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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY xfce-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xfce/xfce-4.2.3.2-src.tar.bz2?download">
8 <!ENTITY xfce-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY xfce-md5sum "44e126e47657969657ff86fb558d54ea">
10 <!ENTITY xfce-size "25 MB">
11 <!ENTITY xfce-buildsize "219 MB (to build and install everything without deleting the source)">
12 <!ENTITY xfce-time "3.5 SBU">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="xfce" xreflabel="XFce-&xfce-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="xfce.html" ?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 <keywordset>
22 <keyword role="package">xfce-&xfce-version;-src.tar</keyword>
23 <keyword role="ftpdir">xfce</keyword>
24 </keywordset>
25 </sect1info>
26
27 <title>XFce-&xfce-version;</title>
28
29 <indexterm zone="xfce">
30 <primary sortas="a-xfce">XFce</primary>
31 </indexterm>
32
33 <sect2 role="package">
34 <title>Introduction to XFce</title>
35
36 <para>The <application>XFce</application> package contains a lightweight
37 desktop environment.</para>
38
39 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
40 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
41 <listitem>
42 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfce-download-http;"/></para>
43 </listitem>
44 <listitem>
45 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xfce-download-ftp;"/></para>
46 </listitem>
47 <listitem>
48 <para>Download MD5 sum: &xfce-md5sum;</para>
49 </listitem>
50 <listitem>
51 <para>Download size: &xfce-size;</para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>Estimated disk space required: &xfce-buildsize;</para>
55 </listitem>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>Estimated build time: &xfce-time;</para>
58 </listitem>
59 </itemizedlist>
60
61 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">XFce Dependencies</bridgehead>
62
63 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
64 <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
65 <xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>
66
67 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
68 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gdm"/>, <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
69 (<application>xffm</application> links to <application>librsvg</application>
70 automatically if it is installed at compile time) <xref linkend="libgtkhtml"/>,
71 <xref linkend="startup-notification"/> and <xref linkend="a2ps"/> (required to build
72 <application>xfprint</application>).</para>
73
74 </sect2>
75
76 <sect2 role="installation">
77 <title>Installation of XFce</title>
78
79 <para>The following packages will install the bare
80 minimum:</para>
81
82 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
83 <listitem>
84 <para>libxfce4util-&xfce-version;.2</para>
85 </listitem>
86 <listitem>
87 <para>dbh-1.0.24</para>
88 </listitem>
89 <listitem>
90 <para>libxfcegui4-&xfce-version;</para>
91 </listitem>
92 <listitem>
93 <para>libxfce4mcs-&xfce-version;</para>
94 </listitem>
95 <listitem>
96 <para>xfce-mcs-manager-&xfce-version;</para>
97 </listitem>
98 <listitem>
99 <para>xfwm4-&xfce-version;.2</para>
100 </listitem>
101 <listitem>
102 <para>xfce4-panel-&xfce-version;</para>
103 </listitem>
104 <listitem>
105 <para>xfdesktop-&xfce-version;</para>
106 </listitem>
107 <listitem>
108 <para>xfce-utils-&xfce-version;</para>
109 </listitem>
110 </itemizedlist>
111
112 <para>Install <application>libxfce4util</application>, <application>dbh</application>,
113 <application>libxfcegui4</application>, <application>libxfce4mcs</application>,
114 <application>xfce-mcs-manager</application>, and <application>xfwm4</application>
115 like this:</para>
116
117<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
118make</userinput></screen>
119
120 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
121
122<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
123
124 <para><application>xfce4-panel</application>, <application>xfdesktop</application>
125 and <application>xfce-utils</application> require a parameter so that the
126 configuration files are installed in /etc/xdg. Configure them like this:</para>
127
128<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
129make</userinput></screen>
130
131 <para>If you use <xref linkend="gdm"/> as your display manager and would like to
132 be able to log into an xfce session from the login prompt, pass the
