Getting BlackBox to work in RedHat 7.3

[infernooo]

Hi everyone, I just wanted to ask for some help with something...
I'm not too much of a newbie in linux (I do some C and java programming for university), however I'm a TOTAL newbie at installing programs / window managers etc etc (basically anything besides editing and compiling some .C or .java programs) =)...

so I was wondering if someone could help me get blackbox to work ? KDE just seems a bit slow for my liking and looking at blackbox / fluxbox, they look a lot nicer and more customisable...
anyways basically I've searched the blackbox instructions and readme's that come with it, but I still can't manage figure out how to 1.) install it properly (I would prefer the path to be my home directory (ie. /home/inferno/blackbox), and 2.) how to get it running with a theme that I have downloaded from freshmeat.net.

well hopefully I wont attract too many flames, I'm just looking for some help, and if anyone can help me, I'd really appreciate it =)

well thanks in advance =)

Inferno.

[rapture]

Ok first, unpack the tar ball. tar -zxvf foo_bar.tar.gz .Replace foo_bar with the blackbox version you've downloaded. Next you cd into the directory it created. Now in that directory here's what you do:

Step 1: ./configure
Step 2: make
Step 3: su
Step 4: make install

Ok, now make a directory for your user. Name it .blackbox.
In that directory make 2 more directories styles and backgrounds. Now to point to where the new themes will be located you will have to locate the blackbox menu, located in /usr/local/share/blackbox. Edit the path to the original themes location to this:

[stylesdir] (/home/inferno/.blackbox/styles) {}

You can also move the orignal menu to your users .blackbox directory, but you will have to edit the .blackboxrc file in your home directory as well to point to where the new menu is. I hope I didn't confuse you..eheheh.

[infernooo]

Hi there, wow thanks for the quick reply ! =)
I'll give it a go as soon as I get home !!

thanks again =)

Inferno.