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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY xfce-download-http "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xfce/xfce-&xfce-version;-src.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY xfce-download-ftp " ">
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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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21 | ]>
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22 |
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23 | <sect1 id="xfce" xreflabel="Xfce-&xfce-version;">
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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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31 | <title>Xfce-&xfce-version;</title>
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32 |
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33 | <indexterm zone="xfce">
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34 | <primary sortas="a-xfce">Xfce</primary>
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35 | </indexterm>
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36 |
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37 | <sect2 role="package">
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38 | <title>Introduction to Xfce</title>
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39 |
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40 | <para>The <application>Xfce</application> package contains a lightweight
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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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65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xfce General Dependencies</bridgehead>
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66 |
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67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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68 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
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69 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>
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70 |
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71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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72 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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73 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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74 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, and
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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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195 | <para>EXO depends on <xref linkend="perl-uri"/>,
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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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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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332 | </sect2>
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333 |
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334 | <sect2 role="installation">
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335 | <title>Installation of Xfce</title>
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336 |
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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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339 |
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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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345 | make</userinput></screen>
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346 |
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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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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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355 |
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356 | <para>If you use <xref linkend="gdm"/> as your display manager and would
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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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359 | the <application>xfce-utils</application>-&xfce-version;
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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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362 |
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363 | <para>Also, <application>xfprint</application> can be configured with
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364 | <parameter>--enable-cups</parameter> if you have <xref linkend="cups"/>
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365 | installed.</para>
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366 |
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367 | <para>After building a package, run as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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368 |
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369 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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370 |
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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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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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375 |
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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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378 |
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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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393 | </sect2>
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394 |
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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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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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428 | </sect2>
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429 |
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430 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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431 | <title>Configuring Xfce</title>
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432 |
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433 | <sect3 id='xfce-config'>
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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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444 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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445 |
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446 | <para><application>Xfce</application> will look for the theme index from
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447 | <xref linkend="hicolor-icon-theme"/> at run-time. Ensure you install the
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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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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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454 | <application>Xfce</application> programs when the
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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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458 |
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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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466 | <screen>ALL ALL=NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/xfsm-shutdown-helper ""</screen>
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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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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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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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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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534 | libxfsm-4.2.{a,so}</seg>
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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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538 | and /usr/share/xfwm4</seg>
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539 | </seglistitem>
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540 | </segmentedlist>
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541 |
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542 | </sect2>
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543 |
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544 | </sect1>
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