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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[feeb99a] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[15b3bc29] | 7 | <!ENTITY xfce-download-http "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xfce/xfce-&xfce-version;-src.tar.bz2">
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[feeb99a] | 8 | <!ENTITY xfce-download-ftp " ">
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[e371531] | 9 | <!ENTITY xfce-md5sum "5dd0ee362dd5782324b88da3cd5b9f1b">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY xfce-size "25 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY xfce-buildsize "330 MB (to build and install everything without deleting any sources)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY xfce-time "5 SBU">
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <!ENTITY Terminal-version "0.2.8">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY Thunar-version "0.9.0">
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| 16 | <!ENTITY exo-version "0.3.4">
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| 17 | <!ENTITY gtk-xfce-engine-version "2.4.2">
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| 18 | <!ENTITY mousepad-version "0.2.13">
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| 19 | <!ENTITY xfce4-dev-tools-version "4.4.0.1">
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| 20 |
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[feeb99a] | 21 | ]>
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| 22 |
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[e371531] | 23 | <sect1 id="xfce" xreflabel="Xfce-&xfce-version;">
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[7194b955] | 24 | <?dbhtml filename="xfce.html" ?>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect1info>
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| 27 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 28 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 29 | </sect1info>
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| 30 |
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[e371531] | 31 | <title>Xfce-&xfce-version;</title>
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[7194b955] | 32 |
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| 33 | <indexterm zone="xfce">
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[e371531] | 34 | <primary sortas="a-xfce">Xfce</primary>
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[7194b955] | 35 | </indexterm>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <sect2 role="package">
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[e371531] | 38 | <title>Introduction to Xfce</title>
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[7194b955] | 39 |
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[e371531] | 40 | <para>The <application>Xfce</application> package contains a lightweight
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[7194b955] | 41 | desktop environment.</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfce-download-http;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xfce-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &xfce-md5sum;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Download size: &xfce-size;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &xfce-buildsize;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Estimated build time: &xfce-time;</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | </itemizedlist>
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| 64 |
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[e371531] | 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xfce General Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[7194b955] | 66 |
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| 67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[76a39aa] | 68 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
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[7194b955] | 69 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>
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[e371531] | 70 |
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[7194b955] | 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[e371531] | 72 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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| 73 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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[b1deef4] | 74 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, and
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[e371531] | 75 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> (untested by BLFS editors)</para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 |
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <para>Xfce components have additional dependencies upon each other
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| 80 | and upon external packages. They are summarized below.</para>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="libxfce4util"
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| 83 | xreflabel="libxfce4util-&xfce-version;">libxfce4util</bridgehead>
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| 84 | <para>Libxfce4util is a basic utility library for Xfce4.</para>
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| 85 | <para>Libxfce4util has no external dependencies.</para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="libxfcegui4"
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| 88 | xreflabel="libxfcegui4-&xfce-version;">libxfcegui4</bridgehead>
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| 89 | <para>Libxfcegui4 is a library that contains various <xref linkend="gtk2"/> widgets for Xfce.</para>
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| 90 | <para>Libxfcegui4 depends on <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>.</para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="libxfce4mcs"
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| 93 | xreflabel="libxfce4mcs-&xfce-version;">libxfce4mcs</bridgehead>
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| 94 | <para>Libxfce4mcs is a library that provides multi-channel settings management support for Xfce.</para>
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| 95 | <para>Libxfce4mcs depends on <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>.</para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce-mcs-manager"
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| 98 | xreflabel="xfce-mcs-manager-&xfce-version;">xfce-mcs-manager</bridgehead>
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| 99 | <para>Xfce-mcs-manager is a graphical settings manager for Xfce.</para>
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| 100 | <para>Xfce-mcs-manager depends on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>, and
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| 101 | <xref linkend="libxfce4mcs"/>.</para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce-mcs-plugins"
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| 104 | xreflabel="xfce-mcs-plugins-&xfce-version;">xfce-mcs-plugins</bridgehead>
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| 105 | <para>Xfce-mcs-plugins is a set of plugins for the multi channel settings manager.
