unclutter-xfixes

About

This is a rewrite of the popular tool unclutter, but using the x11-xfixes extension. This means that this rewrite doesn't use fake windows or pointer grabbing and hence causes less problems with window managers and/or applications.

Installation

Arch / Manjaro

pacman -S unclutter

unclutter-xfixes is also available in the AUR as unclutter-xfixes-git.

Debian / Ubuntu

apt install unclutter-xfixes

Fedora

dnf install unclutter-xfixes

FreeBSD

unclutter-xfixes is available in the FreeBSD Ports Collection as misc/unclutter-xfixes.

Manual

Make sure to install the missing dependencies first:

• libev-devel
• libX11-devel
• libXi-devel
• asciidoc

You can then clone the git repository, compile and install it using like this:

git clone https://github.com/Airblader/unclutter-xfixes
cd unclutter-xfixes
make
sudo make install

Usage

See man unclutter after installation.