the desktop menu you need to edit
the menu file in /usr/local/share/Blackbox/menu . There are 
sytax instructions on this file(or just look at what's there).
There may already be a reference to your stylemenu file in 
menu file but best to check anyways.






For more themes or info on Blackbox see http://blackbox.wiw.org


See also the xdm note