---
name: "wmanagerrc-update"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wmanager"
version: "0.3.1-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmanagerrc-update"
---

# wmanagerrc-update(1)

update your wmanager settings automatically

## NAME

**wmanagerrc-update** – update your wmanager settings automatically

## SYNOPSIS

**wmanagerrc-update**

## DESCRIPTION

The **wmanagerrc-update** program creates or updates the *~/.wmanagerrc* file with a list of X11 window managers currently installed on the system. On systems that do not have a convention for registering X window managers, **wmanagerrc-update** simply copies the contents of the *~/.wmanagerrc.user* file to *~/.wmanagerrc*.

On systems that register the installed X window managers, the **wmanagerrc-update** program adds all of them to the [wmanager(1)](/wmanager/1.md) configuration so that they are available soon after installation. Currently, only Debian GNU/Linux and similar systems that use the update-alternaties(8) mechanism are supported. Locally installed window managers and things not registered as alternatives for x-window-manager(1) can be added to the file *~/.wmanagerrc.user* in the *.wmanagerrc* format; see the [wmanager(1)](/wmanager/1.md) README file, usually */usr/share/doc/wmanager/README.gz*, for more information. The **wmanagerrc-update** program uses the entries first from  *~/.wmanagerrc.user*, then from the the registered window managers, in the order of [update-alternatives(8)](/update-alternatives/8.md) priorities. You can override this by listing entries in wanted order in *~/.wmanagerrc.order*, separated by whitespace.

## BUGS

Concurrent **wmanagerrc-update** processes may clobber the *.wmanagerrc* file.

## SEE ALSO

[wmanager(1)](/wmanager/1.md), [wmanager-loop(1)](/wmanager-loop/1.md), [update-alternatives(8)](/update-alternatives/8.md)

## HISTORY

The **wmanagerrc-update** program was written by Tommi Virtanen in 2000 and later modified by Peter Pentchev. This manual page was originally written in perldoc format by Tommi Virtanen in 2000, and converted to mdoc format and updated by Peter Pentchev in 2008.

## AUTHORS

Tommi Virtanen ⟨tv@debian.org⟩ Peter Pentchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