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| 106 | With these plugins, a user can change display settings, themes, fonts and similar
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| 107 | desktop parameters.</para>
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| 108 | <para>Xfce-mcs-plugins depend on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>,
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| 109 | <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
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| 110 | <!-- aumix (runtime, optional, patched out below), --> and
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| 111 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (optional, needed only at runtime, to send commands
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| 112 | to the <xref linkend="Thunar"/> file manager).</para>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfwm4"
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| 115 | xreflabel="xfwm4-&xfce-version;">xfwm4</bridgehead>
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| 116 | <para>Xfwm4 is a window manager.</para>
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| 117 | <para>Xfwm4 depends on <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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| 118 | <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
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| 119 | <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>, and
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| 120 | <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>.</para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfwm4-themes"
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| 123 | xreflabel="xfwm4-themes-&xfce-version;">xfwm4-themes</bridgehead>
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| 124 | <para>The xfwm4-themes package contains extra themes for xfwm4.</para>
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| 125 | <para>xfwm4-themes have no external dependencies.</para>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-panel"
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| 128 | xreflabel="xfce4-panel-&xfce-version;">xfce4-panel</bridgehead>
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| 129 | <para>Xfce4-panel is the panel for the Xfce desktop environment. It
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| 130 | contains launchers for programs, the clock, and other applets.</para>
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| 131 | <para>Xfce4-panel depends on <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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| 132 | <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,and
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| 133 | <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>.</para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-session"
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| 136 | xreflabel="xfce4-session-&xfce-version;">xfce4-session</bridgehead>
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| 137 | <para>Xfce4-session is the session manager for the Xfce desktop environment.</para>
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| 138 | <para>Xfce4-session depends on <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
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| 139 | <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
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| 140 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (optional, untested by BLFS editors, needed
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| 141 | for <xref linkend="hal"/>-based shutdown support, which also needs
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| 142 | <ulink url="http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/">PolicyKit</ulink> and
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| 143 | <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit">ConsoleKit</ulink>
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| 144 | packages, which are not in BLFS), <xref linkend="sudo"/>
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| 145 | (optional, needed at runtime for non-HAL-based shutdown support), and
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| 146 | <xref linkend="GConf"/> (optional, needed for Assistive Technologies support,
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| 147 | untested by BLFS editors).</para>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-mixer"
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| 150 | xreflabel="xfce4-mixer-&xfce-version;">xfce4-mixer</bridgehead>
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| 151 | <para>Xfce4-mixer contains an applet that controls sound volume levels.</para>
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| 152 | <para>Xfce4-mixer depends on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>,
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| 153 | <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
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| 154 | <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
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| 155 | <xref linkend="xfce4-panel"/> (optional), and
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| 156 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> (optional but highly recommended, because not all
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| 157 | controls on modern sound cards are accessible to OSS applications).</para>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="gtk-xfce-engine"
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| 160 | xreflabel="gtk-xfce-engine->k-xfce-engine-version;">gtk-xfce-engine</bridgehead>
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| 161 | <para>Gtk-xfce-engine contains <xref linkend="gtk2"/> themes.</para>
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| 162 | <para>Gtk-xfce-engine has no external dependencies.</para>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="orage"
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| 165 | xreflabel="orage-&xfce-version;">orage</bridgehead>
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| 166 | <para>Orage is a time-managing application for the Xfce desktop environment.</para>
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| 167 | <para>Orage depends on <xref linkend="libxfce4mcs"/>,
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| 168 | <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>,
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| 169 | <xref linkend="xfce4-panel"/>,
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| 170 | <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
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| 171 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeassociation/">libical</ulink>
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| 172 | (optional, an internal copy is used if external libical is not found,
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| 173 | external libical-0.27 is known to
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| 174 | <ulink url="http://www.nabble.com/Re:--Libical--libical-0.27-is-now-available-t3444157.html">misinterpret</ulink>
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| 175 | <!-- FIXME: what about the internal version? -->
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| 176 | daylight time saving rules in the USA), and
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| 177 | <xref linkend="db"/> (optional, part of LFS).</para>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-appfinder"
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| 180 | xreflabel="xfce4-appfinder-&xfce-version;">xfce4-appfinder</bridgehead>
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| 181 | <para>Xfce4-appfinder shows system-wide installed applications.</para>
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| 182 | <para>Xfce4-appfinder depends on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>.</para>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-icon-theme"
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| 185 | xreflabel="xfce4-icon-theme-&xfce-version;">xfce4-icon-theme</bridgehead>
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| 186 | <para>Xfce4-icon-theme contains more than 500 48x48 and scalable icons for
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| 187 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/> applications.</para>
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| 188 | <para>Xfce4-icon-theme depends on <xref linkend="intltool"/>.</para>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="exo"
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| 191 | xreflabel="exo-&exo-version;">EXO</bridgehead>
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| 192 | <para>EXO is an extension library for Xfce, targeted at application development.
