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Last change on this file since b2287935 was b2287935, checked in by Dan Nichilson <dnicholson@…>, 17 years ago

Set libxfce4util sysconfdir. Closes #2227

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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 <!-- Inserted as a reminder to do this. The mention of a test suite
8 is usually right before the root user installation commands. Please
9 delete these 12 (including one blank) lines after you are done.-->
10
11 <!-- Use one of the two mentions below about a test suite,
12 delete the line that is not applicable. Of course, if the
13 test suite uses syntax other than "make check", revise the
14 line to reflect the actual syntax to run the test suite -->
15
16 <!-- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> -->
17 <!-- <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para> -->
18
19 <!ENTITY xfce-download-http "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xfce/xfce-&xfce-version;-src.tar.bz2">
20 <!ENTITY xfce-download-ftp " ">
21 <!ENTITY xfce-md5sum "44e126e47657969657ff86fb558d54ea">
22 <!ENTITY xfce-size "25 MB">
23 <!ENTITY xfce-buildsize "219 MB (to build and install everything without deleting any sources)">
24 <!ENTITY xfce-time "3.5 SBU">
25]>
26
27<sect1 id="xfce" xreflabel="XFce-&xfce-version;">
28 <?dbhtml filename="xfce.html" ?>
29
30 <sect1info>
31 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
32 <date>$Date$</date>
33 </sect1info>
34
35 <title>XFce-&xfce-version;</title>
36
37 <indexterm zone="xfce">
38 <primary sortas="a-xfce">XFce</primary>
39 </indexterm>
40
41 <sect2 role="package">
42 <title>Introduction to XFce</title>
43
44 <para>The <application>XFce</application> package contains a lightweight
45 desktop environment.</para>
46
47 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
48 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
49 <listitem>
50 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfce-download-http;"/></para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xfce-download-ftp;"/></para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>Download MD5 sum: &xfce-md5sum;</para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>Download size: &xfce-size;</para>
60 </listitem>
61 <listitem>
62 <para>Estimated disk space required: &xfce-buildsize;</para>
63 </listitem>
64 <listitem>
65 <para>Estimated build time: &xfce-time;</para>
66 </listitem>
67 </itemizedlist>
68
69 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">XFce Dependencies</bridgehead>
70
71 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
72 <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
73 <xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>
74
75 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
76 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gdm"/>,
77 <xref linkend="librsvg"/>
78 (<application>xffm</application> links to <application>librsvg</application>
79 automatically if <application>librsvg</application> is installed),
80 <xref linkend="libgtkhtml"/>,
81 <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, and
82 <xref linkend="a2ps"/>
83 (required to build <application>xfprint</application>).</para>
84
85 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
86 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xfce"/></para>
87
88 </sect2>
89
90 <sect2 role="installation">
91 <title>Installation of XFce</title>
92
93 <para>A bare minimum <application>XFce</application> setup requires
94 installation of the following packages:</para>
95
96 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
97 <listitem>
98 <para>libxfce4util-&xfce-version;.2</para>
99 </listitem>
100 <listitem>
101 <para>dbh-1.0.24</para>
102 </listitem>
103 <listitem>
104 <para>libxfcegui4-&xfce-version;</para>
105 </listitem>
106 <listitem>
107 <para>libxfce4mcs-&xfce-version;</para>
108 </listitem>
109 <listitem>
110 <para>xfce-mcs-manager-&xfce-version;</para>
111 </listitem>
112 <listitem>
113 <para>xfwm4-&xfce-version;.2</para>
114 </listitem>
115 <listitem>
116 <para>xfce4-panel-&xfce-version;</para>
117 </listitem>
118 <listitem>
119 <para>xfdesktop-&xfce-version;</para>
120 </listitem>
121 <listitem>
122 <para>xfce-utils-&xfce-version;</para>
123 </listitem>
124 </itemizedlist>
125
126 <para>Install the minimum applications by issuing the following
127 commands:</para>
128
129<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
130make</userinput></screen>
131
132 <para>If you use <xref linkend="gdm"/> as your display manager and would
133 like to be able to log into an <application>XFce</application> session from
134 the login prompt, pass the <parameter>--enable-gdm</parameter> option to
135 the <application>xfce-utils</application>-&xfce-version;
136 <command>configure</command> script (requires <xref linkend="which"/> to be
137 installed at run time).</para>
138
139 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