133 <parameter>--enable-gdm</parameter> option to the xfce-utils-&xfce-version;
134 <command>configure</command> script (requires <xref linkend="which"/> to be
135 installed at run time).</para>
136
137 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
138
139<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
140
141 <para>In addition, you may choose to install:</para>
142
143 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
144 <listitem>
145 <para>gtk-xfce-engine-2.2.8</para>
146 </listitem>
147 <listitem>
148 <para>xfcalendar-&xfce-version;</para>
149 </listitem>
150 <listitem>
151 <para>xfce-mcs-plugins-&xfce-version;</para>
152 </listitem>
153 <listitem>
154 <para>xfce4-appfinder-&xfce-version;</para>
155 </listitem>
156 <listitem>
157 <para>xfce4-icon-theme-&xfce-version;</para>
158 </listitem>
159 <listitem>
160 <para>xfce4-iconbox-&xfce-version;</para>
161 </listitem>
162 <listitem>
163 <para>xfce4-mixer-&xfce-version;</para>
164 </listitem>
165 <listitem>
166 <para>xfce4-session-&xfce-version;</para>
167 </listitem>
168 <listitem>
169 <para>xfce4-systray-&xfce-version;</para>
170 </listitem>
171 <listitem>
172 <para>xfce4-toys-&xfce-version;</para>
173 </listitem>
174 <listitem>
175 <para>xfce4-trigger-launcher-&xfce-version;</para>
176 </listitem>
177 <listitem>
178 <para>xffm-&xfce-version;</para>
179 </listitem>
180 <listitem>
181 <para>xfprint-&xfce-version;</para>
182 </listitem>
183 <listitem>
184 <para>xfwm4-themes-&xfce-version;</para>
185 </listitem>
186 </itemizedlist>
187
188 <para>Almost all of these compile with these commands:</para>
189
190<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
191make</userinput></screen>
192
193 <para>And then as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
194
195<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
196
197 <para>The exceptions are <application>xfce4-session</application> which needs to be
198 configured like this:</para>
199
200<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
201 --libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4 &amp;&amp;
202make</userinput></screen>
203
204 <para>Also, <application>xfprint</application> can be configured with
205 <parameter>--enable-cups</parameter>, if you have <xref linkend="cups"/> installed.
206 </para>
207
208 <para>As <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, move the help documentation
209 to the standard BLFS location and fix the help script to look for it there:</para>
210
211<screen role="root"><userinput>mv -vf /usr/share/xfce4/doc /usr/share/doc/xfce4 &amp;&amp;
212sed -i 's@xfce4/doc@doc/xfce4@' /usr/bin/xfhelp4</userinput></screen>
213
214 </sect2>
215
216 <sect2 role="configuration">
217 <title>Configuring XFce</title>
218
219 <sect3 id='xfce-config'>
220 <title>Configuration Information</title>
221
222 <para>Be sure to backup your current <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
223 before proceeding.</para>
224
225<screen><userinput>cat &gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
226<literal>xfce-mcs-manager
227xfwm4 --daemon
228xftaskbar4 &amp;
229xfdesktop &amp;
230exec xfce4-panel</literal>
231EOF</userinput></screen>
232
233 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-config">
234 <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
235 </indexterm>
236
237 </sect3>
238
239 </sect2>
240
241 <sect2 role="content">
242 <title>Contents</title>
243
244 <segmentedlist>
245 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
246 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
247 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
248
249 <seglistitem>
250 <seg>fgr, scramble, startxfce4, xfbook, xfbook4, xfcalendar,
251 xfce-mcs-manager, xfce-setting-show, xfce4-about,
252 xfce4-appfinder, xfce4-iconbox, xfce4-kiosk-query,
253 xfce4-menueditor, xfce4-mixer, xfce4-panel, xfce4-session,
254 xfce4-session-logout, xfce4-tips, xfdesktop, xfdiff4, xffm,
255 xffrequent, xffrequent4, xffstab, xffstab4, xfglob4, xfhelp4,
256 xflock4, xfmime-edit, xfmountdev4, xfrecent, xfrecent4,
257 xfprint-manager, xfprint4, xfrun4, xfsamba4, xftaskbar4,
258 xfterm4, xftrash4, xftree4, and xfwm4</seg>
259 <seg id='xfcelibs'>libxfce4util.[a,so], libdbh.[a,so], libxfcegui4.[a,so],
260 libxfce4mcs.[a,so], libxffm_actions.so, libxffm_basic.so, libxffm_calls.so,
261 libxffm_cpy.so, libxffm_on_demand.so, libxffm_secondary.so, libxffm_tubo.so,
262 libxfsm-4.2.[a,so]</seg>
263 <seg>/usr/lib/xfce4, /usr/share/doc/xfce4, /usr/share/xfce4, /usr/share/xffm
264 and /usr/share/xfwm4</seg>
265 </seglistitem>
266 </segmentedlist>