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| 193 | It contains some additional <xref linkend="gtk2"/> widgets and helpers that run
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| 194 | the preferred applications.</para>
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[41b9f22] | 195 | <para>EXO depends on <xref linkend="perl-uri"/>,
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[e371531] | 196 | <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
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| 197 | <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
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| 198 | <xref linkend="hal"/> (optional, not recommended, see explanation below),
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| 199 | <ulink url="http://www.galago-project.org/">libnotify</ulink> (optional,
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| 200 | useless without <xref linkend="hal"/>, see explanation below), and
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| 201 | <ulink url="http://www.pygtk.org/">PyGTK</ulink> (optional, untested).</para>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="Terminal"
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| 204 | xreflabel="Terminal-&Terminal-version;">Terminal</bridgehead>
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| 205 | <para>Terminal is a VT-100 terminal emulator for xfce.</para>
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| 206 | <para>Terminal depends on <xref linkend="exo"/>,
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| 207 | <xref linkend="vte"/>,
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| 208 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (optional, with <xref linkend="glib2"/> bindings).</para>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfprint"
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| 211 | xreflabel="xfprint-&xfce-version;">xfprint</bridgehead>
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| 212 | <para>Xfprint contains a print dialog and a printer manager for Xfce.</para>
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| 213 | <para>Xfprint depends on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>, and
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| 214 | <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
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| 215 | <xref linkend="a2ps"/> (optional),
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| 216 | <xref linkend="enscript"/>, and
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| 217 | <xref linkend="cups"/> or <xref linkend="LPRng"/>. Due to the use of
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| 218 | <xref linkend="a2ps"/> and <xref linkend="enscript"/>, it
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| 219 | <ulink url="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783">cannot</ulink>
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| 220 | print UTF-8 encoded text files.</para>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="mousepad"
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| 223 | xreflabel="mousepad-&mousepad-version;">mousepad</bridgehead>
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| 224 | <para>Mousepad is a plain text editor for Xfce.</para>
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| 225 | <para>Mousepad depends on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>, printing support requires
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| 226 | <xref linkend="xfprint"/> at runtime.</para>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce-utils"
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| 229 | xreflabel="xfce-utils-&xfce-version;">xfce-utils</bridgehead>
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| 230 | <para>The xfce-utils package contains files needed to start Xfce from
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| 231 | <xref linkend="gdm"/>,
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| 232 | and the <command>startxfce4</command>, <command>xfbrowser4</command>,
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| 233 | <command>xfhelp4</command>, <command>xflock4</command>
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| 234 | (needs <xref linkend="xscreensaver"/> or
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| 235 | <ulink url="http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/xlockmore.html">xlockmore</ulink> at runtime),
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| 236 | <command>xfmountdev4</command>, <command>xfterm4</command>,
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| 237 | <command>xfce4-about</command>, and <command>xfrun</command>
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| 238 | utilities.</para>
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| 239 | <para>Xfce-utils depend on <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
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| 240 | <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>,
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| 241 | <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
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| 242 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> with <xref linkend="glib2"/> bindings (optional), and
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| 243 | <xref linkend="gdm"/> (optional, untested by BLFS editors).</para>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="Thunar"
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| 246 | xreflabel="Thunar-&Thunar-version;">Thunar</bridgehead>
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| 247 | <para>Thunar is a file manager for Xfce.</para>
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| 248 | <para>Thunar depends on <xref linkend="exo"/>,
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| 249 | <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
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| 250 | <xref linkend="xfce4-panel"/> (optional, for trash can support),
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| 251 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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| 252 | <xref linkend="libexif"/> (optional, for the "Image" properties page),
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| 253 | <xref linkend="pcre"/> (optional, for the "Search & Replace" renamer),
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| 254 | <!-- <xref linkend="fam"/> or --><xref linkend="gamin"/> (optional)
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| 255 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> with <xref linkend="glib2"/> bindings (optional),
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| 256 | <xref linkend="hal"/> (optional, not recommended), and
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| 257 | <xref linkend="GConf"/> (optional, for support of GNOME thumbnailers,
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| 258 | untested by BLFS editors).</para>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfdesktop"
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| 261 | xreflabel="xfdesktop-&xfce-version;">xfdesktop</bridgehead>
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| 262 | <para>The xfdesktop package contains a desktop manager for Xfce.</para>
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| 263 | <para>Xfdesktop depends on <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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| 264 | <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
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| 265 | <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>,
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| 266 | <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
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| 267 | <xref linkend="Thunar"/> (optional, for file icons on desktop),
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| 268 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (optional, for file icons on desktop),
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| 269 | <xref linkend="exo"/> (optional, for nifty icon effects),
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| 270 | <xref linkend="xfce4-panel"/> (optional).</para>
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| 271 |
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| 272 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-dev-tools"
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| 273 | xreflabel="xfce4-dev-tools-&xfce4-dev-tools-version;">xfce4-dev-tools</bridgehead>
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| 274 | <para>The xfce4-dev-tools package contains common tools required by Xfce developers and people
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| 275 | that want to build Xfce from SVN. In addition, this package contains the
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| 276 | Xfce developer's handbook.</para>
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| 277 | <para>The xfce4-dev-tools package has no external dependencies.</para>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-unwanted">Unwanted dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | <para>Some of Xfce components have optional dependencies on HAL. E.g.,
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| 282 | <xref linkend="exo"/> and <xref linkend="Thunar"/> use HAL as a volume
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| 283 | manager in order to mount removable media. However, HAL-based volume
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| 284 | manager is currently very buggy, so it is a good idea to disable it.</para>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <para>E.g., in non-English
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| 287 | environments, it is often needed to pass <quote>iocharset</quote>
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| 288 | and <quote>codepage</quote> mount options.
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| 289 | The need for non-default mount options also exists for English users:
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| 290 | the kernel version in LFS (2.6.22.x) has a
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| 291 | <ulink url="https://launchpad.net/bugs/133567">bug</ulink> that causes the
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| 292 | statfs(2) syscall (used in order to determine the amount of free space) to take
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| 293 | too much time (up to a minute for a filesystem on a 80 GB video iPod) unless
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| 294 | the <quote>usefree</quote> option is passed at mount time.