140
141<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
142
143 <para>In addition, you may choose to install:</para>
144
145 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
146 <listitem>
147 <para>gtk-xfce-engine-2.2.8</para>
148 </listitem>
149 <listitem>
150 <para>xfcalendar-&xfce-version;</para>
151 </listitem>
152 <listitem>
153 <para>xfce-mcs-plugins-&xfce-version;</para>
154 </listitem>
155 <listitem>
156 <para>xfce4-appfinder-&xfce-version;</para>
157 </listitem>
158 <listitem>
159 <para>xfce4-icon-theme-&xfce-version;</para>
160 </listitem>
161 <listitem>
162 <para>xfce4-iconbox-&xfce-version;</para>
163 </listitem>
164 <listitem>
165 <para>xfce4-mixer-&xfce-version;</para>
166 </listitem>
167 <listitem>
168 <para>xfce4-session-&xfce-version;</para>
169 </listitem>
170 <listitem>
171 <para>xfce4-systray-&xfce-version;</para>
172 </listitem>
173 <listitem>
174 <para>xfce4-toys-&xfce-version;</para>
175 </listitem>
176 <listitem>
177 <para>xfce4-trigger-launcher-&xfce-version;</para>
178 </listitem>
179 <listitem>
180 <para>xffm-&xfce-version;</para>
181 </listitem>
182 <listitem>
183 <para>xfprint-&xfce-version;</para>
184 </listitem>
185 <listitem>
186 <para>xfwm4-themes-&xfce-version;</para>
187 </listitem>
188 </itemizedlist>
189
190 <para>Install the remaining applications using the following
191 commands:</para>
192
193<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
194 --libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4 &amp;&amp;
195make</userinput></screen>
196
197 <para>Also, <application>xfprint</application> can be configured with
198 <parameter>--enable-cups</parameter> if you have <xref linkend="cups"/>
199 installed.</para>
200
201 <para>And then as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
202
203<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
204
205 <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, move the
206 help documentation to the standard BLFS location and modify the help script to
207 look for it there:</para>
208
209<screen role="root"><userinput>mv -vf /usr/share/xfce4/doc /usr/share/doc/xfce4 &amp;&amp;
210sed -i 's@xfce4/doc@doc/xfce4@' /usr/bin/xfhelp4</userinput></screen>
211
212 </sect2>
213
214 <sect2 role="commands">
215 <title>Command Explanations</title>
216
217 <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>:
218 <application>libxfce4util</application>,
219 <application>xfce4-panel</application>,
220 <application>xfdesktop</application>,
221 <application>xfce-utils</application> and
222 <application>xfce4-session</application> require this parameter
223 because the path is built into the library or they install
224 configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/xdg</filename>.</para>
225
226 <para><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4</parameter>:
227 <application>xfce4-session</application> requires this parameter to
228 install some utility programs to the correct location.</para>
229
230 </sect2>
231
232 <sect2 role="configuration">
233 <title>Configuring XFce</title>
234
235 <sect3 id='xfce-config'>
236 <title>Configuration Information</title>
237
238 <para><application>XFce</application> will look for the theme index from
239 <xref linkend="hicolor-icon-theme"/> at run-time. Ensure you install the
240 package before launching <application>XFce</application>.</para>
241
242 <para>Issue the command below to create an <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
243 file which will automatically run the appropriate
244 <application>XFce</application> programs when the
245 <application>X</application> Window system is launched. Be sure to backup
246 your existing <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file before
247 proceeding.</para>
248
249<screen><userinput>cat &gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
250<literal>xfce-mcs-manager
251xfwm4 --daemon
252xftaskbar4 &amp;
253xfdesktop &amp;
254exec xfce4-panel</literal>
255EOF</userinput></screen>
256
257 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-config">
258 <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
259 </indexterm>
260
261 </sect3>
262
263 </sect2>
264
265 <sect2 role="content">
266 <title>Contents</title>
267
268 <segmentedlist>
269 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
270 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
271 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
272
273 <seglistitem>
274 <seg>fgr, scramble, startxfce4, xfbook, xfbook4, xfcalendar,
275 xfce-mcs-manager, xfce-setting-show, xfce4-about,
276 xfce4-appfinder, xfce4-iconbox, xfce4-kiosk-query,
277 xfce4-menueditor, xfce4-mixer, xfce4-panel, xfce4-session,
278 xfce4-session-logout, xfce4-tips, xfdesktop, xfdiff4, xffm,
279 xffrequent, xffrequent4, xffstab, xffstab4, xfglob4, xfhelp4,
280 xflock4, xfmime-edit, xfmountdev4, xfrecent, xfrecent4,
281 xfprint-manager, xfprint4, xfrun4, xfsamba4, xftaskbar4,
282 xfterm4, xftrash4, xftree4, and xfwm4</seg>
283 <seg id='xfcelibs'>libxfce4util.{a,so}, libdbh.{a,so}, libxfcegui4.{a,so},
284 libxfce4mcs.{a,so}, libxffm_actions.so, libxffm_basic.so, libxffm_calls.so,
285 libxffm_cpy.so, libxffm_on_demand.so, libxffm_secondary.so, libxffm_tubo.so,
286 libxfsm-4.2.{a,so}</seg>
287 <seg>/usr/lib/xfce4, /usr/share/doc/xfce4, /usr/share/xfce4, /usr/share/xffm
288 and /usr/share/xfwm4</seg>
289 </seglistitem>
290 </segmentedlist>
291
292 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
293 <primary sortas="c-libxfce4util">libxfce4util.[a,so]</primary>
294 </indexterm>
295
296 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
297 <primary sortas="c-libdbh">libdbh.[a,so]</primary>
298 </indexterm>
299
300 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
301 <primary sortas="c-libxfcegui4">libxfcegui4.[a,so]</primary>
302 </indexterm>
303
304 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
305 <primary sortas="c-libxfce4mcs">libxfce4mcs.[a,so]</primary>
306 </indexterm>
307
308 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
309 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_actions.so">libxffm_actions.so</primary>
310 </indexterm>
311
312 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
313 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_basic.so">libxffm_basic.so</primary>
314 </indexterm>
315
316 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
317 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_calls.so">libxffm_calls.so</primary>
318 </indexterm>
319
320 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
321 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_cpy.so">libxffm_cpy.so</primary>
322 </indexterm>
323
324 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
325 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_on_demand.so">libxffm_on_demand.so</primary>
326 </indexterm>
327
328 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
329 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_secondary.so">libxffm_secondary.so</primary>
330 </indexterm>
331
332 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
333 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_tubo.so">libxffm_tubo.so</primary>
334 </indexterm>
335
336 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
337 <primary sortas="c-libxfsm-4.2.so">libxfsm-4.2.[a,so]</primary>
338 </indexterm>
339
340 <variablelist>
341 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
342 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
343 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
344
345 <varlistentry id="fgr">
346 <term><command>fgr</command></term>
347 <listitem>
348 <para>is a file content search engine for
349 <command>xffm</command>.</para>
350 <indexterm zone="xfce fgr">
351 <primary sortas="b-fgr">fgr</primary>
352 </indexterm>
353 </listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355
356 <varlistentry id="startxfce4">
357 <term><command>startxfce4</command></term>
358 <listitem>
359 <para>is a script which starts up the <application>XFce</application> Desktop
360 Environment.</para>
361 <indexterm zone="xfce startxfce4">
362 <primary sortas="b-startxfce4">startxfce4</primary>
363 </indexterm>
364 </listitem>
365 </varlistentry>
366
367 <varlistentry id="xfce-mcs-manager">
368 <term><command>xfce-mcs-manager</command></term>
369 <listitem>
370 <para>is the settings manager for
371 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
372 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-mcs-manager">
373 <primary sortas="b-xfce-mcs-manager">xfce-mcs-manager</primary>
374 </indexterm>
375 </listitem>
376 </varlistentry>
377
378 <varlistentry id="xfce4-about">
379 <term><command>xfce4-about</command></term>
380 <listitem>
381 <para>displays the about box.</para>
382 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-about">
383 <primary sortas="b-xfce4-about">xfce4-about</primary>
384 </indexterm>
385 </listitem>
386 </varlistentry>
387
388 <varlistentry id="xfce4-session">
389 <term><command>xfce4-session</command></term>
390 <listitem>
391 <para>saves the state of your desktop and restores it when you next start
392 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
393 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-session">
394 <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session">xfce4-session</primary>
395 </indexterm>
396 </listitem>
397 </varlistentry>
398
399 <varlistentry id="xfce-setting-show">
400 <term><command>xfce-setting-show</command></term>
401 <listitem>
402 <para>displays the settings for
403 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
404 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-setting-show">
405 <primary sortas="b-xfce-setting-show">xfce-setting-show</primary>
406 </indexterm>
407 </listitem>
408 </varlistentry>
409
410 <varlistentry id="xfce4-panel">
411 <term><command>xfce4-panel</command></term>
412 <listitem>
413 <para>is the panel manager for <application>XFce</application>.
414 It contains the launcher, clock, mail check, desktop switcher and
415 separator programs.</para>
416 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-panel">
417 <primary sortas="b-xfce4-panel">xfce4-panel</primary>
418 </indexterm>
419 </listitem>
420 </varlistentry>
421
422 <varlistentry id="xfdesktop">
423 <term><command>xfdesktop</command></term>
424 <listitem>
425 <para> is the desktop manager for
426 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
427 <indexterm zone="xfce xfdesktop">
428 <primary sortas="b-xfdesktop">xfdesktop</primary>
429 </indexterm>
430 </listitem>
431 </varlistentry>
432
433 <varlistentry id="xfhelp4">
434 <term><command>xfhelp4</command></term>
435 <listitem>
436 <para>is script that launches a HTML browser to
437 display online documentation. It requires <command>which</command> to
438 run.</para>
439 <indexterm zone="xfce xfhelp4">
440 <primary sortas="b-xfhelp4">xfhelp4</primary>
441 </indexterm>
442 </listitem>
443 </varlistentry>
444
445 <varlistentry id="xflock4">
446 <term><command>xflock4</command></term>
447 <listitem>
448 <para>is a script used to lock the current screen during drag
449 and drop actions.</para>
450 <indexterm zone="xfce xflock4">
451 <primary sortas="b-xflock4">xflock4</primary>
452 </indexterm>
453 </listitem>
454 </varlistentry>
455
456 <varlistentry id="xfmountdev4">
457 <term><command>xfmountdev4</command></term>
458 <listitem>
459 <para>mounts a device on the specified mount point and launches
460 <command>xftree4</command>, then unmounts the device when
461 <command>xftree4</command> finishes.</para>
462 <indexterm zone="xfce xfmountdev4">
463 <primary sortas="b-xfmountdev4">xfmountdev4</primary>
464 </indexterm>
465 </listitem>
466 </varlistentry>
467
468 <varlistentry id="xfrun4">
469 <term><command>xfrun4</command></term>
470 <listitem>
471 <para>is the program launcher for
472 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
473 <indexterm zone="xfce xfrun4">
474 <primary sortas="b-xfrun4">xfrun4</primary>
475 </indexterm>
476 </listitem>
477 </varlistentry>
478
479 <varlistentry id="xfsamba4">
480 <term><command>xfsamba4</command></term>
481 <listitem>
482 <para> is the <application>Samba</application> front end for
483 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
484 <indexterm zone="xfce xfsamba4">
485 <primary sortas="b-xfsamba4">xfsamba4</primary>
486 </indexterm>
487 </listitem>
488 </varlistentry>
489
490 <varlistentry id="xftaskbar4">
491 <term><command>xftaskbar4</command></term>
492 <listitem>
493 <para>is the taskbar manager for
494 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
495 <indexterm zone="xfce xftaskbar4">
496 <primary sortas="b-xftaskbar4">xftaskbar4</primary>
497 </indexterm>
498 </listitem>
499 </varlistentry>
500
501 <varlistentry id="xfterm4">
502 <term><command>xfterm4</command></term>
503 <listitem>
504 <para>is a small terminal wrapper to be used as a drag and drop
505 action for the <application>XFce</application> front panel. It requires
506 <command>which</command> to run.</para>
507 <indexterm zone="xfce xfterm4">
508 <primary sortas="b-xfterm4">xfterm4</primary>
509 </indexterm>
510 </listitem>
511 </varlistentry>
512
513 <varlistentry id="xftrash4">
514 <term><command>xftrash4</command></term>
515 <listitem>
516 <para>is a small binary to be used as a drag and drop action for the
517 <application>XFce</application> front panel.</para>
518 <indexterm zone="xfce xftrash4">
519 <primary sortas="b-xftrash4">xftrash4</primary>
520 </indexterm>
521 </listitem>
522 </varlistentry>
523
524 <varlistentry id="xffm">
525 <term><command>xffm</command></term>
526 <listitem>
527 <para>is the file manager for <application>XFce</application>.</para>
528 <indexterm zone="xfce xffm">
529 <primary sortas="b-xftree4">xffm</primary>
530 </indexterm>
531 </listitem>
532 </varlistentry>
533
534 <varlistentry id="xfwm4">
535 <term><command>xfwm4</command></term>
536 <listitem>
537 <para>is an <application>X11</application> window manager for
538 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
539 <indexterm zone="xfce xfwm4">
540 <primary sortas="b-xfwm4">xfwm4</primary>
541 </indexterm>
542 </listitem>
543 </varlistentry>
544
545 </variablelist>
546
547 </sect2>
548
549</sect1>
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