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Added the 'User Notes' wiki link to each package page; changed all instances of .[so,a] to .{so,a} (brackets changed to braces); changed all replaceable tags to use angle brackets instead of square brackets to encapsulate the text - commit #10

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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">
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) <xref linkend="libgtkhtml"/>,
71 <xref linkend="startup-notification"/> and <xref linkend="a2ps"/> (required to build
72 <application>xfprint</application>).</para>
73
74 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
75 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xfce"/></para>
76
77 </sect2>
78
79 <sect2 role="installation">
80 <title>Installation of XFce</title>
81
82 <para>The following packages will install the bare
83 minimum:</para>
84
85 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
86 <listitem>
87 <para>libxfce4util-&xfce-version;.2</para>
88 </listitem>
89 <listitem>
90 <para>dbh-1.0.24</para>
91 </listitem>
92 <listitem>
93 <para>libxfcegui4-&xfce-version;</para>
94 </listitem>
95 <listitem>
96 <para>libxfce4mcs-&xfce-version;</para>
97 </listitem>
98 <listitem>
99 <para>xfce-mcs-manager-&xfce-version;</para>
100 </listitem>
101 <listitem>
102 <para>xfwm4-&xfce-version;.2</para>
103 </listitem>
104 <listitem>
105 <para>xfce4-panel-&xfce-version;</para>
106 </listitem>
107 <listitem>
108 <para>xfdesktop-&xfce-version;</para>
109 </listitem>
110 <listitem>
111 <para>xfce-utils-&xfce-version;</para>
112 </listitem>
113 </itemizedlist>
114
115 <para>Install <application>libxfce4util</application>, <application>dbh</application>,
116 <application>libxfcegui4</application>, <application>libxfce4mcs</application>,
117 <application>xfce-mcs-manager</application>, and <application>xfwm4</application>
118 by issuing the following commands:</para>
119
120<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
121make</userinput></screen>
122
123 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
124
125<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
126
127 <para><application>xfce4-panel</application>, <application>xfdesktop</application>
128 and <application>xfce-utils</application> require a parameter so that the
129 configuration files are installed in /etc/xdg. Configure them like this:</para>
130
131<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
132make</userinput></screen>
133
134 <para>If you use <xref linkend="gdm"/> as your display manager and would like to
135 be able to log into an xfce session from the login prompt, pass the
136 <parameter>--enable-gdm</parameter> option to the xfce-utils-&xfce-version;
137 <command>configure</command> script (requires <xref linkend="which"/> to be
138 installed at run time).</para>
139
140 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
141
142<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
143
144 <para>In addition, you may choose to install:</para>
145
146 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
147 <listitem>
148 <para>gtk-xfce-engine-2.2.8</para>
149 </listitem>
150 <listitem>
151 <para>xfcalendar-&xfce-version;</para>
152 </listitem>
153 <listitem>
154 <para>xfce-mcs-plugins-&xfce-version;</para>
155 </listitem>
156 <listitem>
157 <para>xfce4-appfinder-&xfce-version;</para>
158 </listitem>
159 <listitem>
160 <para>xfce4-icon-theme-&xfce-version;</para>
161 </listitem>
162 <listitem>
163 <para>xfce4-iconbox-&xfce-version;</para>
164 </listitem>
165 <listitem>
166 <para>xfce4-mixer-&xfce-version;</para>
167 </listitem>
168 <listitem>
169 <para>xfce4-session-&xfce-version;</para>
170 </listitem>
171 <listitem>
172 <para>xfce4-systray-&xfce-version;</para>
173 </listitem>
174 <listitem>
175 <para>xfce4-toys-&xfce-version;</para>
176 </listitem>
177 <listitem>
178 <para>xfce4-trigger-launcher-&xfce-version;</para>
179 </listitem>
180 <listitem>
181 <para>xffm-&xfce-version;</para>
182 </listitem>
183 <listitem>
184 <para>xfprint-&xfce-version;</para>
185 </listitem>
186 <listitem>
187 <para>xfwm4-themes-&xfce-version;</para>
188 </listitem>
189 </itemizedlist>
190
191 <para>Almost all of these compile with these commands:</para>
192
193<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
194make</userinput></screen>
195
196 <para>Except for <application>xfce4-session</application> which needs to be
197 configured like this:</para>
198
199<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
200 --libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4 &amp;&amp;
201make</userinput></screen>
202
203 <para>Also, <application>xfprint</application> can be configured with
204 <parameter>--enable-cups</parameter>, if you have <xref linkend="cups"/> installed.
205 </para>
206
207 <para>And then as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
208
209<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
210
211 <para>As <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, move the help documentation
212 to the standard BLFS location and fix the help script to look for it there:</para>
213
214<screen role="root"><userinput>mv -vf /usr/share/xfce4/doc /usr/share/doc/xfce4 &amp;&amp;
215sed -i 's@xfce4/doc@doc/xfce4@' /usr/bin/xfhelp4</userinput></screen>
216
217 </sect2>
218
219 <sect2 role="configuration">
220 <title>Configuring XFce</title>
221
222 <sect3 id='xfce-config'>
223 <title>Configuration Information</title>
224
225 <para>Be sure to backup your current <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
226 before proceeding.</para>
227
228<screen><userinput>cat &gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
229<literal>xfce-mcs-manager
230xfwm4 --daemon
231xftaskbar4 &amp;
232xfdesktop &amp;
233exec xfce4-panel</literal>
234EOF</userinput></screen>
235
236 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-config">
237 <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
238 </indexterm>
239
240 </sect3>
241
242 </sect2>
243
244 <sect2 role="content">
245 <title>Contents</title>
246
247 <segmentedlist>
248 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
249 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
250 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
251
252 <seglistitem>
253 <seg>fgr, scramble, startxfce4, xfbook, xfbook4, xfcalendar,
254 xfce-mcs-manager, xfce-setting-show, xfce4-about,
255 xfce4-appfinder, xfce4-iconbox, xfce4-kiosk-query,
256 xfce4-menueditor, xfce4-mixer, xfce4-panel, xfce4-session,
257 xfce4-session-logout, xfce4-tips, xfdesktop, xfdiff4, xffm,
258 xffrequent, xffrequent4, xffstab, xffstab4, xfglob4, xfhelp4,
259 xflock4, xfmime-edit, xfmountdev4, xfrecent, xfrecent4,
260 xfprint-manager, xfprint4, xfrun4, xfsamba4, xftaskbar4,
261 xfterm4, xftrash4, xftree4, and xfwm4</seg>
262 <seg id='xfcelibs'>libxfce4util.{a,so}, libdbh.{a,so}, libxfcegui4.{a,so},
263 libxfce4mcs.{a,so}, libxffm_actions.so, libxffm_basic.so, libxffm_calls.so,
264 libxffm_cpy.so, libxffm_on_demand.so, libxffm_secondary.so, libxffm_tubo.so,
265 libxfsm-4.2.{a,so}</seg>
266 <seg>/usr/lib/xfce4, /usr/share/doc/xfce4, /usr/share/xfce4, /usr/share/xffm
267 and /usr/share/xfwm4</seg>
268 </seglistitem>
269 </segmentedlist>
270
271 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
272 <primary sortas="c-libxfce4util">libxfce4util.[a,so]</primary>
273 </indexterm>
274
275 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
276 <primary sortas="c-libdbh">libdbh.[a,so]</primary>
277 </indexterm>
278
279 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
280 <primary sortas="c-libxfcegui4">libxfcegui4.[a,so]</primary>
281 </indexterm>
282
283 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
284 <primary sortas="c-libxfce4mcs">libxfce4mcs.[a,so]</primary>
285 </indexterm>
286
287 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
288 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_actions.so">libxffm_actions.so</primary>
289 </indexterm>
290
291 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
292 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_basic.so">libxffm_basic.so</primary>
293 </indexterm>
294
295 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
296 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_calls.so">libxffm_calls.so</primary>
297 </indexterm>
298
299 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
300 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_cpy.so">libxffm_cpy.so</primary>
301 </indexterm>
302
303 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
304 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_on_demand.so">libxffm_on_demand.so</primary>
305 </indexterm>
306
307 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
308 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_secondary.so">libxffm_secondary.so</primary>
309 </indexterm>
310
311 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
312 <primary sortas="c-libxffm_tubo.so">libxffm_tubo.so</primary>
313 </indexterm>
314
315 <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
316 <primary sortas="c-libxfsm-4.2.so">libxfsm-4.2.[a,so]</primary>
317 </indexterm>
318
319 <variablelist>
320 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
321 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
322 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
323
324 <varlistentry id="fgr">
325 <term><command>fgr</command></term>
326 <listitem>
327 <para>is a file content search engine for
328 <command>xffm</command>.</para>
329 <indexterm zone="xfce fgr">
330 <primary sortas="b-fgr">fgr</primary>
331 </indexterm>
332 </listitem>
333 </varlistentry>
334
335 <varlistentry id="startxfce4">
336 <term><command>startxfce4</command></term>
337 <listitem>
338 <para>is a script which starts up the <application>XFce</application> Desktop
339 Environment.</para>
340 <indexterm zone="xfce startxfce4">
341 <primary sortas="b-startxfce4">startxfce4</primary>
342 </indexterm>
343 </listitem>
344 </varlistentry>
345
346 <varlistentry id="xfce-mcs-manager">
347 <term><command>xfce-mcs-manager</command></term>
348 <listitem>
349 <para>is the settings manager for
350 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
351 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-mcs-manager">
352 <primary sortas="b-xfce-mcs-manager">xfce-mcs-manager</primary>
353 </indexterm>
354 </listitem>
355 </varlistentry>
356
357 <varlistentry id="xfce4-about">
358 <term><command>xfce4-about</command></term>
359 <listitem>
360 <para>displays the about box.</para>
361 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-about">
362 <primary sortas="b-xfce4-about">xfce4-about</primary>
363 </indexterm>
364 </listitem>
365 </varlistentry>
366
367 <varlistentry id="xfce4-session">
368 <term><command>xfce4-session</command></term>
369 <listitem>
370 <para>saves the state of your desktop and restores it when you next start
371 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
372 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-session">
373 <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session">xfce4-session</primary>
374 </indexterm>
375 </listitem>
376 </varlistentry>
377
378 <varlistentry id="xfce-setting-show">
379 <term><command>xfce-setting-show</command></term>
380 <listitem>
381 <para>displays the settings for
382 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
383 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-setting-show">
384 <primary sortas="b-xfce-setting-show">xfce-setting-show</primary>
385 </indexterm>
386 </listitem>
387 </varlistentry>
388
389 <varlistentry id="xfce4-panel">
390 <term><command>xfce4-panel</command></term>
391 <listitem>
392 <para>is the panel manager for <application>XFce</application>.
393 It contains the launcher, clock, mail check, desktop switcher and
394 separator programs.</para>
395 <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-panel">
396 <primary sortas="b-xfce4-panel">xfce4-panel</primary>
397 </indexterm>
398 </listitem>
399 </varlistentry>
400
401 <varlistentry id="xfdesktop">
402 <term><command>xfdesktop</command></term>
403 <listitem>
404 <para> is the desktop manager for
405 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
406 <indexterm zone="xfce xfdesktop">
407 <primary sortas="b-xfdesktop">xfdesktop</primary>
408 </indexterm>
409 </listitem>
410 </varlistentry>
411
412 <varlistentry id="xfhelp4">
413 <term><command>xfhelp4</command></term>
414 <listitem>
415 <para>is script that launches a HTML browser to
416 display online documentation. It requires <command>which</command> to
417 run.</para>
418 <indexterm zone="xfce xfhelp4">
419 <primary sortas="b-xfhelp4">xfhelp4</primary>
420 </indexterm>
421 </listitem>
422 </varlistentry>
423
424 <varlistentry id="xflock4">
425 <term><command>xflock4</command></term>
426 <listitem>
427 <para>is a script used to lock the current screen during drag
428 and drop actions.</para>
429 <indexterm zone="xfce xflock4">
430 <primary sortas="b-xflock4">xflock4</primary>
431 </indexterm>
432 </listitem>
433 </varlistentry>
434
435 <varlistentry id="xfmountdev4">
436 <term><command>xfmountdev4</command></term>
437 <listitem>
438 <para>mounts a device on the specified mount point and launches
439 <command>xftree4</command>, then unmounts the device when
440 <command>xftree4</command> finishes.</para>
441 <indexterm zone="xfce xfmountdev4">
442 <primary sortas="b-xfmountdev4">xfmountdev4</primary>
443 </indexterm>
444 </listitem>
445 </varlistentry>
446
447 <varlistentry id="xfrun4">
448 <term><command>xfrun4</command></term>
449 <listitem>
450 <para>is the program launcher for
451 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
452 <indexterm zone="xfce xfrun4">
453 <primary sortas="b-xfrun4">xfrun4</primary>
454 </indexterm>
455 </listitem>
456 </varlistentry>
457
458 <varlistentry id="xfsamba4">
459 <term><command>xfsamba4</command></term>
460 <listitem>
461 <para> is the <application>Samba</application> front end for
462 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
463 <indexterm zone="xfce xfsamba4">
464 <primary sortas="b-xfsamba4">xfsamba4</primary>
465 </indexterm>
466 </listitem>
467 </varlistentry>
468
469 <varlistentry id="xftaskbar4">
470 <term><command>xftaskbar4</command></term>
471 <listitem>
472 <para>is the taskbar manager for
473 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
474 <indexterm zone="xfce xftaskbar4">
475 <primary sortas="b-xftaskbar4">xftaskbar4</primary>
476 </indexterm>
477 </listitem>
478 </varlistentry>
479
480 <varlistentry id="xfterm4">
481 <term><command>xfterm4</command></term>
482 <listitem>
483 <para>is a small terminal wrapper to be used as a drag and drop
484 action for the <application>XFce</application> front panel. It requires
485 <command>which</command> to run.</para>
486 <indexterm zone="xfce xfterm4">
487 <primary sortas="b-xfterm4">xfterm4</primary>
488 </indexterm>
489 </listitem>
490 </varlistentry>
491
492 <varlistentry id="xftrash4">
493 <term><command>xftrash4</command></term>
494 <listitem>
495 <para>is a small binary to be used as a drag and drop action for the
496 <application>XFce</application> front panel.</para>
497 <indexterm zone="xfce xftrash4">
498 <primary sortas="b-xftrash4">xftrash4</primary>
499 </indexterm>
500 </listitem>
501 </varlistentry>
502
503 <varlistentry id="xffm">
504 <term><command>xffm</command></term>
505 <listitem>
506 <para>is the file manager for <application>XFce</application>.</para>
507 <indexterm zone="xfce xffm">
508 <primary sortas="b-xftree4">xffm</primary>
509 </indexterm>
510 </listitem>
511 </varlistentry>
512
513 <varlistentry id="xfwm4">
514 <term><command>xfwm4</command></term>
515 <listitem>
516 <para>is an <application>X11</application> window manager for
517 <application>XFce</application>.</para>
518 <indexterm zone="xfce xfwm4">
519 <primary sortas="b-xfwm4">xfwm4</primary>
520 </indexterm>
521 </listitem>
522 </varlistentry>
523
524 </variablelist>
525
526 </sect2>
527
528</sect1>
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