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| 295 | However, this is currently
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| 296 | <ulink url="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2891">impossible</ulink>
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| 297 | to achieve without adding all possible removable devices into
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| 298 | <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, because default mount options are
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| 299 | hard-coded in the <command>exo-mount</command> program.</para>
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| 300 |
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| 301 | <para>Also, the automounter throws cryptic HAL error messages at the user
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| 302 | when the user
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| 303 | <ulink url="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2968">presses
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| 304 | the Eject button on a CD-ROM drive</ulink>.</para>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <para>Installation instructions below make sure that HAL is not used as a
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| 307 | volume manager even if found.</para>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <para><ulink url="http://www.galago-project.org/">libnotify</ulink> provides
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| 310 | support for desktop notifications. The only source of such notifications in
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| 311 | Xfce itself is <command>Thunar</command>, which (if compiled with HAL)
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| 312 | notifies the user when it is safe to remove the media. However, HAL
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| 313 | dependency is unwanted, as explained above. Additionally, in order to
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| 314 | actually see the notifications, one needs to compile
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| 315 | <ulink url="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/notification-daemon-xfce">notification-daemon-xfce</ulink>,
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| 316 | which depends upon <ulink url="http://www.chipx86.com/wiki/Libsexy">libsexy</ulink>.</para>
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| 317 |
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| 318 | <para>The <command>xfce4-tips</command> command from
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| 319 | the <xref linkend="xfce4-session"/> package uses
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| 320 | <ulink url="http://www.redellipse.net/code/fortune">Fortune</ulink>
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| 321 | in order to display tips and funny quotes on startup. However,
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| 322 | it is buggy:
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| 323 | <ulink url="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2020">does not remember</ulink>
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| 324 | the preference what to display
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| 325 | (tips or quotes), and does not display non-English quotes correctly
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| 326 | in non-UTF-8 locales. For these reasons, installation of this
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| 327 | nearly-useless program is disabled below.</para>
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| 328 |
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[c5c2654] | 329 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 330 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xfce"/></para>
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| 331 |
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[7194b955] | 332 | </sect2>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[e371531] | 335 | <title>Installation of Xfce</title>
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[7194b955] | 336 |
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[e371531] | 337 | <para>Build and install the Xfce components in the order listed above by issuing
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| 338 | the following commands for each package:</para>
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[7194b955] | 339 |
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[e371531] | 340 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/xfce4-tips/d' Makefile.in &&
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| 341 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 342 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4 --enable-debug=no \
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| 343 | --disable-python --enable-session-screenshots \
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| 344 | --with-sound=alsa --disable-hal --with-volume-manager=none &&
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[2130862] | 345 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 346 |
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[e371531] | 347 | <para>Arguments that make no sense for a package (e.g.,
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| 348 | <parameter>--with-sound=alsa</parameter> for
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| 349 | <xref linkend="xfce4-dev-tools"/>) are slently ignored, and thus
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| 350 | they are harmless.</para>
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[0b2b70a] | 351 |
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| 352 | <para><xref linkend="exo"/> and <xref linkend="Thunar"/> have a working testsuite.
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| 353 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. Other packages
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| 354 | either have an empty testsuite, or only tests for packaging errors.</para>
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[e371531] | 355 |
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[b1deef4] | 356 | <para>If you use <xref linkend="gdm"/> as your display manager and would
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[e371531] | 357 | like to be able to log into an <application>Xfce</application> session from
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| 358 | the GDM login screen, pass the <parameter>--enable-gdm</parameter> option to
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[b1deef4] | 359 | the <application>xfce-utils</application>-&xfce-version;
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[359ff56d] | 360 | <command>configure</command> script (requires <xref linkend="which"/> to be
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| 361 | installed at run time).</para>
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[2130862] | 362 |
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| 363 | <para>Also, <application>xfprint</application> can be configured with
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[b1deef4] | 364 | <parameter>--enable-cups</parameter> if you have <xref linkend="cups"/>
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| 365 | installed.</para>
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[2130862] | 366 |
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[e371531] | 367 | <para>After building a package, run as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[17be8c3] | 368 |
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| 369 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 370 |
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[e371531] | 371 | <para>When all packages are built and installed,
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| 372 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, move the
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[b1deef4] | 373 | help documentation to the standard BLFS location and modify the help script to
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| 374 | look for it there:</para>
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[2130862] | 375 |
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[a1dbf41] | 376 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv -vf /usr/share/xfce4/doc /usr/share/doc/xfce4 &&
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| 377 | sed -i 's@xfce4/doc@doc/xfce4@' /usr/bin/xfhelp4</userinput></screen>
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[2130862] | 378 |
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[e371531] | 379 | <para>Run the following command as the
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| 380 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user in order
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| 381 | to change the actions bound to multimedia keys
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| 382 | to use the <command>amixer</command> command from <xref linkend="alsa-utils"/>
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| 383 | instead of the old OSS-only
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| 384 | <command>aumix</command> program:</para>
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| 385 |
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| 386 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i 's/aumix -v\([+-]\?\)\([^"]*\)/amixer set Master \2%\1/' \
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| 387 | /usr/share/xfce-mcs-plugins/shortcuts/default.xml</userinput></screen>
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| 388 |
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| 389 | <note><para>Users of Intel HD Audio onboard sound chips should replace
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| 390 | <quote>Master</quote> with <quote>PCM</quote> in the command above,
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| 391 | because such chips have no Master control.</para></note>
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| 392 |
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[7194b955] | 393 | </sect2>
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| 394 |
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[b2287935] | 395 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 396 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 397 |
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| 398 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>:
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| 399 | <application>libxfce4util</application>,
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| 400 | <application>xfce4-panel</application>,
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| 401 | <application>xfdesktop</application>,
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| 402 | <application>xfce-utils</application> and
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| 403 | <application>xfce4-session</application> require this parameter
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| 404 | because the path is built into the library or they install
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| 405 | configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/xdg</filename>.</para>
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| 406 |
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| 407 | <para><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4</parameter>:
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| 408 | <application>xfce4-session</application> requires this parameter to
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| 409 | install some utility programs to the correct location.</para>
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| 410 |
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[e371531] | 411 | <para><parameter>--disable-hal</parameter>: disables <xref linkend="hal"/>
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| 412 | support in <xref linkend="exo"/>.</para>
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| 413 |
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| 414 | <para><parameter>--with-volume-manager=none</parameter>: disables <xref linkend="hal"/>
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| 415 | support in <xref linkend="Thunar"/>.</para>
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| 416 |
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| 417 | <para><parameter>--disable-python</parameter>: disables building <xref linkend="python"/>
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| 418 | bindings in <xref linkend="exo"/>.</para>
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| 419 |
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| 420 | <para><parameter>--enable-session-screenshots</parameter>: allows <xref linkend="xfce4-session"/>
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| 421 | to create screenshots on logout.</para>
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| 422 |
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| 423 | <para><parameter>--with-sound=alsa</parameter>: tells <xref linkend="xfce4-mixer"/>
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| 424 | to use the sound system native to Linux.</para>
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| 425 |
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| 426 | <para><command>sed -i '/xfce4-tips/d' Makefile.in</command>: disables the build
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| 427 | of the useless <command>xfce4-tips</command> program.</para>
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[b2287935] | 428 | </sect2>
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| 429 |
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[7194b955] | 430 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[e371531] | 431 | <title>Configuring Xfce</title>
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[7194b955] | 432 |
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| 433 | <sect3 id='xfce-config'>
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[e371531] | 434 | <title>Config files</title>
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| 435 | <para><application>Xfce</application> looks for its configuration files
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| 436 | in <filename class="directory">~/.config</filename> and
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| 437 | <filename class="directory">/etc/xdg</filename> directories. Thus, for
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| 438 | changing system-wide default preferences, create or edit files in
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| 439 | <filename class="directory">/etc/xdg</filename>, using the contents
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| 440 | of <filename class="directory">~/.config</filename> as a model.</para>
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| 441 | </sect3>
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| 442 |
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| 443 | <sect3>
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[7194b955] | 444 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 445 |
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[e371531] | 446 | <para><application>Xfce</application> will look for the theme index from
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[befa895b] | 447 | <xref linkend="hicolor-icon-theme"/> at run-time. Ensure you install the
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[e371531] | 448 | package before launching <application>Xfce</application>. Also, Xfce comes
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| 449 | with SVG icons specific to it. Installation of <xref linkend="librsvg"/> is
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| 450 | required in order to avoid broken icons.</para>
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[befa895b] | 451 |
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| 452 | <para>Issue the command below to create an <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
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| 453 | file which will automatically run the appropriate
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[e371531] | 454 | <application>Xfce</application> programs when the
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[befa895b] | 455 | <application>X</application> Window system is launched. Be sure to backup
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| 456 | your existing <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file before
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| 457 | proceeding.</para>
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[7194b955] | 458 |
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[e371531] | 459 | <screen><userinput>echo "exec startxfce4" >~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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| 460 |
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| 461 | <para>In order to allow all users to shut down and reboot the computer
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| 462 | from Xfce, install <xref linkend="sudo"/> and, using the
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| 463 | <command>visudo</command> command, add the following line to the
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| 464 | <filename>/etc/sudoers</filename> file:</para>
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| 465 |
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[41b9f22] | 466 | <screen>ALL ALL=NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/xfsm-shutdown-helper ""</screen>
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[7194b955] | 467 |
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| 468 | <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-config">
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| 469 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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| 470 | </indexterm>
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| 471 |
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| 472 | </sect3>
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| 473 |
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| 474 | </sect2>
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| 475 |
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[e371531] | 476 | <sect2>
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| 477 | <title>Further steps</title>
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| 478 | <para>Many useful programs, panel plugins, and themes for
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| 479 | Xfce4 are available from the
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| 480 | <ulink url="http://goodies.xfce.org/">Xfce Goodies Project</ulink>
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| 481 | web site. You may want to install:</para>
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| 482 | <itemizedlist>
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| 483 |
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| 484 | <listitem><para><ulink url="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-mount-plugin">Xfce4 mount plugin</ulink>:
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| 485 | a panel plugin that allows to mount and unmount filesystems
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| 486 | listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, and also shows
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| 487 | the amount of free disk space.</para></listitem>
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| 488 |
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| 489 | <listitem><para><ulink url="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin">Xfce4 Net Load plugin</ulink>:
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| 490 | a panel plugin that shows the current load of the network
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| 491 | interfaces of your choice.</para></listitem>
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| 492 |
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| 493 | <listitem><para><ulink url="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin">Xfce4 XKB plugin</ulink>:
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| 494 | a panel plugin that displays the current keyboard layout
|
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| 495 | and allows to change it with a single mouse click.</para></listitem>
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| 496 |
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| 497 | <!-- uncomment when they update for libburn-0.4.0
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| 498 |
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| 499 | <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.xfce.org/projects/xfburn/">Xfburn</ulink>:
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| 500 | a data CD burner for Xfce
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| 501 | (needs <ulink url="http://libburnia.pykix.org/">libburn and libisofs</ulink>).<para></listitem>
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| 502 |
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| 503 | -->
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| 504 |
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| 505 | <listitem><para><ulink url="http://xarchiver.xfce.org/">Xarchiver</ulink>:
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| 506 | a graphical front-end for most archivers.</para></listitem>
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| 507 |
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| 508 | <listitem><para><ulink url="http://spuriousinterrupt.org/projects/xfmedia">Xfmedia</ulink>:
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| 509 | a media player based on <xref linkend="xine-lib"/>. Video support is buggy,
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| 510 | compiling with CFLAGS="-O0" may or may not help.</para></listitem>
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| 511 |
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| 512 | </itemizedlist>
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| 513 | </sect2>
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| 514 |
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[7194b955] | 515 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 516 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 517 |
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| 518 | <segmentedlist>
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| 519 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 520 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 521 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 522 |
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| 523 | <seglistitem>
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[e371531] | 524 | <seg>more than 50 binaries and scripts</seg>
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| 525 | <seg id='xfcelibs'>libexo-0.3.{a,so},
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| 526 | libexo-hal-0.3.{a,so},
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| 527 | libthunar-vfs-1.{a,so},
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| 528 | libthunarx-1.{a,so},
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| 529 | libxfce4mcs-client.{a,so},
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| 530 | libxfce4mcs-manager.{a,so},
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| 531 | libxfce4panel.{a,so},
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| 532 | libxfce4util.{a,so},
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| 533 | libxfcegui4.{a,so},
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[c5c2654] | 534 | libxfsm-4.2.{a,so}</seg>
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[e371531] | 535 |
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| 536 | <seg>/usr/lib/thunarx-1, /usr/lib/xfce4, /usr/share/doc/xfce4, /usr/share/xfce4, /usr/share/Terminal,
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| 537 | /usr/share/Thunar, /usr/share/orage, /usr/share/xfce-mcs-plugins, /usr/share/xfce4-menueditor,
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[a1dbf41] | 538 | and /usr/share/xfwm4</seg>
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[7194b955] | 539 | </seglistitem>
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| 540 | </segmentedlist>
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| 541 |
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| 542 | </sect2>
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[851cc10] | 543 |
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[2a1e2f33] | 544 | </sect1>
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