267
268 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
269 <primary sortas="c-libxfce4util">libxfce4util.[a,so]</primary>
270 </indexterm>
271
272 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
273 <primary sortas="c-libdbh">libdbh.[a,so]</primary>
274 </indexterm>
275
276 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
277 <primary sortas="c-libxfcegui4">libxfcegui4.[a,so]</primary>
278 </indexterm>
279
280 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
281 <primary sortas="c-libxfce4mcs">libxfce4mcs.[a,so]</primary>
282 </indexterm>
283
284 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
285 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_actions.so">libxffm_actions.so</primary>
286 </indexterm>
287
288 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
289 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_basic.so">libxffm_basic.so</primary>
290 </indexterm>
291
292 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
293 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_calls.so">libxffm_calls.so</primary>
294 </indexterm>
295
296 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
297 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_cpy.so">libxffm_cpy.so</primary>
298 </indexterm>
299
300 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
301 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_on_demand.so">libxffm_on_demand.so</primary>
302 </indexterm>
303
304 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
305 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_secondary.so">libxffm_secondary.so</primary>
306 </indexterm>
307
308 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
309 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_tubo.so">libxffm_tubo.so</primary>
310 </indexterm>
311
312 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
313 <primary sortas="c-libxfsm-4.2.so">libxfsm-4.2.[a,so]</primary>
314 </indexterm>
315
316 <variablelist>
317 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
318 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
319 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
320
321 <varlistentry id="fgr">
322 <term><command>fgr</command></term>
323 <listitem>
324 <para>is a file content search engine for
325 <command>xffm</command>.</para>
326 <indexterm zone="xfce fgr">
327 <primary sortas="b-fgr">fgr</primary>
328 </indexterm>
329 </listitem>
330 </varlistentry>
331
332 <varlistentry id="startxfce4">
333 <term><command>startxfce4</command></term>
334 <listitem>
335 <para>is a script which starts up the <application>XFce</application> Desktop
336 Environment.</para>
337 <indexterm zone="xfce startxfce4">
338 <primary sortas="b-startxfce4">startxfce4</primary>
339 </indexterm>
340 </listitem>
341 </varlistentry>
342
343 <varlistentry id="xfce-mcs-manager">
344 <term><command>xfce-mcs-manager</command></term>
345 <listitem>
346 <para>is the settings manager for
347 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
348 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-mcs-manager">
349 <primary sortas="b-xfce-mcs-manager">xfce-mcs-manager</primary>
350 </indexterm>
351 </listitem>
352 </varlistentry>
353
354 <varlistentry id="xfce4-about">
355 <term><command>xfce4-about</command></term>
356 <listitem>
357 <para>displays the about box.</para>
358 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-about">
359 <primary sortas="b-xfce4-about">xfce4-about</primary>
360 </indexterm>
361 </listitem>
362 </varlistentry>
363
364 <varlistentry id="xfce4-session">
365 <term><command>xfce4-session</command></term>
366 <listitem>
367 <para>saves the state of your desktop and restores it when you next start
368 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
369 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-session">
370 <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session">xfce4-session</primary>
371 </indexterm>
372 </listitem>
373 </varlistentry>
374
375 <varlistentry id="xfce-setting-show">
376 <term><command>xfce-setting-show</command></term>
377 <listitem>
378 <para>displays the settings for
379 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
380 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-setting-show">
381 <primary sortas="b-xfce-setting-show">xfce-setting-show</primary>
382 </indexterm>
383 </listitem>
384 </varlistentry>
385
386 <varlistentry id="xfce4-panel">
387 <term><command>xfce4-panel</command></term>
388 <listitem>
389 <para>is the panel manager for <application>XFce</application>.
390 It contains the launcher, clock, mail check, desktop switcher and
391 separator programs.</para>
392 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-panel">
393 <primary sortas="b-xfce4-panel">xfce4-panel</primary>
394 </indexterm>
395 </listitem>
396 </varlistentry>
397
398 <varlistentry id="xfdesktop">
399 <term><command>xfdesktop</command></term>
400 <listitem>
401 <para> is the desktop manager for
402 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
403 <indexterm zone="xfce xfdesktop">
404 <primary sortas="b-xfdesktop">xfdesktop</primary>
405 </indexterm>
406 </listitem>
407 </varlistentry>
408
409 <varlistentry id="xfhelp4">
410 <term><command>xfhelp4</command></term>
411 <listitem>
412 <para>is script that launches a HTML browser to
413 display online documentation. It requires <command>which</command> to
414 run.</para>
415 <indexterm zone="xfce xfhelp4">
416 <primary sortas="b-xfhelp4">xfhelp4</primary>
417 </indexterm>
418 </listitem>
419 </varlistentry>
420
421 <varlistentry id="xflock4">
422 <term><command>xflock4</command></term>
423 <listitem>
424 <para>is a script used to lock the current screen during drag
425 and drop actions.</para>
426 <indexterm zone="xfce xflock4">
427 <primary sortas="b-xflock4">xflock4</primary>
428 </indexterm>
429 </listitem>
430 </varlistentry>
431
432 <varlistentry id="xfmountdev4">
433 <term><command>xfmountdev4</command></term>
434 <listitem>
435 <para>mounts a device on the specified mount point and launches
436 <command>xftree4</command>, then unmounts the device when
437 <command>xftree4</command> finishes.</para>
438 <indexterm zone="xfce xfmountdev4">
439 <primary sortas="b-xfmountdev4">xfmountdev4</primary>
440 </indexterm>
441 </listitem>
442 </varlistentry>
443
444 <varlistentry id="xfrun4">
445 <term><command>xfrun4</command></term>
446 <listitem>
447 <para>is the program launcher for
448 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
449 <indexterm zone="xfce xfrun4">
450 <primary sortas="b-xfrun4">xfrun4</primary>
451 </indexterm>
452 </listitem>
453 </varlistentry>
454
455 <varlistentry id="xfsamba4">
456 <term><command>xfsamba4</command></term>
457 <listitem>
458 <para> is the <application>Samba</application> front end for
459 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
460 <indexterm zone="xfce xfsamba4">
461 <primary sortas="b-xfsamba4">xfsamba4</primary>
462 </indexterm>
463 </listitem>
464 </varlistentry>
465
466 <varlistentry id="xftaskbar4">
467 <term><command>xftaskbar4</command></term>
468 <listitem>
469 <para>is the taskbar manager for
470 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
471 <indexterm zone="xfce xftaskbar4">
472 <primary sortas="b-xftaskbar4">xftaskbar4</primary>
473 </indexterm>
474 </listitem>
475 </varlistentry>
476
477 <varlistentry id="xfterm4">
478 <term><command>xfterm4</command></term>
479 <listitem>
480 <para>is a small terminal wrapper to be used as a drag and drop
481 action for the <application>XFce</application> front panel. It requires
482 <command>which</command> to run.</para>
483 <indexterm zone="xfce xfterm4">
484 <primary sortas="b-xfterm4">xfterm4</primary>
485 </indexterm>
486 </listitem>
487 </varlistentry>
488
489 <varlistentry id="xftrash4">
490 <term><command>xftrash4</command></term>
491 <listitem>
492 <para>is a small binary to be used as a drag and drop action for the
493 <application>XFce</application> front panel.</para>
494 <indexterm zone="xfce xftrash4">
495 <primary sortas="b-xftrash4">xftrash4</primary>
496 </indexterm>
497 </listitem>
498 </varlistentry>
499
500 <varlistentry id="xffm">
501 <term><command>xffm</command></term>
502 <listitem>
503 <para>is the file manager for <application>XFce</application>.</para>
504 <indexterm zone="xfce xffm">
505 <primary sortas="b-xftree4">xffm</primary>
506 </indexterm>
507 </listitem>
508 </varlistentry>
509
510 <varlistentry id="xfwm4">
511 <term><command>xfwm4</command></term>
512 <listitem>
513 <para>is an <application>X11</application> window manager for
514 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
515 <indexterm zone="xfce xfwm4">
516 <primary sortas="b-xfwm4">xfwm4</primary>
517 </indexterm>
518 </listitem>
519 </varlistentry>
520
521 </variablelist>
522
523 </sect2>
524
525</sect1>
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