BSD Ports

x11-wm/jwm 2.4.6_2 FreeBSD

Joe's Window Manager

System
FreeBSD
Repository
FreeBSD ports
Maintainer
[email protected]
Last update
Commit
b661f7ddf0
License
MIT
Categories
x11-wm
Package size
143.2 KiB, 365.9 KiB installed

Description

JWM is a window manager for the X11 Window System. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum, though additional libraries are supported for extended functionality and features. JWM supports MWM and Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH).

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 2.4.6, as upstream numbers it.

SystemPortVersionVulnerabilitiesStatusMaintainerLast update
FreeBSDx11-wm/jwm2.4.6_2 newestnone known-[email protected]2026-09-14
OpenBSDx11/jwm by name2.4.6p0 newestno data-The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]>-
NetBSDwm/jwm by name2.4.6nb8 newestnone known-[email protected]2026-09-29
DragonFlyx11-wm/jwm2.4.3_2none known-[email protected]-
HardenedBSDx11-wm/jwm2.4.6_2 newestno data-[email protected]-
GhostBSDx11-wm/jwm2.4.6_2 newestno data-[email protected]-

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Install

Binary package:

pkg install jwm

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/jwm/ && make install clean

To depend on this port in another port's Makefile:

RUN_DEPENDS=	jwm>0:x11-wm/jwm

Packages

The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.

Repositoryaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest2.4.6_22.4.6_22.4.32.4.62.4.6_2
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2.4.6_22.4.6_2n/a2.4.62.4.6_2
FreeBSD:15:latest2.4.6_22.4.6_2n/a2.4.62.4.6
FreeBSD:15:quarterly2.4.6_22.4.6_2n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:16:latest2.4.6_22.4.6_2n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:16:quarterlyn/an/an/an/an/a

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

Dependencies

As this port's Makefile names them.

Library 5

The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.

Build dependencies 56
Run dependencies 52

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

Options name: x11-wm_jwm

OptionDefaultDescription
CAIROoffCairo graphics library support
DEBUGoffBuild with debugging support
FRIBIDIonUnicode Bidirectional Algorithm support
JPEGonJPEG image format support
NLSoffNative Language Support
PNGonPNG image format support
SVGonSVG vector image format support
XEXTonX11 Shape Extension support
XFTonXft font library support
XINERAMAonX11 Xinerama extension support
XMUonX11 Miscellaneous Utilities support
XPMonXPM pixmap image format support
XRENDERonX11 Render Extension support
USES
iconv localbase pkgconfig tar:xz xorg
Service scripts
none

Files

Manual pages 1
  • jwm(1)
pkg-plist 24
  • bin/jwm
  • @sample etc/system.jwmrc.sample
  • share/jwm/jwm-blue.svg
  • share/jwm/jwm-gray.svg
  • share/jwm/jwm-orange.svg
  • share/jwm/jwm-red.svg
  • share/jwm/jwm.xbm
  • share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/jwm.mo
  • share/man/man1/jwm.1.gz
distinfo 1
FileSizeSHA256
jwm-2.4.6.tar.xz320232b5871ec28317594b3fa22b83ed5524cc911d498c455eaab3ae68def195dd802d
Master sites 1
  • https://github.com/joewing/jwm/releases/download/v2.4.6/

Commit history 2

DateCommitCreditsLog message
b661f7ddf0 Yusuf Yaman x11-wm/jwm: Make SVG option depend on CAIRO option
It seems that only enabling SVG option isn't enough for SVG-based icon themes to work, so add SVG_IMPLIES=CAIRO. Reported by: fernandel (on forums.freebsd.org) URL: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/jwm-pkg.103838/ Fixes: 4e3c1e294511 ("x11-wm/jwm: Enable SVG option by default") Approved by: osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit)
4e3c1e2945 Yusuf Yaman x11-wm/jwm: Enable SVG option by default
Enable SVG vector image format support for better compatibility with icon themes. PR: 292317 Approved by: [email protected] (maintainer timeout, 7+ months) Approved by: osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit)